Milestones of The Rotary Club of St. Thomas II

1979     First meeting (provisional) of the Rotary Club of St. Thomas II at the Virgin Isle Hotel.  

                First Sergeant-at-Arms was Thomas "Tom" Lawrence.   

1980     Rotary Club of St. Thomas II established its Foundation.

1981    First "Man of the Year" was Wilbur "Bill" LaMotta.

1982     Rainbow Fund was established.

1986     First "All Rotarian" softball team, the Rotary Big Wheels, played in the Susthenes Vialet modified pitch league in the 1986-87 season.

                KATS Program was launched.

1987    First Math Counts competition was sponsored by our Club.

               Club received Presidential Citation.

1989    Anna's Retreat Senior Citizen Center adopted.

1990    First woman "Person of the Year" was Dilsa R. Capdeville.

1993     Addelita Cancryn Jr. High School adopted.

1995    First Macon M. Berryman Scholarship awarded.

1996    Valerie George elected Club President-first woman so elected.

1997    RI President Glen W. Kinross visits St. Thomas.

               First Rotary/Lions Health Fair Expo.

2001    RI President Frank J Devlyn visits St. Thomas

2003    First youth exchange student, Natacha Van dePutt of France comes to St.Thomas and is hosted by Mark Robertson.

               70% of the membership are Paul Harris fellows.

                 r.e.a.c.h. Radio program (Rotary educating &caring for humanity) began.

2004    Club begins celebration of its 25^th anniversary.

2005    Club donates $200,000.00 to the Charlotte Kimmelman Cancer Institute.