Thanks go to the Rotarians who braved the cold on Saturday to ring bells for Salvation Army: Mike Donnelly, Wray Howard, Dave Byrnes, Stephanie Bradley, Mary Maxted and Pete and Becky Rundquist!

 

Thanks! P and B

 

 

 

 

There are a number of parts of the whole.  This may involve a few meetings to be determined by those who want to be involved. 

 

     First, we need a good pool of candidates. According to program rules, candidates must be nominated by a member of the Club. Only a few may be Rotarians themselves. The rest must be from the Rockford community. If you want to help, please talk to the nonprofit organizations with which you are familiar. Who are the outstanding volunteers in their organizations? Let’s see how wide we can cast this net. Try to include both large organizations along with smaller ones.

     When we have compiled a good number of applications, there needs to be a committee to review the applications and select the winners. For those who nominate a successful candidate, they will do the introduction at the awards ceremony.

     The applications for both individual candidates and the Mary Stuart Carruthers award are available on our website. Look under the Membership tool bar near the top of the home page.

 

 

     Third, we need volunteers to plan and run the lunch and program on March 13, 2025 which includes many individual elements such as:

 

     Determining & Executing Program Elements.  Like last year for the ceremony, Mayor McNamara was invited to attend, say a few words, and hand out the awards.

 

 

 

     Track of reservations so we have enough food.

 

 

 

     CONTACT for more info or to take on one of these pieces of this event – Dave Byrnes,   david.byrnes941@gmail.com