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Rotary, Keeps Us Rolling
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: 2016/04 - April
For over 70 years the Rotary Club of Highlands has brought people together from all walks of life who want to use their expertise for the general good; people whose sense of responsibility inspires them to give back to the community. This flagship community organization was chartered May 2, 1945, and has been active and growing ever since.
Highlands School and the young people of the area have always been a focal point for this club, sponsoring many activities and projects for the students’ and school’s benefit. The Interact Club (a mini Rotary Club for students), Youth Exchange, Boy Scout Troop 207, the Dental Program, Students of the Month, College Scholarships, Academic Reception, Athletic Banquet, the Dictionary Project (students are given their own dictionary in first through third grades) and the newly formed Highlands Hurricanes Swim Club.
Other Community Events sponsored by or participation in include the Fourth of July Barbecue, the Twilight 5K Run, Craft Beer Night at the Farm, Downtown Trick or Treating, Veterans Day Ceremony, The Olde Mountain Christmas Parade, the Community Table, the Golf Tournament in May to benefit the scholarships for area students, and the Rotaract Club.
The Rotary Club of Highlands partners in Bingo on Thursday nights (in season.) Bingo supports Boy Scout Troup 207, the Literacy Council of Highlands, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society, The Gordon Center for Children, Cub Scout Pack 207, the Bolivia Mission, and Shop with a Cop.
The Highlands Counseling Center, the Kelsey Hutchinson Founders Park, the Literacy Council of Highlands and the PAC Youth Theater Program, just to name a few, have all received grants from the Rotary Club of Highlands.
The members of this club are active and generous with the community and we all benefit from their involvement with the Rotary Club of Highlands. The international community benefits from this local club also – International Projects include Polio Plus, Haiti Freedom Fish Farm, South Asia Community Care for Children in Crisis.
For more information about membership or the club, check out highlandsrotary.org.
