Service Above Self Awards
Our annual presentation of the Service Above Self Awards will be held on March 13th at Memorial Hall. This always a fun event where we honor members of the community who have distinguished themselves with their service to help improve our area. Since the start of the program in 1968, Rockford Rotary has presented Service Above Self Awards to approximately 332 individuals from our community including 7 who have received the award twice. We give a second award to an individual who continues to serve the community after they have received their first award. The Mary-Stuart Carruthers Community Impact Award has been awarded to 3 organizations since 2019. And in 2021 we presented the Special Pandemic Humanitarian Service Award to the three Rockford Hospital Systems: MercyHealth System, OSF Healthcare and UW SwedishAmerican for their efforts during the pandemic in 2021.
This year we will honor more outstanding members of the Rockford area for their "Service Above Self". We would encourage you to attend this special meeting and support our honorees. Dave Byrnes will again handle the meeting and introduce our honorees, and Mayor Tom McNamara will again say a few words and help hand out the plaques.