Community Service

Camp Daggett

Members of the Petoskey Rotary Club in 1974 constructed the Mohawk sleeping cabin. This cabin sleeps ten plus a counselor. Every spring the club goes out and cleans, repaints, and repairs the cabin as needed.

Contact: John Heinzelman

Phone: 231/347-9742

Visit Camp Daggett Online

Winter Sports Park

A report was made by William McCune regarding the possibility of developing an adequate winter sports program. P.T. Mitchell called a meeting on 8/8/1927 to discuss the organization of a committee to promote winter sports; and at a meeting held September 7th the following officers of the first Winter Sports Committee we elected: Rotarian Homer Bates, President; Rotarian Watson Snyder, Vice-President; Kiwanian Glen Townsend, Treasurer; and Kiwanian Bert Kenny, Secretary. The first organized Winter Sports Program was held in February 1928

In 1990, we spearheaded the project to erect a new building at the Winter Sports Park and eventually put a roof over the hockey rink. $206,573 were collected for the improvements and with help from the city and the state, the building was completed, a great credit to our club.

Adopt - A - Highway

In 1991 the Rotary Club of Petoskey "adopted" a 3 mile strech of US 131. The three miles of road streches from Bear River Road at the south end of the county to Kemp Road. Every Spring several Rotarians, spouses, children and guests make their walk cleaning up the roadway. Over the past years, we have found several "interesting" items.

Drinking Fountain Downtown Petoskey

When the City of Petoskey and the Downtown businesses had the major street scape project, three drinking fountains were donated to serve the visitors. The Rotary Club of Petoskey donated one of them, it sits on Lake Street at the Park Avenue sidewalk.

STRIVE

STRIVE is a scholarship and jobs program for seniors.

STRIVE is a partnership amoung the Rotary Club of PEtoskey, Petoskey High School, North Central Michigan College, and you!!!

The opportunity

STRIVE is for high school seniors who want to improve their present educational status and their life prospects.

STRIVE recognizes and rewards students, academically ranked in the lower one-third of the senior class, who demonstrate their desire for success by achievement in three years.

STRIVE honors all students who accomplish the goals set forth by the STRIVE program.

Eligibility
To be eligible, students must be in thier senior year at Petoskey High School.

How does it work?
The school will calculate your base GPA, that is your accumulative grade point average for grades nine, ten and eleven. At the end of your senior year, the grades that your recieved for that year will be converted into a senior GPA. By subtracting the base from the senior GPA, we can determine the improvement amount.

Student Service Above Self Award

Adam Arney is from the Alanson Public School System. He was presented the Petoskey Rotary Service Above Self Award. This award is presented to students that go above and beyond the normal requirements. Adam has been involved in Football, and Track. His teachers will probally most miss him since he was the schools computer expert. Congratulations Adam!!!

Rotarians Dean Smith and John Smith presented the award.

Teacher of the Year

Rotary Club President Ken Mainland and Rotarian Bob Waldvogel present to Mark Fralick and Dana DeGroot the 2005 Teacher of the Year Award. Because of so many teachers retiring this year, the Rotarians recognized two teachers this year instead of the traditional one