LITH Rotary Donates Rockin Ribfest Funds To Local Groups

Readying for the 2012's Rockin Ribfest, the Lake in the Hills Rotary Club found they still had some money left over from last year's event.  So the group this week donated $8,250 to four other area non-profits and schools.  Rotary District Governor Carlos Frum cited the group as the best "small club" in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

LITH Rotary gave $2,500 to the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association for scholarships, $1,250 to the Lake in the Hills Senior Citizens' Group for their Christmas event, $2,150 to McHenry County PADS for sleep centers and $2,000 to District 300 for a 4th and 5th graders' trip to Springfield.

In the pic:  LITH Rotary President Jim Wales accepted an award this week from Rotary Governor Carlose Frum for events like its Rockin Ribfest and programs like that supports a fish farm to help rural Guatemalans.