Paul Harris Recognition Awards
The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood members believe in the value and importance of The Rotary Foundation.
Each year, in May, we host the Annual Paul Harris Awards Night, as we celebrate the donations as 75% of our club members who have reached significant levels of achievement in their givings to The Rotary Foundation: Benefactors, many levels of the Paul Harris Award levels, and to our Major Gifts Donors and even our Arch Klumpf Society members.The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.
Rotary established the recognition in 1957 to encourage and show appreciation for substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.
The first Paul Harris Fellows included past RI Director Allison G. Brush, who served during the 1937-38 Rotary year, and longtime RI Treasurer Rufus F. Chapin, both for donations made in 1946. Mrs. Adan Vargas was the first woman to receive the recognition, for a gift made in 1953. Mrs. Harry L. Jones was the second, and one of only five people recognized for contributions actually made in that inaugural year.
The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the 1 million mark in 2006. Here is the Program from May 2025
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.Members of the Community Awarded a PHF
Terry Johnston
Police Chief Mike Ewles
Donna Lee Coady
The Waltzing Weasel
Esther Trotter
Ron Mortson
Bill Allen
Sharon Clark
Linda Biddle
Sharron Morrison
Don Lovisa
Frank Sobil