9/9/13 - The line to receive breakfast from The Fowlerville Rotary club stretched out the door at this yearâs Dawn Patrol, held at Maple Grove Airport yesterday morning. The 63rd annual event hosted about 36 aircraft that flew in, including the University of Michigan Survival Flight Helicopter, as community members enjoyed a large spread served to them by Fowlerville Rotary Club members. Capital City Sky Divers were expected to do a drop but held off due to unpredictable weather. Dawn Horton, a Rotarian and the first woman asked to be a part of the Fowlerville Rotary Club, tells WHMI many people were required to put the event on. Carrie Newstead, Rotary Club President, says the club participates in several fundraisers but that Dawn Patrol is one of their major ones. Rotary club not only participates in community events but also international programs, such as Eradicating Polio. The event held a raffle with hundreds of door prizes donated by Fowlerville businesses. Local businesses also donated $25 plane fuel gift certificates as prizes for a separate raffle held for the pilots that flew in. Jeff Klepser is a pilot that flew in with fellow pilot friends today and tells WHMI he has been flying in to Dawn Patrol for 10 years. Camping was allowed this year and Newstead says they had several campers as well as hundreds of community members that came out for Dawn Patrol. Newstead says the club has been setting up and preparing for the event all weekend, and will immediately begin planning next yearâs event. (DK)
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