The Lima Rotary Club awarded its quarterly scholarships at Monday's meeting.
The Lima Rotary Club awarded scholarships to 17 non-traditional students for the winter 2020 – 2021 sessions. These students are attending Apollo Career Center, Bluffton University, Ohio State University–Lima, Rhodes State College and the University of Northwestern Ohio. They are pursuing degrees in Biology, Education, Social Work, Nursing, Medical Assisting, Health Care Administration, Structural Plate & Pipe Welding and CDA. The members of the Rotary Club wish them the best in their field of studies and in the careers they have selected. To-date the club has award 1,086 scholarships for a total of $814,250.
Also at Monday's meeting, we heard from Mary Jane Milano from the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network. This is an organ procurement organization in New York which is the link between people who need organ transplants and the donors. Mary Jane urged us to give the gift of life and become organ donors. "A person is added to the a transplant waiting list every ten minutes. 22 people die each day because the organ they are waiting for isn't donated in time. Nationally, there are over 119,000 people awaiting life-saving organ transplants." She says that if we choose to be organ donors, we should make sure our families know so they don't have to make that difficult decision at an emotional time. Mary Jane says nearly anyone can be an organ donor, no matter their age, health or religion.