One of the things she enjoyed most as a member of the Rotary Club of Vernon, was sitting at the same table as some of the pillars of the Greater Vernon community, and listening to their stories.
Carol Schroeder, president of the Rotary Club of Vernon, joined in 1995 and served a one-year term as its president in 2005.
"There was Neil Davidson (former mayor, lawyer), Art Sovereign (physician), and Peter Tassie (engineer, orchardist, historian, unelected politician), all of them had become the history of Vernon," said Schroeder, who was asked by Vernon's first woman mayor, Anne Clarke, to become a Rotarian, and encouraged to join the club by her employer at the time, Jack Blankley at Watkin Motors.
"I really loved sitting at their tables and enjoying the stories of what they had seen."
Sadly, all three men are deceased. But former club members are being invited to a special event to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Vernon, and share memories and stories.
The 100th anniversary celebration will take place at the Vernon Library on Saturday, May 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with a special ceremony and cake-cutting at 11 a.m.
"It's more of a celebration than anything else," said Schroeder.
The Rotary Club of Vernon became chartered in 1925, making it the 1,917th club to receive its charter from Rotary International. It became the fifth member club of District 5060, which Schroeder sat on the executive after her term as club president was up.
Schroeder was the president of Vernon Rotary during Rotary International's 100th year. Harvey Gee was the club president in 1975, when both the local club and Rotary International celebrated 50 years. Gee is expected to take part in the May 24 celebration.
The first club president in 1925 was Arthur Benson Godfrey. The current president is Kate Kutzner.
Vernon Rotary would go on to sponsor clubs in Kelowna (1928), Revelstoke (1929), Armstrong (1979), and two more Rotary Clubs in Greater Vernon 香蕉视频直播� Vernon Kalamalka (1981), and Vernon SilverStar (1986).
The presidents of both Kalamalka and Silver Star clubs have been invited to the anniversary celebration.
Rotary's motto is Service Above Self, taken to heart by the Rotary Club of Vernon, which has a long list of events and projects the club has been involved with over the past century:
香蕉视频直播� Annual Spring Breakout for seniors;
香蕉视频直播� Rotary Christmas Carol Festival;
香蕉视频直播� Blood donor clinics;
香蕉视频直播� Polson Park Walkway (in conjunction with Ribbons of Green Trails Society);
香蕉视频直播� Rotary Centennial Park;
香蕉视频直播� Kalamalka Lake Pier (original - many years ago)
香蕉视频直播� Vernon Winter Carnival Ball;
香蕉视频直播� Caetani House Fall cleanup;
香蕉视频直播� O'Keefe Ranch building repairs, gazebo;
香蕉视频直播� Student Exchange (students) and Group Study Exchange (adults).
To attend the celebration ceremony, RSVP to Schroeder at 250-545-8499, or as soon as possible.
