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Diverse Projects
Issue: November - 2022
Fueled by an unquenchable desire to serve its community, The Mountaintop Rotary Club of Highlands works tirelessly to spread the money around.
Robin Neal and Michael Lanzilotta
The Mountaintop Rotary Club of Highlands has been engaged in local and international service projects for the last several months and its members are looking forward to a busy November and December.
However, the club’s two large fundraisers in June and August are the Highlands Arts and Crafts shows, where there were many new and returning vendors at both annual events. Mountaintop Rotary Club of Highlands dedicated all donations collected during the June show, including proceeds from a raffle of original artwork to benefit Ukrainian efforts. The club collected $9,456 in donations during the show.
The August show raised $6,205 to help the Kyle McKim family; Kyle was seriously burned in a chemistry experiment accident, has endured many surgeries, and is facing more procedures in the future. He spent weeks at the Burn Unit at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
In August, Robin Neal received the first Non-Rotarian Community Service Award for her tireless work in the Covid Initiative. Annual awards honored four outstanding Mountaintop Rotarians: Dixie Barton, Lifetime President Designation; Michael Burel, Rotarian of the Year; and Jim and Lorine Spencer, President’s Award for Service.
During Dahlia Festival Weekend, the club won the Honorable Mention Judges Award, and over $600 was raised to fund a new visual arts scholarship at the Highlands School.
Looking forward, the club is spearheading a coat drive, shoes for children drive, and a toy drive. Donation boxes are in Highlands at the First Baptist, Highlands United Methodist, Presbyterian Church of Highlands, Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, and Community Bible Church as well as First Bank, and the Highlands Recreation Center. The Highlands Emergency Council is distributing the collected coats. The Toy Drive will be in the form of trees with “giving” ornaments located at several Highlands’ businesses. December’s Shoes for Children Drive is assisted by the administration at Highlands School.
For more information about these projects, contact Jim Spencer, club service chair, at [email protected].
