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Festival funds scholarships, civic donations
Julie Brown
Staff Writer
Many students have benefited dur-
ing the past six decades from the
Rotary Chicken Barbeque proceeds,
thanks to volunteers who serve nearly
11,000 barbeque chicken dinners on
Chicken Sunday.
David Batts, chair of the Plymouth
Noon Rotary Club Foundation, noted
that nearly 70 percent of money raised
from the Plymouth Fall Festival bar-
beque supports student scholarships. Photo by Helen Yancy
“Volunteering is a way of giving setup the Saturday before the Sunday, an auto industry career, added of youth
back,” Batts said of the 400-500 volun- Sept. 8, event. volunteering, “It helps them grow. It's
teers who assist in the chicken bar- Batts said he gets, “Self-satisfaction. the big picture of helping other people
beque, in the 64th year. I like watching young people learn. A succeed who may not have the same
Interact, the Rotary high school arm lot of them have a good time. They get opportunity.”
at Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, a lot out of it, especially if you take the Some $70,000 is raised from the bar-
has barbeque volunteers and high time to explain it.” beque annually. Vocational and merit
school sports teams help, too, with Batts, in money management after scholarships are awarded from pro-
