The Paul Harris Fellow Award  

Donors of $1,000 or more to the Rotary Foundation Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus, or the Humanitarian Grants Program, or people who have that amount contributed in their name, can be recognized as Paul Harris Fellows .  The recipients below have had $1,000 donated in their honor to the Rotary Foundation.

2009 Paul Harris Fellows: 

Top Photos:  Cathy Gravel (2 Paul Harris Fellowships) and Steve Smith.

Lower photo:  Peggy Pedro, Steve Morad, Grace Martins, Loring Merrow, Gary Epstein, Jeff Doherty, Herb Harris, and Rudy Van Oeveren.  Not pictured:  Fred deNapoli.   

What is the Paul Harris Society?

The Paul Harris Society is named after the founder of Rotary International.  The society recognizes friends of The Rotary Foundation who annually contribute $1,000 or more to the Annual  Programs Fund, PolioPlus, and other approved Foundation grant activities. Society contributions may count toward Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member, Paul Harris Fellow, Multiple Paul Harris Fellow, and Major Donor recognition.

Your gift will advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.  Your contribution supports activities such as:

• Vocational and on-the-job training for land minevictims in Cambodia

• Hand-washing stations, training for teachers, andin-depth hygiene training for students at a school in Ecuador

• A scholarship for a Japanese student to study effective adult learning methods abroad

• Milking cows for farmers in Russia

• Microcredit loans to women in Togo

• Reading and mathematics textbooks for students in the United States of America

Projects like these depend on the ongoing support of dedicated Rotarians and friends like you.  Thank you for making Rotary a priority in your philanthropy.  The Paul Harris Societyis a district-administered recognition program.   Membership is tracked and recognized independently by each Rotary district.