Taylor Rotary Club will recognize the top 10% of local graduates and award its scholarship at the Rotary Scholars Banquet on Monday, May 10.
These local graduates are the foundation for the future of our community,” Club President Regina Carlson said. “This annual event is important to our club and we look forward to meeting these students and visiting with them and their parents.”
 
The Rotary Club of Taylor has recognized the top 10% of the community’s graduating seniors since it created the student loan fund in 1923. This year, the club’s will give one deserving senior a $6,000 scholarship, the largest from any organization in the Taylor community.

“We are only able to do this because our community has supported the Taylor Rotary Club with its annual fundraisers,” Carlson said. “And, of course, our dedicated Rotarians who have demonstrated the Rotary motto of ‘Service Above Self’ in Taylor for 100 years.”

The Rotary Club of Taylor to support projects in Taylor and around the world. Its regular local projects include packing bags at Shepherd’s Heart Food Pantry on Wednesday afternoons and running routes for Meals On Wheels every third Thursday. In the spring, the club hosts the Rotary Scholars Banquet for the top 10 percent of students at Taylor High School and Legacy Early College High School and awards scholarships.