Rotary Sunrise – Springfield, Illinois, USA Home Page
Welcome to Springfield Illinois
Hometown of Abraham Lincoln, Vachel Lindsay, John L. Lewis
State Capital of Illinois
Home club of District Governor 2006-2007 Dick Robinson
Home club of Past District Governor John Forbes
Contents
Club meeting information
Club History
Upcoming events
Club meeting information
Our club meets weekly from 7 AM to 8 AM for breakfast at The Hoogland Center for the Arts Room, 420 S 6th, Springfield, IL in historic downtown Springfield, in the heart of all of the popular Lincoln sites. We meet exactly two blocks west of the Abraham Lincoln Home, three blocks south of the Lincoln Herndon Law Office and Old State Capitol, and five blocks south of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and three blocks east of the State Capitol Campus.
Stop in for a make up and see the Lincoln sites while you are in town or doing business!
Link to our district and Rotary websites
www.rotarydistrict6460.org
for other clubs and meeting times and locations in the area
www.rotary.org
for more information about Rotary and Rotary International
www.visit-springfieldillinois.com
for more information about Springfield
Contact Information – Officers for 2011-2012
President – Brian Dickerson
President – Elect – Becca Nix
Treasurer – Dick Livingston
Secretary – Chris Berger
Past President – Don Sharp
Projects and Recent Community Service -- A little club can do a lot!
Springfield Green Adopt a Street Program –
In 2006, we adopted one mile of East South Grand Avenue from Taylor to Dirksen
Parkway, and we pick up trash four times per year. For more information about
how your club or organization can adopt a street see www.springfield.il.us/green/AdoptaStreet
Citrus Sale Fundraiser – October through
November each year, raises thousands of dollars for local charities for local
Rotary clubs which participate
State Fair Parking Fundraiser
Club routinely hosts and sponsors inbound and
outbound exchange students each year.
Sponsor of This I Believe essay contest for
local area high school students in conjunction with local public radio.
Rotary Park beautification
Ronald McDonald House
Provided volunteers for the opening of the
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in April of 2005, helping with crowd control
for the official visit of President and Mrs. George W. Bush.
Contributing to local charities that help kids.
Sponsored a books-in-the-schools program for
Dubois Elementary School.
Partnered with a club and district in the
Phillipines. We raised and provided funds, with district matching grants from
our District, Rotary International and the district in the Phillipines to
provide over $6,000 that provided food for 125 Children and nutrition education
for their families in the worst slums of Manila for one year ending in 1999.
It is estimated that our club has raised and
donated over $100,000 in its history for local charitable causes and club
projects. Weve also raised more than thousands of dollars for Polio Plus,
which has helped inoculate thousands of children in developing countries around
the globe.
Co sponsored and coordinated the Hats Off to Mr
Lincoln public art project that put giant artist-painted stovepipe hats all
over downtown during 2009 Lincoln bicentennial. Some of the hats have become
permanent local art icons which have delighted locals and visitors alike.
Club History
Compiled by John Forbes, PDG, Charter member, Club Historian
Rotary
Club of Springfield-Sunrise met for the first time on February 4, 1987 at the
Capitol Plaza Hotel at First and Adams. Thirty Two Charter Members formed the
club. Currently there are three charter members still in our club – John
Forbes, Charles Hammond and Mario Perrino. Bob Stuart, PDG and current member of
the board of Rotary International, and the late John Giavaras, PDG D 6460 were
instrumental in helping form the club. On February 25, 1987 the Club adopted
its Charter and By-Laws.
Our
club received its charter on April 7, 1987, becoming the third chartered club
in the history of Rotary in Springfield.
In
June of 1987, Rotary Sunrise became the first club in Central Illinois to admit
women to its membership. Patti Donsbach was the first female Rotarian in
Springfield history becoming a member in July of 1987.
Rotary
Sunrise was also the first Rotary Club in Springfield to elect a female club
president. Eileen Montgomery served as our president for 18 months from January
of 1997 through June of 1999.
Past Club Presidents
(D- Denotes those who became District Governors)
|
Year |
Club President |
Occupation |
|
1987-1988 |
Mario Perrino |
Accountant |
|
88-89 |
Kent Jones served 3
months John Forbes (D )
served 9 months |
Insurance
Underwriter Property Mgr |
|
89-90 |
Charlie Hammond |
Bank Trust Officer |
|
90-91 |
Roy Nash |
Hospital Chaplain |
|
91-92 |
Drew Davis |
Financial Adviser |
|
92-93 |
Mike Logan |
Accident Recovery
Attorney |
|
93-94 |
Al Laabs |
Hospital
Administrator |
|
94-95 |
Dick McDaniel |
Orthodontist |
|
95-96 |
Brian Barstead |
Financial Adviser |
|
96-99 |
Tom Wakefield
(moved away before serving) Eileen Montgomery
(served 18 months) Doug Nelson (served
18 months) |
Furniture Store Mgr Golf Course Mgr Business systems
company owner |
|
99-00 |
Dick Robinson (D) |
State Agency Grants
Mgr |
|
00-01 |
Dick Morse |
Architect |
|
01-02 |
Dick Livingston |
Pharmacist |
|
02-03 |
John Harris |
Police Chief |
|
03-04 |
Don Sharp |
Public Television
Financial manager |
|
04-05 |
Brian Dickerson |
Computer recycling
repair owner |
|
05-06 |
Paul Sims |
Minister |
|
06-07 |
Cindy Davis |
Business Furniture
Store Owner |
|
07-08 |
Becky Miller |
Financial Advisor |
|
08-09 |
Jim Norris |
Business consultant |
|
09-10 |
Brent Borah |
Banking |
|
10-11 11-12 12-13 |
Don Sharp Brian Dickerson Becca Nix |
Business manager Computer recycling
repair owner Group Insurance |
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