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For more than a decade, Whitehall Rotarians have been recognizing other individuals, groups, and businesses who also provide valuable service to our community- more than 68 Wheelchair Awards have been presented..  A donation jar at the local A&W/KFC provides all the funding.  When $150.00 has been donated, the club sends a check to the Wheelchair Foundation and a person somewhere in the US or other parts of the world receives a wheelchair that they otherwise would not be able to own.  As of January 1, 2015, part of the money donated in the A&W/KFC jar will also be used to help fund local community projects and the Rotary polio eradication effort. 

Whitehall Rotarians have been the caretakers of the historic fishpond, located at the center of town, since the 1950s.  In the early 2000s, the club took on an enormous preservation and improvement project for the pond.  A new pond liner, better water filtration/oxygenation of water for the summer trout, a new granite sidewalk, recognition wall, and additional city park around the pond have turned the area into a beautiful place to gather on warm summer evenings and throughout the year.