Macon Rotary Club Celebrates 100th Year by Raising Money for Amputees
Friday, March 7th, 2014
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, theRotary Club of Macon wants to help people walk.
Specifically, said club President Don Cornett, the organization is asking its members to each donate $150 to cover the cost of making the artificial legs for Mercer University's Mercer on Mission program, which has created about 1,000 low-cost, fully functional legs for amputees in Vietnam.
Cornett said his club's goal is to raise enough funds for 500 legs. A local businessman told Cornett he will match whatever the club raises.
"We adopted a special birthday project, which is to work with Mercer on Mission," Cornett said. "Rotary's motto is 'Service above self.' ... The best birthday present we can give ourselves is to do something with someone else. It's our signature project for our 100th birthday."
