Richmond Rotary Club Records

Collection

Identifier: 2020A009

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of the Richmond, Kentucky Rotary Club from it's beginning in 1922 through the present. The bulk of the collection is scrapbooks which begin in 1922 and document the organization's activities through news clippings, documents and programs of meetings and events. There is a gap in the scrapbooks from 1941-1955. In the 1990s and 2000s photographs and albums document activities. Rotary regularly sponsors humanitarian projects and these are documented in the records as well.

Dates

Creation: 1922 - 2020
Acquisition: 2020-09-29

Creator

Rotary Club (Richmond, Ky.) (Organization)

Biographical or Historical Information

The Rotary Club of Richmond, Kentucky first met at the Glyndon Hotel on March 13, 1922 and was chartered on May 1st, 1922. The organization has actively supported the community since that time. Key local projects in recent years include the purchase of heating and air conditioning units for Liberty Place Recovery Center for Women, remodeling of the kitchen at Hope’s Wings Domestic Violence Shelter, purchase of locking fire-safe filing cabinets for secure storage of client files for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), installation of home smoke alarms in partnership with the Richmond Fire Department, providing books and frisbees for Richmond area school children, and awarding college scholarships for three Madison County seniors each year.

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