The Rochelle Rotary Club received the 2017 Rochelle Community Gratitude Award, the eighth year that the award has been given.
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ROCHELLE — The Rochelle Rotary Club received the 2017 Rochelle Community Gratitude Award, the eighth year that the award has been given.
Celebrating the 76th year, the Rochelle Rotary Club started in 1941 and is a contributor to organizations and special projects in the community, including the Interact Bridge Project, the HUB Project, and improvements to the band shell at Atwood Park. The group has also helped fill sandbags, cleaned up the bike path, and planted trees in Skare Park.
“It is an absolute blessing to the community of Rochelle to have a group like that,” said John Bearrows as he presented the plaque to Rochelle Rotary representative Geri Hayden.
In the 2016-17 year, the Rochelle Rotary Club donated more than $100,000 to projects in the community.
Hayden thanked the city and was honored the Rotary Club received the award, citing the groups passion in helping the community.
Bearrows also acknowledged the previous years' recipients beginning with Lee Harris in 2010, Rochelle VFW Post 3878 in 2011, Rochelle Area Community Foundation in 2012, Ken Wise in 2013, the From the Heart committee in 2014, the Hub City Senior Center in 2015, and Dan and Deb Wyka in 2016. Bearrows announced a plaque will be placed in Rochelle City Hall to acknowledge the recipients.
