One of the three ways that a Paul Harris Fellowship may be awarded is for the parent club to use its Foundation contribution points to nominate a particular member of its own club or the community at large.
At our 2021 Christmas Party, the Chair of our Presidents Advisory Committee,Steve Malo announced three RCNS members recognized as PHFs for their ongoing contributions;
Tracy Winkworth. Tracy was instrumental in establishing our Virtual Trivia Night last fall. She organized the food and format for the first in our continuing series of Car Rallys (in honour of our Founding President Keith Flexman) at a time of great uncertainty with the acceptable format associated with covid. Tracy has graciously catered the last two Rotary Christmas parties donating her skills, time and energy. She invoiced for the food only.
John Wallace. In addition to his tireless fundraising for, and numerous travels with, Operation Eyesight, John has provided our Club with great expertise and the supply of many Redbuds which we continue to plant along our Sunrise Trail in Simcoe. It is estimated that this contribution far exceeds 100 trees at this time; and
Andy Kooistra. Andy was instrumental in fund raising over $120K for the purchase of the bridge for the Waterford Trail. This was undertaken only after waiting for 7 years with 3 different mayors who each promised to provide a bridge, without result. He arranged for Morris Construction to level the west side of the Sunrise trail and remove the overgrowth of sumac. When our Club planted the trees and the daffodils, he arranged for the equipment to be donated by The Equipment Center including the auger, which made our work lighter and more effective. Andy also arranged for a huge tree wacker to cut down the overgrowth of sumac. When we removed the fence he arranged for the donation of the dumpster.
Well done, Tracy, John and Andy. You all exemplify what it means to be a Rotarian. As a Club, we are all proud of what you bring to our community presence.
