The Rotary Club of Springfield, Illinois again recognized a Paul Harris Fellow at our Monday, August 12 meeting at Maldaners Upstairs. The presentation was moderated by Harry Mitchell, who has long-term experience serving as our Club's Rotary International Foundation Chair.
A Paul Harris Fellow is a person who has been recognized as having done something significant for others and through donations to the Rotary International Foundation by them or in their name. Paul Harris was the founder and organizer of the first Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905. He is also the founder of the Rotary idea and the first president of Rotary International. Paul Harris died in 1947.
Harry and the club offered congratulations to Naomi Lynn, for receiving a Paul Harris plus 4 pin. Naomi was presented with the pin for achieving enhanced levels of giving to the Rotary International Foundation as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Springfield, Illinois President Megan Reynolds (mage below).
Paul Harris Fellows are recognized in increments of $1,000 donations. A new Paul Harris Fellow receives a certificate, a medallion, and a Paul Harris Pin.
Thereafter, Paul Harris Fellows are recognized in increments of $1,000 donations. Reaching subsequent levels of giving results in recognition with a pin that adds blue sapphires up to 5 ($6,000) and then pins with up to 3 rubies. When a donor reaches $10,000, they become a major donor with a new recognition process.