The Angel Bear at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The staff and students will be providing gifts for the children at Sweetwater School for our Christmas Project party on 12/16.  

On behalf of HRC, Les Whicker received a certificate of appreciation at the Champions of Education Breakfast, Sept. 17, 2008. Hickory Rotary Club donated funds to the More at Four classroom project, which helps four-year-old children be ready to attend kindergarten. Champions of Education is a program of the Catawba County Chamber of Commerce. Left to Right, Les Whicker, Kim Salyards, Executive Director for Partnership for Children and chair of the Champions of Education's Leaps and Bounds committee, and Lisa Thompson, principal of Balls Creek Elementary.

Hickory Rotary Club donated funds to Southwest Elementary School to build a walking track. Shown left to right are Lamar Mitchell, principal Sherry Willis and Mitzi Gellman, with Southwest children...