Our club was founded in October of 1987 with 20 members.  Our charter Members are Charles Stein, III, Robert Yost, Robert Strickler, Joanne Bankos, Cliff Billet, John Schmitt, Careon Gohn and James Walters.  As you know, Charlie, Joanne, John and Jim remain as current members.  In the beginning, our club met at Rutter’s Restaurant on the corner of Whiteford and Mt. Zion roads until that building was sold and demolished.  First National Bank is now located on that corner.

 

We’ve met at Heritage Hills since then, always on a Tuesday morning at 7:30am. 

 

Women were first admitted to Rotary as an organization in 1985.  York-East was started to allow females to join a local Rotary club.  Back then, you had to be invited to join a Rotary club AND you had to own your own business!  A member’s career choice was their classification, banker, lawyer, Indian chief and each classification was limited to no more than 2 members per club per classification.  I think you can safely say we’ve come a long way, baby!

 

What remains the same over the years is our motto “Service Above Self”. We still support Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen and Road Cleanup and have added quite a few other non-profits.  We still support international efforts with Pints for Polio and Mission Trips led by Connie Spark.  We also continue our support to local nonprofits with funds raised by our club’s fundraising activities.  We remain committed to improve the quality of life within our community.

Kris