February 20, 2004

The Upper St. Clair-Bethel Park Breakfast Rotary Club will hold a Celebration of Giving at Valley Brook Country Club on Friday, February 20.  Presentations will be made to the following organizations:  South Hills Interfaith Ministries (SHIM), Camp Kon-O-Kwee/Camp Spencer, Southwinds, Inc, YMCA Camp AIM, Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh, Wesley Institute, Mission for Haiti’s Children, Appalachian Work Camp and the International Rotary Foundation. Additionally, a very special contribution will be made in the name of our friend and former fellow Rotarian, Michael A. Giglotti, who passed away this past year.  Throughout Michael’s life, he followed the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”  His commitment to helping special needs children was evident through his work with Camp Kon-O-Kwee and at the Early Learning Institute.  The Michael A. Giglotti Scholarship each year will pay for two former students of the Early Learning Institute to attend one of the special camping weeks at Camp Kon-O-Kwee.

The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service.  Rotarians throughout the world serve others by giving freely of their time, talent and resources while setting high ethical standards in their personal, business, and community lives.  Over $25,000 was raised last fall during the Upper St. Clair-Bethel Park Breakfast Rotary Club’s Annual Chicken Barbeque.  Since the club’s inception sixteen years ago, more than  $300,000 has been raised to benefit individuals and organizations in need.  This year, this fundraising event will be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair on October 2, 2004.  Please call 412-833-7753 or 412-835-2036 for barbeque tickets and membership details.