The
History - Rotary Club of Kernersville
Chartered November 24, 1987
Founded with the commitment to carryout the "Objectives
of Rotary"
1987-88
(President: Jerry Wells)
September 17, 1987 - 1st organizational meeting at Paul Ciener Ford
-Sponsor Club: Rotary Club of the Triad
-President: Don Nichols Extension Chairman: Everett
Padgett
November 5 - First lunch meeting at Western Steer (Speaker: Everett
Padgett)
November 24 - Charter Date (22 members)
February 29, 1988 - Charter Night Dinner at Oak Ridge Military Academy
-Speaker: Nido Qubein
May 21 - First Community Service Project (Child Safety Day)
1988-89
(Presidents: Jerry Wells and Jim Wheless)
July 4 - First Fundraising project (Pancake Breakfast - Net: $2,129)
September - Began tradition of recognizing two (2) Students of the Month
and one (1) Teacher of the Month from both East Forsyth and Glenn High
Schools
September 20 - Ladies' Night at High Point Elks Club
December 4 - Second fund-raiser (Pancake Supper - Net: $2,965)
January - Jerry Wells resigned - Jim Wheless became president
May 25 - 1st Annual Scholastic Banquet
May - Awarded four (4) scholarships of $250 each
1989-90
(Presidents: Jim Wheless and Arnold King)
August - Community Service Project (Literacy Week Campaign in conjunction
with Forsyth Tech)
October - Hurricane Hugo Relief Effort - collected two (2) trailers
of goods that were distributed by the Rotary Club in Florence, South
Carolina
November - Jim Wheless moved - Arnold King became president
December - Pancake Supper netted $3,595 (began concept of corporate
sponsors)
December - Began annual Christmas Gift Program for Area Rest Homes
January 3 - "Polio Plus" Fund-raiser at Countryside Lanes
January - Established Business Partnership with Cash Elementary School
May - Awarded four (4) scholarships of $500 each
May - "Rescued" Kernersville 4th of July Parade and agreed
to assume responsibility for the annual parade
1990-91
(President: Arnold King)
August - Replaced playground equipment at Cash Elementary
September - Recognized in "Rotary News Basket" for Cash School
partnership
December - Pancake Supper netted $7,070
April - Brought circus to Cash Elementary
April - First Career Fair (attended by 1,100 job seekers)
May - Awarded four (4) scholarships of $1,000 each
1991-92
(President: Ron Greene)
Pancake Fund-raisers (July and December) set a new record with $12,303
in profits
June - Club represented at Rotary International Convention in Orlando,
Florida, by Bill Giles, Ron Greene, Dennis Whicker and Arnold King displaying
our Cash School project (1 of only 25 projects on display from entire
Rotary world of 25,000 clubs)
June - Recipient of first-ever "District 7690 Significant Achievement
Award" for our Cash School project
1992-93
(President: Bill Giles)
Pancake fund-raisers netted $13,463
Formed Interact Club at East Forsyth
Received "Blue Chip Award" from the Northwest N.C. Development
Association
Received Presidential Citation from Rotary International
1993-94
(President: Larry Cain)
Pancake fund-raisers netted $15,810
Recognized as the Top Club in District 7690 for Per Capita Giving to
the Rotary Foundation
Received Presidential Citation from Rotary International
Received the "District 7690 Chip Wood Award" for public relations
Received the "District 7690 Significant Achievement Award"
for Career Fair project
1994-95
(President: Bruce Hill)
Sponsored Tara Wall, Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to Australia
Formed Interact Club at Glenn High School (first club in District with
two Interact clubs)
Received another Presidential Citation
1995-96 (President: Jim Bland)
Pancake fund-raisers netted $17,343
Sponsored our second Ambassadorial Scholar - Angela Godwin studied in
France
Achieved 100% Paul Harris Fellow Sustaining Member status
One of Top Three clubs in District in per capita giving to Rotary Foundation
Received Presidential Citation from Rotary International
Gave tremendous club support to District Governor Arnold King
1996-97
(President: John Ford)
July 4 - Replaced 4th of July Pancake Breakfast with a 4th of July 5K
Race that preceded the 4th of July Parade
Conducted Job Shadow program at East Forsyth for 75 students
Won First Place in District 7690 bulletin contest
Conducted first annual Rotary Youth Leadership Academy in Kernersville
Won another Presidential Citation
Adopted a girls' orphanage in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
1997-98
(President: Darrell Walker)
Featured in THE ROTARIAN magazine for our successful pancake fund-raisers
Shipped a container of clothing, beds, paint, ceiling fans, etc., to
the orphanage in the Dominican Republic
Sponsored our first Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar (Susan Decker, teacher
at Cash Elementary, spent summer in France)
Celebrated club's 10th Anniversary with a party at the Sawtooth Center
Sponsored circus at Cash and rebuilt sandboxes for the kindergarten
students
Won another District bulletin award
Received the Presidential Citation
1998-99
(President: Mike Jacobs)
Switched to a breakfast club
July 21 - Certified as a 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club (only the 44th
club in the world to achieve this recognition)
#2 club in the District in per capita giving to the Rotary Foundation
Won District Gold Club Award
Received another Presidential Citation
1999-2000
(President: Jeff Taylor)
Continued support of the orphanage in the Dominican Republic (students
at Cash Elementary got involved and raised $500 to assist the orphanage)
Conducted Hurricane Floyd fund-raiser
Joined other Rotary clubs in Forsyth County to help build a Habitat
for Humanity house
#2 club in the District in per capita giving to the Rotary Foundation
Won both the District Gold Club Award and a Presidential Citation
2000-01 (President: Kevin Bugg)
Christmas party at Tanglewood - complete with hayride through the Festival
of Lights
First ever "non-Pancake Supper" (supper canceled due to snow
- still netted $10,536)
First Golf Marathon (raised $2,736)
Recognized by District 7690 for both Highest Growth Rate and Most New
Members in the District (Received D7690 Arnold Schiffman Award for Membership
Growth & Retention)
Began using the Internet for our bulletin
Received both the Gold Club Award and another Presidential Citation
2001-02 (President: Roy Collette)
First ever Halloween Haunted House project
Secured thirteen (13) new Benefactors for Rotary Foundation
Won Governor's Gold Club Award
2nd Annual Golf Marathon
2002-03
(President: Jim Wilhelm)
Chartered Rotaract Club of Kernersville
Sponsored Rotary Club of Willow Creek
Contributed $5,000 to Polio Eradication Campaign
Donated Centennial Clock to Town of Kernersville in honor of Rotary's
100th Anniversary
Received Gold Club Award and Presidential Citation
3rd Annual Golf Marathon
2003-04
(President: Dona Neal)
Received Gold Club Award and Presidential Citation
4-Way Test Award presented to David Fitzpatrick
4th Annual Golf Marathon
2004-05 (President: Duane Long)
This was the Centennial Year for Rotary - 1905 - 2005
The
Rotary Club of Kernersville presented the Town of Kernersville with
a clock to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the founding of Rotary
Our membership increased from 46 to 59
We sponsored the founding of the RotaRunners Club at Southeast Middle
School this year
Don Allred of Asheboro was our District Governor for the year
We were honored that one of our members, Lt. Col. J. R. Gorham, went
to Iraq to serve our country there. We kept him in our prayers and displayed
the 91st Psalm in our meeting room in his honor until his safe return
We completed our commitment to Rotary International of $5,000 to aid
in the Polio Eradication Program
We received the Arnold Schiffman Award for membership retention and
growth
We received the District Gold Club Award
We received the Rotary International Presidential Citation
Every Kernersville Rotarian was involved in the work of our club
5th Annual Golf Marathon
2005-06
(President: Van Sherrill)
Received Gold Club Award
18TH Annual Pancake Dinner!
July 4th Parade and 5K Race
6th Annual Golf Marathon
2006-07
(President Barbara Fulp)
Received Gold Club Award
19TH Annual Pancake Dinner!
July 4th Parade and 5K Race
7th Annual Golf Marathon
