35th. Paul Harris Fellowship
PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT PAUL ROTH (Lincoln Rotarian) MARY ANN SCHLABACH (Newest Paul Harris Fellow) & Rotary President Jennifer Turner
Rotary Club of Lincoln --- 35th. Paul Harris Fellow
MARY ANN SCHLABACH (2017)
In 1966, Mary Ann Schlabach and her husband, Beland, began extending hospitality and a helping hand to Jamaicans who were working on the Smith Farm in Vineland Station. Mary Ann became a driving force in the organization of the Caribbean Workers Outreach Program (CWOP) established in 1992..
While Mary Ann has served CWOP in key leadership roles including treasurer and more recently, program coordinator, she has contributed immeasurably through her endless acts of kindness. The workers know her as “Sister Mary Ann”.
Over five decades, Mary Ann Schabach’s tireless work and devotion as a humanitarian has enriched the lives of thousands of Caribbean men and women employed as seasonal workers on Niagara farms.
Rotary is an organization of people united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Paul Harris, a young lawyer, and three of his friends founded Rotary in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Following his death in 1947, The Rotary Foundation created Paul Harris Fellow recognition in his honour.
The heart of Rotary is Service Above Self. The Rotary Club of Lincoln is proud to honour Mary Ann Schlabach as a Paul Harris Fellow in tribute to her shared purpose with the objectives of Rotary.