The Yorktown Rotary Club was chartered in 1969 and has a
long history of conducting projects beneficial to the community. Following are some recent projects:
A picnic and fishing outing for paralyzed veterans twice a year.
An annual weekend of fun on the York River and around Yorktown for Edmarc
families with terminally ill children.
Literacy programs at local schools
Youth Exchange programs
Sponsor local high school attendance at youth leadership programs
Sponsor Ambassadorial Scholars
Construction of a shelter on the York River in New Quarter Park.
Installation of the Trim and Doors in the New Fifes and Drums Building
Aid for a child care center in beautiful Quito, Ecuador
Manage the Freedom Run on Memorial Day
Support for the Grafton High School community service Interact Club
Support for a wide range of and youth and charitable organizations
The picture above shows the boat of a club member taking paralyzed veterans out on the York River for a fishing outing. Other veterans are fishing on the pier with the assistance of club members. The groups switch places later in the day, and we all have a big picnic with the help of the Yorktown Woman's Club. A special lifting crane was constructed to load and unload the veterans in their heavy wheelchairs or gurneys. This fishing outing is provided to paralyzed veterans both in the late spring and in the late summer of each year.
The same facilities are used by the club to provide a weekend of fishing and fun for Edmarc families of terminally ill children. A picnic Friday evening is followed by boating and fishing on Saturday. That night we take the parents out to a local restaurant while members entertain the children, and Sunday they leave with coolers of fish they caught and park tickets tickets provided by Busch Gardens. This weekend vacation is provided every year to Edmarc families in the late spring.