23rd Annual Roscommon Rotary Duck Race

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Wallace Park

Roscommon, MI

2:00 p.m.

Buy your tickets from any Rotarian
or at the following events:

 ● 4th of July Parade (Downtown)

● Arts & Craft Show (July 10th - CRAF Center Lawn)

● Roscommon River Festival (July 17th & 18th - Wallace Park Area)

Top Prize = $1,000!!!!!

Roscommon Rotary
60th Anniversary Celebration

Group Photo taken at the Au Sable River Center, in front of the 2009 addition

Upcoming Meetings:

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

A Brief History of the Roscommon Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Roscommon was admitted to Rotary International in 1950.

E.L. Hulz, the first Vice President of the Roscommon Rotary Club, recited this poem at the very first fireside chat in Roscommon in 1950, and it has been a tradition ever since. The poem is entitled "The Builder", and unfortunately nobody remembers who the author is, but it goes like this:

I saw them tearing a building down, a group of men in my hometown.
And with a ho-heave-ho and a lusty yell,
They swung a beam and a sidewall fell.
And I asked of a foreman standing there,
Is this skilled labor that you have here?
Oh no indeed, just unskilled labor is all that I need.
With these I can tear down in a day or two,
what it takes craftsmen years to do.
And I thought to myself as I walked away,
Which of these life roles have I chose to play?
Am I a builder, building with care, measuring life by rule and square,
carefully following a well made plan,
steadfastly doing the best that I can?
Or am I a wrecker, walking the town,
Content with the business of just tearing down?

Over $500,000 raised for Major Projects and Charitable Gifts
in the Roscommon Area over the last 50+ years.