At the February 19th club meeting, Foundation Chairman Suman Das made presentations to Past Presidents Witt Riffin and Mike Dawkins.
Mike Dawkins was recognized as a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation. The Club made a $ 1,000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation. The Club made the contribution to recognize Dawkins his service to the Club in the 2013-2014 Rotary Year as Club President. The Club has made a practice of recognizing Past Presidents as Benefactors for their service as President and continued membership and service to our Club beyond their term as President. The Club’s contribution resulting in Dawkins being named a Benefactor was directed to the Foundation’s Endowment Fund (formerly called the Permanent Fund). Contributions to the Endowment Fund are invested and managed and, then only the earnings of the Endowment are spent.
Witt Ruffin was recognized and was named a Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) for both the 2nd and 3rd time simultaneously! Ruffin’s 2nd PHF was attributable to a $ 1,000 contribution to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual fund made by Past District Governor Bill Walker of Columbus. Walker made a contribution to honor Witt’s service to the District as North Jackson’s Club President during his term as District Governor. Witt was presented his 3rd Paul Harris Fellow by the Club in recognition of his outstanding service to our Club during his 2017-2018 Rotary Presidential Year.
Witt (left) and Mike (right) are shown in the following photo with Club Foundation Director Suman Das (center), who presented the awards to them. We congratulate them on their recognition and thank them for their support of the Rotary Foundation.
