2024-2025 Awards were presented at the June 10, 2025 Rotary Meeting
Club 29 Service Awards: These individuals supported the club in the five areas of service: club, community, vocational, international, and new generations Club Service: Blake Cherry, Kelley Dowd, Leann Farha, Jennifer Hamer, Bobby Mills, Paul Moore, Chip Oppenheim, Lexi Skaggs, Charlie Smith, and Emily Stratton Community Service: Elizabeth Inbody, Byron Jackson, Kelly Kay, Jake Krattiger, Ron Stakem, Ron Suttles, and John Wilkins Vocational Service: Lou Kohlman, Heidi Russell, and Lisa Synar International Service: Andy Anderson, Matt Bown, Steve Shepelwich, and Clayton Taylor New Generations Service: Amanda Harding and Katy Leffel
Presidential Citations
10 members who have gone above and beyond in their service to the club by awarding them a Presidential Citation Award. Alex Kaiser who has led an outstanding committee working on Membership Recruitment.
Jane Jenkins for leading our Member Engagement and Retention committee and bring some outstanding new features to the club including the new member welcome table
A big thank you to Jordan Gould for helping to kick off the start of our program year with an inaugural to remember at the Girl Scouts’ Camp Trivera!
For their hard work and dedication in organizing our weekly breakfast meeting, thank you to Susan McVey and Bud Oehlert!
It also takes a lot of work to coordinate our monthly Rotary After Hours events. Thank you to Jill Farrand for leading her committee and the outstanding events they coordinated. Thanks to Keith Oehlert for her continued support of our international programs and the works she does on the Care & Compassion committee and the care she puts into reaching out to our members in need.
Thanks to Lisa Hammond, who helped to coordinate another great Open World program for our recent visitors from Mongolia! A big thank you to Chris Moxley and Ashley Smith who led another successful OnePledge committee through project selection and fundraising.
The first Rotarian of the Year has been a leader in our club for many years continuously living his professional, personal, and civic life working to improve our community and further the mission of our club. As you learned several weeks ago, he has also made an incredible contribution to our Rotary Club 29 Foundation that will help ensure our club can address challenging issues in our community for generations to come. First Rotarian of the year: Chuck Wiggin
From day one, she has been invested in working to coordinate an outstanding line-up of speakers and programs, a role critical to the Club’s success. The second Rotarian of the Year: Melissa Pepper!
Congratulations to all the 2024-25 Award Winners!