Under the luminous eve of Saturday, March 14, 28 individuals shimmered bright as they were given with Paul Harris Awards at Marriot’s Frenchman’s Reef during the 31st Annual Paul Harris and Rose Council Awards Gala.
As what the District 7020’s assistant district governor, Michael Toussaint said, the event was “the highlight of our Rotary year and recognizes contributions to our community.”
The award has been implemented in honor of the Rotary founder Paul Harris, where basis of nomination is those who contributed at least $1,000 to the club’s programs in any given year.
People who vowed to donate at least $1,000 every year would become members of the Paul Harris Society. Major donors would be those who will donate $10,000, whether by gift amounts accumulated over the years or through a one-time donation.
Presidents of each club handed the awards to the 28 awardees that consisted of 6 members from by the Rotary Club of St. Thomas, five from the Rotary Club of St. Thomas II, three from the Rotary Charlotte Amalie, four from the Rotary East, and seven from Rotary Sunrise. Also, the Inner Wheel Club of St. Thomas also distributed three Paul Harris Awards.
Some of the awards were given to community members who’ve done significant works in the community such as heart surgeon Alfred O. Heath to LaVelle Campbell, whose crusade is to educate the public on the gang activities that have been happening in the territory. Because of that he recently earned the first Rotary Practice Peace STAR Award.
Aziz Abu Sarah, executive director of the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, who first came to St. Thomas to speak at Rotary’s 2014 “Practice Peace” summit was also given the award since he had contributed vital works for the community’s good.
Though this year had a lower number of awardees from last year, which was 31, this is the first time that two local Rotary Clubs cooperated to give out the awards.
The 2015 Paul Harris awardees are as follows:
Rotary Club of St. Thomas:
Jacqueline Jocelyn Brown
Colleen Doumeng
Sanford “Sandy” Grishman
Dr. Alfred O. Heath
Gloria L. Salas-Lindquist
Leal Van Beverhoudt
Rotary Club of St. Thomas II:
Ray Barry
Edie Paljavcsik Johnson
Jean Paul Nel
Carol Pazik
Lennox Williams
Rotary Club of Charlotte Amalie:
Phyllis Almestica
LeRoy A. Claxton, Sr.
Donna M. Phillip
Rotary Club of St. Thomas East:
Hugh B. Arnold
Shirley Quetel-Hendricks
Carla D. Sarauw
Hon. Karen Hastie Williams
Rotary Club of St. Thomas Sunrise:
Patricia S. Bailey
Walter “Wally” Bostwick
Joseph M. Brugos
LaVelle Campbell
Elizabeth Elger
Majors Daniel and Valerie Hazeldine
Aziz Abu Sarah
Inner Wheel Club of St. Thomas:
Rita I. Coll
Ellen MacLean
Corrine Sparks Lockhart
28 Individuals Commended With Paul Harris Awards
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