2013 Rotary Week in Quesnel
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Celebrating 2013 Rotary Week in Quesnel
What better way to celebrate Rotary Week in Quesnel, February 18-23, than by recognizing one of Quesnel's most dedicated volunteers?
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Thursday 21st February…we took great pleasure in presenting a Paul Harris Fellowship Award to Bernice Heinzelman for her extraordinary commitment as a volunteer and community supporter. Many organizations have benefitted from Bernice's dedication to Quesnel and its citizens. Rotarians will recognize the Paul Harris Award as one of Rotary's most prestigious awards, named after the founder of what has grown to become Rotary International, presented to individuals who consistently and enthusiastically exemplify the highest principle of Rotary, "Service Above Self".
Pictured left, President Keith Corbett presents Bernice with her certificate as Past President Bev Haluschak and Treasurer Greg Lawrence look on. To the right, Greg secures the commemorative Paul Harris pin.
Thanks to Greg for his nomination - congratulations Bernice!
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Celebrating “Rotary Week in Quesnel” (click here for the official City of Quesnel proclamation), along with the 108th anniversary, on 23rd February, of the formation of what would become Rotary International, Polio Plus has become a truly global initiative to eradicate polio.
Since 1988, Rotary International and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) — the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — have worked to wipe polio from the face of the earth.
A volunteer service organization of 1.2 million men and women, Rotary began immunizing children against polio in 1985 and became a spearheading partner in the GPEI three years later.
After 25 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions. We are this close...