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Written by Greg DeLancy
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Monday, 14 November 2011 13:12 |
Murray, KY--The annual Rotary Club of Murray Telethon is underway with a weeklong series of broadcasts on local cable systems in Murray and Calloway County. The broadcast held annually at the studios of MSU TV 11 on the 8th floor of Murray State University’s Fine Arts Building will highlight local school systems including Murray, Calloway and Murray State University, culminating into a final broadcast hosted by Rotary Club members about the clubs activities in Murray Calloway County.
This year‘s recipients will share in the estimated $10,000 raised from the advertising within the nightly programs. The Calloway County Chapter of the Red Cross, West Kentucky Mentoring Inc (formerly Big Brothers, Big Sisters) and the Rotary Club of Murray’s Foundation for Children and Families are the benefactors. “This is a telethon that focuses on our community,” said Greg DeLancey, co-chair of the Rotary Telethon. “Donations come in the form of advertising sold to local businesses and supporters of the Club. Local cable companies open up their channels, Murray State University opens up TV 11 studios, and the local schools including the University create programing about their organizations to air during the week,” said DeLancey.
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Written by WestKyStar Staff
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Monday, 12 September 2011 14:44 |
MURRAY, KY - The Rotary Club of Murray Scooper Bowl was one of many events that took place at the Murray Ice Cream Festival this weekend raising money for several local charities. Over a thousand people sampled the tasty ice cream made by several local charities.
 Scooper Bowl attendees paid a $5 admission ($1 for children) and received a voting ticket and a spoon to sample ice cream. After tasting the variety of homemade ice cream, they voted for their favorite flavor or charity by placing their voting ticket in a special box located at the charity.
Greg DeLancey Chair of this year’s Scooper Bowl said, “We had so much fun. You could just sense that people were happy to be at this year’s event. Rotary Club of Murray became, in a sense, a fun-filled conduit, channeling the admission into needy local charities. Entry fees from Scooper Bowl attendees and sponsor money from University Book and Bean will go to great missions like the Wounded Warrior Project, by Kirksey United Methodist Church.”
“I thought the scooper bowl was a huge success,” said Lisa Clinton Co-Chair of the Rotary Club event. “We had an amazing turn out. I think it was impressive that we ran out of ice cream due to the volume attending, although attendees did get plenty to eat.” 
Nine charities participated in the event and competed for $3000 donated by University Book & Bean and a large portion of the gate money. Don Robertson, President of the Rotary Club of Murray commented “The Rotary Club of Murray wants to thank University Book and Bean for their generous contribution to the prize money. Coupled with the entry fees at the gate, over $5000 was returned to the 9 non-profit groups participating which makes it even more exciting. .”
After counting tickets from the entry boxes of the teams the following amounts of money will be distributed among the following groups.
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