Jackson (TN) Rotary - Press Releases

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recently, the Jackson Rotary Club announces several awards received from Rotary International (RI), RI District 6760, and those issued to its members for the Rotary Year 2004-2005, the Centennial Year of RI. Awards received and issued are as follows:

International-level Awards

100% Paul Harris Fellow Club Certification – Jackson Rotary Club

Note: As of this date, the Jackson Rotary Club is the Only 100% Paul Harris Fellow club in Rotary International Zone 30 (Ohio to the Gulf Coast), including District 6760 of Middle and West Tennessee. Each member of a 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club must contribute or arrange for contributions to The Rotary Foundation of $1,000.00 or more. In 2004-2005, The Jackson Rotary Club’s members contributed over $80,000.00 to The Rotary Foundation for its good works, such as the PolioPlus Campaign that has immunized 2 Billion children against this horrific disease since its inception.

(See Attached Photo with Past District Governor Paul Butler)

The Rotary Foundation Award for Individual Achievement – Dee Ann Culbreath

Presidential Citation for 2004-2005 – Jackson Rotary Club

District-level Award

District Rotarian of the Year(out of 3,600+ Rotarians) – Dee Ann Culbreath

Outstanding Achievement Award for a Club(100% Paul Harris Fellows) – Jackson Rotary Club

Community Service Award for a Club – Jackson Rotary Club

Best Centennial Service Project(Jackson’s RotaryPark) – Jackson Rotary Club

Club-level Awards

Club Rotarian of the Year (out of 140+ Rotarians) – Mike Harris

(See Attached Photo, Mike Harris & Dee Ann Culbreath)

Four Avenues of Service Awards

Outstanding Vocational Service – James Dusenberry
Outstanding International Service – Susan Hays
Outstanding Community Service – Vicki Lake
Outstanding Club Service – Kevin Barron

Service Above Self Award – Frank McMeen

A special presentation was made by State Representative Jimmy Eldridge of Jackson, as both a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and a member of the Jackson Rotary Club. Recently, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a resolution congratulating the Jackson Rotary Club, and especially its outgoing president, Dee Ann Culbreath for community service achievements and dedication to the people of Tennessee. (See photos attached)

The Jackson Rotary Club, the second oldest in District 6760 and fourth oldest in the State of Tennessee, is an organization of business and professional leaders united to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. The Club focuses on Four Avenues of Service: Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service and International Service. The Club was formed in August of 1916.

The Club meets weekly on Wednesdays at Noonat the Jackson Country Club. For more information on the Jackson Rotary Club visit www.jacksonrotaryclub.com. For more about Rotary International and visit the Rotary International website at www.rotary.org.

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2005-2006 MEDIA CONTACTS:

Blake Williams, president

e-mail: bwilliams@bdk.com

Kevin Barron, chair of public relations committee/webmaster

e-mail: kevin.barron@wth.org

phone: 731-660-8786

(E-mailed on Tuesday, July 5, 2005)