Labor Day Special
Stand Up and Take a Bow Howell Rotarians! In light of the Labor Day holiday, I'd like to take a moment to recognize the labors of some of our members.
On Wednesday, August 22nd, 9 Rotarians from the Howell Rotary donated nearly 25 man-hours to help fix up a house for Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency during the United Way Day of Caring. Another smaller group helped out at the Opera House.
Howell Rotarians power washed the deck, planted flowers, cut the grass, trimmed trees, cleaned the interior of the house and washed windows and removed a truck load of rubbish. The house is now ready for occupancy by a deserving family.
Howell Rotarians truly lived the spirit of Rotary...giving back to our community!
Wishing you have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend, Ron Hingst, Howell Rotary President
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| Howell rotary Club members Jim Gilligan, front, and Louis Eaton, background, trim and remove overgrown yard refuse from an OLHSA operated home on Isbell Street in Howell. Rotary Club and Howell Chamber of Commerce members spent much of the day cleaning and performing light renovation work on the property. |
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| Howell Rotary Club member Rick Sigler power washes th edeck of a Howell home included inthe Day of Caring blitz on Wednesday norning. |
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| Members of the Howell Rotary Club and the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce gather for a group photo ouside of a home on Howell's Isbell streetwhere the volunteers scrubbed, trimmed, powerwashed and replanted for several hours Wednesday morning during Day of Caring activities. |
PHOTO COURTESY OF OLHSA
Pat Convery and Carol Griffith cheerfully strip bathroom flooring on a gloomy day. 
PHOTO COURTESY OF OLHSA
President Ron Hingst used his marathon training to get the lawn mowed before the massive thunderstorm hit.
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday that takes place on the first Monday in September. The holiday began in 1882, originating from a desire by the Central Labor Union to create a day off for the "working man". It is still celebrated mainly as a day of rest and marks the symbolic end of summer for many. Labor Day became a national holiday by Act of Congress in 1894.
Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday â¿¢ a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.