First female member admitted to club.

Club History - From the Archives
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EARLY BEGINNINGS:-Establishing Rotary in Saskatoon.
The Rotary Club of Saskatoon's first meeting
1917 - Money Raised for YMCA.
1918 - Farming for Funds.
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES:- 1920's-The Club's First Major Long-Term Project.
1922-Club Starts City-Wide Sports Leagues.
1929-Club Honoured by Paul Harris visit.
1931-Club Sponsors Social Aid Service.
1936- Club Moves to 'New' Bessborough Hotel.
1939-Wartime Fundraising
1949-Rotary Annual Corn Roast.
1950's-Rotary Supports Easter Seal Campaign.
1961-Rotary Club of Saskatoon Sponsors Second City Club!
1967- Club Initiates Long-Running Plate Dinner Fundraiser.
1970's-Club Runs Concessions for Louis Riel Days.
1985-$30,000 Raised for Polio Plus Campaign!
1990- Club Admits Its First Female Member.
1991- Exchange Students Visit.
1992-Club Celebrates its 75th Anniversary.
1993-Van Donated To Saskatoon Community Heath.
1998-Rotary Peace Plaza.
ARCHIVAL POTPOURRI:- 1918-Harry Lauder pays a call!
1921- The Chief White Elk Saga.
1922- Former Saskatoon Rotarian becomes Premier of Manitoba!
1925-Club Starts Minstrel Shows as Fundraisers.
1927-First Rotary Bridge Night!
1924-Police Chief, George M. Donald, Club President.
1928-The Great Kiwanis-Rotary Hockey Game.
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In 1989, Rotary International, for the first time in its history, voted to allow women to join the organization. The Rotary Club of Saskatoon quickly moved to take advantage of this new ruling and, in 1990, the club's first female member, Kathryn Olsvik, was inducted as a new Rotarian.