The Rotary Club of Appleton chose the Fox Cities Rotary Multicultural Center as its project celebrating the 2005 Rotary International Centennial. Rotarians raised the funds needed to renovate and operate the Center for its first two years. They also continue to offer their experience and volunteer energy to Center activities and projects.
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. Paul P. Harris formed the world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 23 February 1905. The name Rotary is derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices. Today there are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members of more than 30,000 Rotary clubs in 164 countries.
The Rotary Club’s fundraising efforts for the Multicultural Center have been very successful. We thank the following major donors for their strong early support!
Founders: (Contributions of $10,000 and above)
Affinity Health System; Community First Credit Union; Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region; Gannett Foundation/The Post~Crescent; Georgia Pacific Foundation; Goodwill Industries of NC Wisconsin; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Rotary Club of Appleton; ThedaCare, Inc.; Thrivent Financial for Lutherans; United Way of the Fox Cities; Dr. Michael & Stephanie Vrabec
In-kind donations: Appleton Housing Authority; Oscar J. Boldt Corporation (general contracting); Bassett Mechanical (HVAC); Town & Country Electric (electrical, cabling); Arketype (identity design); Manpower (furniture); Wells Fargo (furniture)
Associate Founders: (Contributions of $2,500 - $10,000)
Appleton (Papers); IndUS of Fox Valley, Inc; Dr. Abdul & Mrs. Nasreen Majid; Ruth and Ishwar Mansukhani; MEGTEC Systems, Inc.; Octoberfest, Inc. Committee; Toward Community: Unity in Diversity; Bob and Lynn Underhill
In-kind donations: Corcoran Glass & Paint (accessibility hardware); Fisher & Associates (architectural design); Guyson Corp. (electrical design); Directions, Inc. (public relations); Willems & Company (publicity & design); Judy Dillenburg (web design); Goodwill Industries (telephone system)
Patrons: (Contributions of $1,000 - $2,499)
Charity Circle of King’s Daughters; Nancy & Steve Johnshoy; Jeff Knezel; Dr. John Mielke; Bob Pedersen; Jim Perry; Walter Rugland; Margaret Walsh; Ralph & Jackie Shiner; Time Warner Cable; Virchow Krause; WE Energies
In-kind donations: A-1 Moving & Storage (moving services); Athenet Group (website hosting)
