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Rotary Club of Mystic Honors William "Bill" Hermann for 50 Years of Rotary Membership and Service to the Mystic Community

Mystic, CT, August 23, 2010:  The Rotary Club of Mystic recently honored William "Bill" Hermann for 50 years of membership in the Rotary Club of Mystic and for his leadership in community service.   In attendance were Rotary District Governor Julianne Reppenhagen. Additional honored guests were Mr. Hermann's wife of 55 years, June, and their daughter Andrien Malley of Sebastopol, CA.   

An active residential and light commercial architect with an office in downtown Mystic until his retirement at the age of 79, Bill designed many local buildings including the Seaman's Inne.   Early in his career Bill became very active with projects to improve and revitalize downtown Mystic.  He served as President of the Mystic Chamber of Commerce in 1971 and as President of All Souls Unitarian/Universalist Church and was president of the Rotary Club of Mystic from 1967 - 1968.   Bill also served on the Board of Directors of the Mystic Community Center in 1968 and again from 1971-1980.   From 1983-1984, he was on the Board of the Mystic Depot and from 1985-1995, he served on the Board of the Mashantucket Land Trust/Avalonia Land Conservancy.   Bill also served on the Board of the CT Health Association during the 70's and 80's.    From the late 80's to 2010, he served on the AIA Connecticut Community Affairs Commission; as President of the Building Code Board of Appeals.  Bill held the position of Rotary Club of Mystic historian during the years of 1999 - 2010. 

Bill Hermann was presented a Certificate of Merit for his 50 years of service by Rotary Club of Mystic President Nancy MacMillan.   MacMillan stated, "It is an honor to celebrate such a remarkable event as a 50^th anniversary in Rotary.  Bill has fulfilled the Rotary motto of "Service Above Self" and has been an example of living the Rotary "Four Way Test" of:  Is it the TRUTH?; Is it FAIR to all concerned?; Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? And Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?  Not only has Bill been a shining example within the Rotary Club of Mystic, we also honor him for all his fine work in the community.

Community Service Plan of Action and Milestones

Event	Responsible	Budget	Sched.	Comp.	Remark
Monthly Food Drive	John Merkel		Monthly	On-going	Supporting WARM.
Noank-Mystic Band Concert Sponsorship	John Porter	$500	8/3/10	8/3/10	Concert at 7:00 p.m.
Elementary School Dictionary Program	Darrell Fox & Laura Lynch-Young	$300	TBD		``
Summer Road Cleanup	John Porter		7/31/10	7/31/10
Fall Road Cleanup	John Porter		10/16/10
Fall Sweat Equity Project	Blunt White	$60	10/23/10		Event will focus on the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center.
Thanksgiving Turkey Matching Program	Patty Beaman & Laura Lynch-Young	$250	11/25/10		With Stonington Club and Liberty Bank  Laura is attending the Kickoff Breakfast this week.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing	Biddle Morris		10/23/10		Will ring 11/26, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11 & 12/18
Spring Road Cleanup	John Porter		3/19/11
Spring Sweat Equity Project	John Porter/Blunt White	$60	3/25/11
Senior Center Calendars	John/Laura		11/1/2010		Collect calendars for GSC. Coord. /w Bill Oat

Thank-you Letter From Pawcatuck Neighboorhood Center

 

Contributions Committee Awards Spring 2010
Agency		Award
Adult Day Care of Westerly		$300
The ARC of New London County		$500
The Big Red Memorial Fund - Groton		$250
Catherine Kolnaski MagnettSchool - Groton		$200
Fairview- Off Fellows Home - Groton		$250
Groton Animal Foundation		$400
Habitat for Humanity		$500
Martin House - Norwich		$500
MASH Mystic Ares Shelter and Hospitality - Groton/Stonington		$1,000
Mystic River Ambulance Association		$350
Mystic River Homes - Noank		$250
Noank Historical Society		$200
The Stanton/Davis Homestead Museum - Pawcatuck		$550
Stonington Arms- Senior Housing - Pawcatuck		$228
Terra Firma Farm		$500
Thames River Family Program - Norwich		$500
		$6,178

Volunteers, consisting of Mystic Rotarians and Mystic Historical Society friends, spend some time performing Spring cleaning around the Society's building.

These are children that are part of the Child Care program at the Stonington Community Center. The Mystic Rotary club has made a $300 contribution to this program.

2005 Spring Recommendations – Mystic Rotary Club – Community Grants Committee

Route 1 and cemetary clean-up project. those involved with this year's event are as follows: Jack Garbarino, Chip Lohr,Roger Gross,Seth Wakeman,John Butler, John Bradshaw, Bill Herman, Blunt White, Jenn Pitt, Barry Saluk, Joan Butler and Marti Bradshaw.

The Community Service Committee is one of the most active committees within the Mystic Rotary.  Events/programs sponsored by the committee include

Rotary Centennial Celebration Activities

Provide Picture Dictionaries to Literacy Volunteers

Partially Sponsor the Haitian Health Foundation Activities

Provide support to the Polioplus Program

Conduct a monthly food drive for the communities needy

Staff the Salvation Army Kettle in downtown Mystic over the Christmas Holidays

Clean Route 1 from Fishtown Road to the Drawbridge

Participate in Fall and Spring Sweat Equity Projects within the community

Sponsor Trinity Reps Summer Shakespeare Program at Mystic River Park