Service Above Self
Service Above Self
Olean Rotary Club Awards Franciscan Sisters of Allegany
Pictured L-R: Sr Judith Terrameo, Sr Melissa Scholl, Sr Mary Lou Lafferty, Sr Margaret Magee, Area Governor and Olean Club President Paula Bernstein, and Immediate Past District Governor Scott Marcin.
ALLEGANY - The Olean Rotary Club presented its seventh annual "Service Above Self" Award to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany this week at the Woodside Tavern on the Range. The Franciscan Sisters of Allegany is a congregation of Catholic women and their Associates serving the poor and marginalized of Bolivia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mozambique and the United States for over 160 years.
Franciscan Sisters of Allegany will jointly become the seventh recipient of the annual Rotary award. Previous winners have included Meme Yanetsko; Olean Area Service Club with the Exchange Club, Lions Club, and Zonta; Allegany American Legion Ritual team; and Crandall's family - Curt, Cathy, and Cory, Dan Evans, Linda O’Brien and Dan Spring; and last year's winners, Enchanted Mountain Garden Club of Allegany and Olean Gardens and Beautification Committee.
The Olean Rotary Club meets most Tuesdays at 12:10pm at the Bartlett Country Club. New members are always welcomed. Rotary Club members have been a part of the fabric of the Olean area community since 1928. Rotary’s current members patronize virtually all Olean-area businesses and have donated literally hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years to many Olean-area causes and organizations. For example, Olean Rotary has given mini-grants to many area teachers, provided thousands of dictionaries to area third graders, helped construct a high tunnel garden at the Olean Food Pantry through a Rotary grant, funded supplies to the Olean Food Pantry and Operation Warm Hearts, and many other worthy endeavors.
The Olean Rotary Club Community Improvement Fund includes the Dictionary Fund. This fund also supports Lincoln Park gazebo repairs and renovations and other community projects. For more information and to make a donation to the fund, go to cattfoundation.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?funit_id=1196.