Major Projects of the Streator Rotary Club

The Streator Rotary Club has sponsored the Academic Bowl Classic for 39 years.  
Click here for Article from 5 February 2001

For the past 16 years the club has held a Coat and Blanket Collection for the needy and have collected 15,410 items through their efforts.  The next collection will be in the fall of 2002.  The club was recognized in the March 1993 issue of THE ROTARIAN and pictured on page 47.
Click here for Article from 23 October 2000.


A warm and fuzzy collection
Final collection for the annual Rotary-sponsored Coat and Blanket Collection
was made Monday, November 5, 2001.  Rotarians Jeff Hettrick (left), Bill Zobus
(second from right) and Bill Ehling (right), along with Salvation Army worker
Colleen Poulaki hauled coats into the Salvation Army building.  A total of 34
boxes were collected, equaling 1,700 items.  Free distribution was made
November 6-7 at the Salvation Army.  The 11-year project total is 15,310 items.

The Streator Club has also sponsored the Northlawn (Jr. High) Math contest for 16 years.