The Rotary Club of Fonthill is once again ready to celebrate the humanitarian contributions
of the Pelham community through the Paul Harris Fellowship Awards.
The Paul Harris Fellowship Award is one of the highest honours Rotary can bestow upon a
person. Recipients are community professionals and volunteers, in recognition of their
outstanding contributions which exemplify the highest ideal in Rotary - “Service above Self.”
This honour accompanies a donation of $1,000 or more, in the recipient’s name, to Rotary
International’s “Annual Fund SHARE program,” which supports Rotary’s world-wide
programs centred on saving and enhancing lives by providing educational programs, food,
potable water, health care, immunizations, shelters for millions of people, good
environmental practices, and peace centres. The activities are funded, implemented and
managed by Rotarians and Rotary clubs around the globe, including our own Rotary Club of
Fonthill.
Past recipients who have earned this honour include teachers who have run after-school
programs; volunteers from Pelham Cares; neighbourhood builders such as the principals
behind the myPelham online community; business owners who give of their time and
financial resources to make life better for those in need; and many others whose passion is
to serve the community.
The club is currently seeking nominations from the wider Pelham/Niagara community, as
well as from our fellow service clubs and from within our own Rotary membership.
Our Paul Harris Award evening will be on Wednesday, June 4 th , 2025. The deadline to
send a nomination - providing a name, contact information and at least a paragraph
outlining why the individual is being nominated - is Wednesday, April 30 th , 2025.
To nominate an individual, or find out more about the local nomination process, please
contact Annie Holtby, Rotary Club of Fonthill Foundation Chair, at holtbyannie@gmail.com