Monthly Archives: May 2015

Linda Baldwin Receives 2015 Rotary International Avenues of Service Citation

Introduced by Deb Archer – May 6, 2015

Linda Baldwin pictured here with Club President Tim Stadelman

Linda Baldwin pictured here with Club President Tim Stadelman

Each year, our club selects one member to be recognized with Rotary International’s Avenues of Service Citation.  Recipients are selected for their volunteer efforts carried out within all five avenues of service which are club, community, international, vocational and youth.

On May 6, Linda Baldwin was introduced as this year’s recipient.

Linda Baldwin joined our Rotary Club in 1992, and she recently retired after 23 years as associate publisher of Isthmus Publishing Company.

Linda has a long listing of volunteer activities within the five avenues of service.  She has served on our Member Development, Rotary Information, Strategic Planning, SummerPalooza and Vocational Opportunities Committees.  She has served as chaired of our Ethics Symposium, Rotary News, Marketing and Communications and Rotary International Projects and Programs Committees.  She also co-chaired our Centennial Planning Committee, a committee that developed community and club activities to celebrate our club’s milestone anniversary in 2013.  She is also involved in many of our fellowship group activities.

Linda has helped our club accomplish a great deal over these past 23 years.  We are indebted to Linda and thank her for her Service Above Self efforts.

Button Box/Welcoming Committee at the Brink Lounge on April 30

–submitted by Valerie Johnson

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Networking, idea sharing, and a little fun was shared by 35 members of the Rotary Button Box & Welcoming Committee on April 30.  The group’s first networking event was held at the Brink Lounge, with food sponsored by the University Bookstore and the Habitat ReStore.  The first ten registrants who attended received gift certificates to both the bookstore and the ReStore.

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The committee is one of Rotary’s largest, with 135 members, and President Tim Stadelman challenged all committees to offer networking opportunities with another committee or among themselves.  Committee chair Valerie Johnson organized the event with help from Pat McGowan.