Active 20-30 Club members build community
■ Club members develop
business connections and
» help out the community
By Brian Goodell
Oregon Daily Emerald
According to the Eugene Ac
tive 20-30 Club’s motto, a person
never stands so tall as when
kneeling to help a child. There
are 90 club members, coming
from all walks of life, but the basic
mission of serving their commu
nity is what binds them.
Founded in 1927, the Active
20-30 Club serves the community
by raising money, performing
charitable labor and providing
community-based services for
children.
At a recent weekly club meet
ing at the Oregon Electric Station,
members spoke about their great
friendships, the wonderful busi
ness contacts they get from being
members and the plans for the
Duck Athletic Fund to raise more
money next year to fund scholar
ships for student athletes.
What brings them together
every week, however, is a love for
service.
“We get a real chance to make
a difference in people’s lives,’’
club president Mike Clark said.
“The club is such a great oppor
tunity to make a whole bunch of
friends while giving back to the
community.”
Clark, who has been with the
club for six years, is president of a
Eugene-based public relations
and advertising firm. Clark joined
the Active 20-30 Club to meet
new people and improve his
business contacts in the commu
nity. For the most part, Clark was
interested in giving back to the
community.
“I own a business in town, so I
felt like I had a responsibility to
my community to try and give
something back,” Clark said.
“The club seemed like the perfect
opportunity.”
Club officer and University
alumnus Tim Campbell said the
Eugene Active 20-30 Club is a
perfect way for students to learn a
little more about the community
they live in and the realities of
life.
“I went to the UO, and al
though it is right in the middle of
Eugene, it can seem like a totally
different world,” Campbell said.
“Getting involved with the 20-30
Club will allow a person to get out
of the college shell, meet real peo
ple, see real-life problems that ex
ist in our community and get a
start on adult life.”
Campbell also said the 20-30
Club is a worldwide organiza
tion, which allows its members to
get involved in international is
sues and attend conferences in
many other parts of the world.
All members of the club are
between the ages of 20 and 40,
and Clark said roughly 60 or 70
percent of the members are Uni
versity alumni. Graduates of the
club go on to participate in other
local organizations.
The Oregon Club, which is an
organization composed of Uni
versity graduates, and is open to
University graduates of all ages,
is a popular place for former 20
30 Club members to get involved
in their community and their
alma mater.
The Oregon Club supports
University athletics with fund
raisers and community service
projects. The four previous Ore
gon Club presidents were mem
bers of the 20-30 Club.
Among other service projects,
Active 20-30 Club members serve
as ushers at Duck basketball
games, organize the annual Kids
Classic Golf Marathon, coordi
nate the Coats for Kids project
and organize the annual July 4
fireworks display at the Lane
County Fairgrounds.
“It takes committed members
to do these things,” member and
University alumnus Mike Boring
said. “We cannot afford to have
members who are joining for
purely social reasons. We literally
ask every new applicant if they
are serious about joining an ‘ac
tive club’ that has high expecta
tions. It’s very important to us.
“That’s not to say that we are
difficult to work with. In fact, no
one has more fun than our mem
bers.”
Past president Tucker Davies
said he joined in 1985 because he
liked the projects the 20-30 Club
was working on.
“I like the fact that we can get
together, have a good time and
help out kids in the process,”
Davies said, “Everyone is differ
ent in the club. We listen to differ
ent music, have different
lifestyles. But everyone gets along
so well because of our willing
ness to help out the community.”
Davies, who served as nation
al president of the Active 20-30
Club from 1998 to 1999, said the
Eugene club has worked with
clubs in El Salvador, Colombia,
Austria, Kenya and Italy, just to
name a few.
In slimmer 2001, Eugene will
play host to the World Conven
tion of the Active 20-30 Club.
Davies said nearly 1,000 mem
bers from all over the world will
come to Eugene for the conven
tion.
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