Rotary year 1993-1994 turned
out to be a very interesting one in Rio Rico Arizona. As the
year began Todd Brown was serving on the Board of Directors
as the president elect. He was slated to become the President
of the Club for the 1994-1995 Rotary year.
When the sitting president resigned Todd
took over the remaining portion of his term in office. Everyone
helped out. Members of the Board took turns running Club morning
meetings during the spring Produce season. It was a time that
the club really showed its stuff.
Major Club Accomplishments:
Club members participated
in a "3-way" Club Officer Induction Dinner with the
Nogales Rotary Club. Officers and Board Members from both the
Nogales and the Rio Rico/Tubac clubs were inducted into office.
But the star of the night was George
Papachoris, from the Nogales Club, who
was inducted as the new District Governor.
George instituted the
$2 bill pinned on your label to symbolize how $2 a week would
turn a member into a Paul Harris Sustainer.
Our Club hosted "Community
Days" the first weekend of October 1993.
Our Club met at Mama Maria's
Restaurant, currently La Placita. We passed out Thanksgiving
Food Baskets to needy families in the area and had our Christmas
Party at the Tubac Country Club. We Sponsored a Kite Festival
at Mountain View School in the spring. The Club hosted an exchange
student from Argentina.
The biggest community
program that the Rotary club started that year was Youth Hoops
basketball for area boys and girls. Jim and Felice Botkin were
the quiding force in getting the program started. The Youth
Hoops program has not only continued in our community, it has
grown substantially over the years.
It has given our children
an opportunity to participate in team sports and all the good
things that go with that. It really paid off when some of the
boys who played that first year were instrumental in the Rio
Rico High School Boys team winning the state basketball championship
in 2004. |
