Pictured left to right are Bryant Lazenby (La Monte), Laura Honn(Sacred Heart), Jessica Hoskins(Northwest), Heather Howell(Green Ridge), and Melissa Williams (Smithton)

Sedalia Rotary Awards Scholarships to High School Students

The Sedalia Rotary Club awarded scholarships to exceptional students from each High-School in Pettis County on May 5th during a lunch time ceremony. Each student received a $500 scholarship. A committee of Rotarians interviewed all of the applicants and chose the winners of this scholarship based on academics, extra curricular activites, community involvement, and interview ability. The following, in order that they appear in the attached photograph, each received the $500.

Each of the above students received Student of the Month recognition by the Sedalia Rotary Club earlier this year. In addition to the $500.00 award, Laura Honn received the Student of the Year scholarship by the Sedalia Rotary Club. This scholarship provides $2,000 over 4 years.

Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla President John Petersen presents $500 check to Dorothy Parrot, G.R.A.C.E for Christmas.

Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla Presents Donations

Monday morning the Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla presented $500 checks to Russell House and G.R.A.C.E. for Christmas. Russell House provides shelter for abused women and their children.

G.R.A.C.E. for Christmas provides needed living supplies and Christmas gifts for families in Phelps County. The money donated was raised by the Rotary club through ticket sales for the Rotary Holiday Celebration.

Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla Presents Scholarship

The Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla presented a $1,000 scholarship to Amanda Fisher, a recent graduate of Rolla High School.
Amanda will attend Drury University in Springfield, MO, majoring in secondary education. She plans on becoming a high school teacher.
Each spring the Rotary Breakfast Club presents two scholarships to deserving seniors.

Rolla Rotary Breakfast Club Donates $3,000 to Rolla Public Schools

Monday morning, July 31, the Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla presented $3,000 to the Rolla Public Schools. President Joel Kramme presented the check to Rolla High School Activities Director, Kelly Hinshaw. The donation represents the club's continuing support of the Bray Sports Complex and will assist in construction of a concession stand at the complex.
The money was raised by the Rotary Breakfast Club of Rolla at the Annual Rotary Golf Tournament held May 7. The tournament was conducted by the two Rolla Rotary clubs.
Supporting the Bray Sports Complex was one of the Rotary Breakfast Club's projects to celebrate the Rotary Centennial in 2005.

The Branson-Hollister Rotary Club presented the Taneyhills Library with a check for $1,900 to go towards renovations to the library. In addition to the cash contribution, the Rotary club also collected numerous children's books which were donated to the library on the same day.