BRC History: Women Join Rotary

BRC History: Women Join Rotary

A Daily Camera story on July 13, 1987, was headlined,  “Service clubs admitting women.” The story said that Boulder service clubs were dropping bans against women members in the wake of  two United States Supreme Court decisions that call such bans discriminatory....
BRC History: Rotary Youth Exchange

BRC History: Rotary Youth Exchange

Boulder Rotary has hosted and sent abroad a long list of young people, and some older ones, through Rotary International programs such as youth exchange, Ambassadorial scholars, and Group Study Exchange. Our first youth exchange student, Patricia Heimann of Remagen,...
BRC History: Polio and the March of Dimes

BRC History: Polio and the March of Dimes

* Reported by Bob Bradfield Polio was a tragedy and a concern for millions of people, particularly after President Franklin D. Roosevelt fell victim to the disease. In the 1940s and 50s, the March of Dimes literally collected dimes to eradicate polio, many of them...
BRC History: Boulder from the 50s to the 70s

BRC History: Boulder from the 50s to the 70s

* Reported by John Schoolland Boulder did not “just happen,” said Schoolland. Its future was envisioned by its early leaders. Struck with the potential of the area, the climate, the beauty of the setting, the natural resources, they envisioned a community that would...