NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Dimitriy Vakulenko with the Hutchinson Rotary Club let Hutch Post know that the club is one of the oldest in the organization.
"Hutchinson Rotary Club was founded in 1915, just 10 years after the Rotary International was founded," Vakulenko said. "Our club has a long and rich tradition as the largest and oldest civic organization in Reno County. Thanks to our forward-thinking founders, we are the club number 189 in the world out of more than 35,000 Rotary International clubs globally."
Lisa Gleason said the club has been giving to youth in the area recently.
"We gave back $20,000 to the community," Gleason said. "This year, we did 15 grants, and it's all focused around youth. We support activities and nonprofits that do work in youth education, youth leadership, youth literacy, and youth health, and we gave out 15 grants, and we're so excited to be able to support the community in that way."
The club meets the first and third Mondays of each month and they also meet on the fifth Monday of the month in months that have one.
"One of the huge benefits of Rotary is it's just a great networking organization, a place for you to come, have some lunch, learn something because we always have a great speaker at our lunches," Gleason said. "Also you get to sit with some of your favorite people and people maybe you've never met before and get to learn a little bit more about them."
The meetings are from noon to 1 p.m. at the Stringer Fine Arts Center on the campus of Hutchinson Community College.
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