Mansfield Rotary Accomplishments

Rotary Club of Mansfield chartered on March 26, 1920 with 23 charter members present. The first President was W. Lee Cotter, Vice President was Grant Willis, Secretary-Treasurer was Fred A. Chamberlain, and Sergeant-at-Arms was Clarence Small. Early meetings were held in the VonHof Hotel on North Main Street.

Mansfield Rotary was instrumental in establishing clubs in Ashland, Galion, Shelby, Mt. Vernon, and Ontario.

Some of Mansfield Rotary's major accomplishments include:

  • Helping to establish, around 1921, the local "crippled children's" organization into what is now know as Rehabilitation Service of North Central Ohio, Inc (The Rehab Center)
  • Helped to establish the local Boy Scout Council around 1917
  • Helped to fund the Rotary Adult Day Care Center around 1980
  • Funded and initiated the McGowan Courage Awards in 1990 – Spread Internationally
  • Helped to establish and fund the Rotary Alzheimer’s Unit in 1997
  • Commissioned the Johnny Appleseed Mural in Downtown Mansfield in 2001
  • Funded the North Lake Park Playscape in 2005

 

2007 - 2008 Accomplishments

International Service
$9,700 Paul Harris Contributions to Rotary Foundation
$500 To MESA From Members Contributions
3 New Paul Harris Fellows
$2,200 Sponsor of Jim DeSanto's Bike Ride for MESA
Collected & Transported Several Truckloads for MESA
One Member & Spouse Attended Rotary International Convention
Two Members and Spouses Attended Uniendo XV in Costa Rica
Hosted GSE District 3130 Team from India for a Week
Held Reception for GSE District 3130 Team from India at Bridgewater

Vocational, Literacy & Youth Service
Awarded Willis Scholarships Through RCF
Awarded 8 McGowan Courage Awards including $1,000 each
Purchased & Distributed Over 450 3rd Grade Dictionaries
Purchased & Awarded 106 Hardback 5th Grade Dictionaries
Awarded 50 Speaker Books for Springmill Library
Awarded $500 SRTIVE Scholarship Hosted Seniors from 10 area High Schools
Rotarians Tutored at 2 Elementary Schools
$300 to Mansfield Sr. High Culinary Dept. for Food at Springmill School
$208 to Springmill Elementary School Library for Periodicals
Sent STRIVE Winner to District Competition

Club Service
Invitation Cards & Table Place Cards
Member Trained for District Governor 2008-2009
Held 4 Joint Rotary-Kiwanis Meetings
Continued Operation of Club Website
E-Mail Weekly Amplifier
Re-elected 2 Honorary Members (Gross, Reid)
Elected 3 New Honorary Members (Menzel, Sheadel, Culliver)
Held Monthly 2nd Friday Social Mixers

Community Service
$300 to Center for Individual & Family Services for Family Fair
$239 to Ottawa-Glendorf Rotary for Flood Relief
Full Page Ads for Auction and McGowan Awards
Sponsored Rotorette Softball Team, Purchased Uniforms
$5,300+ to Mansfield Blockhouse Restoration
$100 to Safety Town
Participated & Member Club Match of Rehab Telethon
Held "Breakfast with Santa" at Applebee's
Raised $11,874.30 from Corvette Raffle
$225 to Salvation Army
$200 to Habitat for Humanity
$1,500 United Way Pillar Club
Rang Holiday Bells for Salvation Army
Participated twice in Mansfield's Save Our Streams Cleanup
Co-Sponsored Rotary Adult Daycare Auction
Participated in OSU Tailgate Party and Raised $180
Formation of 501c3 Mansfield Rotary Club Foundation
$50 Donation to MedCentral Hospice
$50 Donation to North Central State College Foundation

2008 - 2009 Goals

President's Goal
To establish an International Water Project with a Rotary International Foundation matching grant and promote Service above Self" on our local community level.

Membership
To recruit at least enough new members to end the year with a net increase of ten percent.

To retain all currnet whod o not move out of the Richland County area.

Income
To generate at least $10,000.00 through fundraisers and freewill collections including our Bicentennial Coffee Table Book sales.

Public Relations
To continuously foster goodwill between the Rotary Club and the local media by inviting the local media to special occasions of the Rotary Club and sending the media news releases of the "good works" of the Rotary Club.

MESA/Rotary Foundations
To continue to support MESA by contributing $5.00 per member and facilitating the collection and transportation of medical supplies and equipment to the MESA warehouse.

To contribute $10 per member per year for the $100 million Bill and Melinda Gates Polio matching funds for three years.

To have at least ten more members become Rotary Foundation Sustaining Members and at least two new Paul Harris Fellows.

To become an "Every Rotarian, Every Year" club.

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