ROTARY CLUB OF ARANSAS PASS
VIRTUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY
May 14, 2020
History of Rotary
- World’s first service club
- Rotary Club of Chicago formed on February 23, 1905 by Paul P. Harris
- Established as a professional club to exchange professional and social interests
- Called “Rotary” from early practice of rotating meetings among members’ offices
- Motto: “Service Above Self”
- The Four-Way Test was developed by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 and was adopted as a Code of Ethics in 1943
- Is it the Truth?
- Is it Fair to All Concerned?
- Will it Build Good Will and Better Friendships?
- Will it Be Beneficial To All Concerned?
One of our Service Projects is to Award Scholarships to deserving APISD seniors. Each year the President of the Aransas Pass Rotary Club appoints a committee who has the arduous task of selecting a limited number of deserving students from the many who apply. This year the Committee selected (3) $1000.00 scholarship recipients.
The Scholarship Recipients are: Abriee Shae Mendoza
Tylar Joseph Murphy
Jaclyn Elizabeth Rios
This year one of our long term Rotarians, Robert Branch, who enjoys 31 years of perfect attendance, lost his wife, Patricia. Patricia Branch was a long term resident of Aransas Pass graduating from APISD. She taught school in the Aransas Pass System for 35 years from 1977 to 2012 and spent 8 years serving the School District by serving on the APISD School Board from her retirement to her death. Patricia was an asset to Aransas Pass, APISD, and the Rotary Club of Aransas Pass. For this reason the Rotary Club of Aransas Pass has set up the 2020 Rotary Club of Aransas Pass Patricia Branch Memorial Scholarship. The recipient of that Scholarship is Lalu Christiana Perez. She will receive $1,350.00.
Submitted by:
Karen Gayle
Secretary/Treasurer
Rotary Club of Aransas Pass
May 24, 2020