At our 75th End-of-Year celebration, also known as Ted Langdell Day, Steve Desmarias and Mike Rasmussen were recognized for their dedication to the club as this year's Stan Powers Award honorees!! As President Buchanan shared these guys each in their own way do tremendous work around recruitment and retention of club members. They "reel them in and keep them coming". Their efforts help make the Rotary Magic happen or in our club's case they help us "keep the secret sauce flowing"!
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An annual highlight of our end-of-year celebration since 1991 has been the presentation of the Stan Powers Award. For those who didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Stan Powers, he was a great human being and our “Mr. Rotarian”. Incidentally, Stan was also the father of PDG Peter Powers and when Peter joined our club, they became our first father-son duo.
As noted on our website “This award honors the accomplishments and memory of an outstanding Milford Rotarian, Stanley E. Powers. Known as “Mr. Rotarian” Stan Powers exemplified the finest qualities of a Rotarian. He was a charter member of the Milford Rotary Club (1950) and president in 1953-54. Later Stan was elected club secretary, a job he held until his death in 1989. Stan Powers was the first Paul Harris Fellow in our Milford club.” Annually, this award honors a member (or members) of our club who has demonstrated a Stan Powers commitment to Rotary service and includes a contribution to the Rotary Foundation in the recipient’s name. For more information and a list of past recipients click here. Congratulations Steve and Mike!