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100 Years of Rotary Projects and Charities

Pancake Festival

This list is based on available written histories, records, and member memories.

Served as “probation” officers for Juvenile Court Boys

Pushed for improvements to Route 68

Carpenter Fund for Education of Children

YMCA Rotary Camp

Annual Memorial Day entertainment for members of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R. night)

Created post-war recreation fund with the Kiwanis and Lions, funded by horse shows with proceeds purchasing the Reiber farm which became Butler Memorial Park; remainder went to McConnells Mill and Muddy Creek Valley, now Moraine State Park.

Boy Scouts

Sea Scouts

Bantam League Baseball

Junior Rotarians

Adoption of Korean War Orphans

Rotary Foundation Fellowships

Pa. Society for Crippled Children

Butler County Society for Crippled Children founding/Easter Seal Society/Lifesteps

Rotary Election Day Pancake Festival

Lifesteps Christmas Party for Children

Rotary Shelter in Butler Memorial Park

Chestnut Street Playground now Rotary Park

Jackson-Christy Golfing Fellowship

District 7280 Student Exchange Program

Group Study Exchange Program

Butler Horseman’s Association Horse Show for Rotary Charities

Rotaract Club at Butler County Community College

American Field Service

Raised $44,000 one summer to keep the Butler Public Library open

Butler County Community College scholarships

Annual scholarships for Butler Golden Tornado Foundation and Knoch Knight Foundation

Scout camperships

Building funds for Butler Memorial Hospital, Butler County Family YMCA, YWCA, VNA Hospice, Jean B. Purvis Community Health Center

Annual Rotary Turkey Roundup

Adopt A Highway Cleanup

Annual Dictionary Program for third graders

Blood Analysis Program at Butler Memorial Hospital

Ethnic Festival chicken barbecue

Annual “Fantastic” Pinkerton Golf Outing

Farm City Dinner

Distinguished Service Awards sponsorship

Safety Alarm Program for Special Needs Children

Salvation Army Programs and bell ringers

Immunize PA Kids Campaign

Camp Lend-A-Hand

DBA Food Bank

Jerry Lewis MD Telethon

PolioPlus Campaign

Haitian Earthquake Relief Fundraiser

Rotary Youth Leadership Program (RYLA)

Rotary Outstanding Vocational Awards Program (ROVA)

Special dinner dances for YWCA Personal Care Home

Luncheon for Literacy to benefit BC3 Adult Literacy Program

East Christie Avenue Playground

Institute Hill Playground

Shelter and basketball court at Rotary Park

Clay Shoot for Wounded Warriors

Clay Shoot for Robin’s Home

New Castle Street Stage

Butler Emergency Relief Initiative

4-H Scholarship Program through annual livestock sale purchase

Lighthouse Foundation

Welcome to Butler signs on major arteries

Flower Planting at Sunnyview Home

Meals on Wheels

Raised $102,000 for Sri Lanka victims of tsunami

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Shelter Box USA

Kids Day America

NAMI

Alliance for Nonprofit Resources

Slippery Rock University Nonprofit Institute

Butler Junior ROTC Parent Club

Blind Association

United Way

Amazon Medical Center Project

Grace Youth and Family Foundation Summer Program

Rotary Rose Parade float

Butler Shade Tree Commission

Moraine Preservation Fund Picnic Table Project

Lions Club Project

Butler County Symphony Association

Stand Tall program and the golf ball drop

Crime Victim Services (VOICe)

Make-A-Wish

United Cerebral Palsy (Community Care Connections)

Rotary Big “B” Ball at the Mall

Butler County Sheriff’s Dog

Build-A-Chair Project

Island Bike Rodeo

Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Turkey Bowling for Polio

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