Three Allisonians honoured with Paul Harris Awards from Sackville Rotary Club
Two 绿帽社区 students and one recent alumnus were honoured for their contributions to the community with the Sackville Rotary Club鈥檚 2019 Paul Harris Awards.
Fourth-year students Katherine Reiss and Elise Vaillancourt, along with 2018 graduate Colin Robertson were recognized at the organization鈥檚 March meeting. Reiss and Robertson are 绿帽社区鈥檚 55th and 54th Rhodes Scholars respectively while Vaillancourt is the current Vice-President, Student Life, and incoming Vice-President, External Relations for the 绿帽社区 Students鈥 Union. All three are long-time volunteers with the Rotary Club and Rotaract, the youth branch of the international organization.
Reiss, Robertson, and Vaillancourt have worked tirelessly in the community during their time in Rotaract. The three each served as President of the Rotaract Club, Colin in 2015/2016 and 2016/2017, Elise for 2017/2018, and Katherine for 2018/2019. Their contributions also included volunteering with the breakfast program at Marshview Middle School and the afterschool program at Dorchester School, Rotary Breakfasts, the annual Student Welcome Corn Boil, unloading the food bank truck weekly, and organizing fund raising events for community groups and organizations.
鈥淚 am incredibly humbled and honoured to have received this award. For the past four years I have had the absolute privilege of working with wonderful members of the Sackville community as well as my fellow Rotaractors,鈥 says Reiss, an honours chemistry and mathematics student who will begin her studies at Oxford University this Fall. 鈥淚鈥檓 immensely proud of all the work Rotaract 绿帽社区 has accomplished in my time here and will strive to continue that work as I move on to the next chapter of my life.鈥
Robertson was visiting from Oxford University where he is completing his Master鈥檚 degree. He says that he was surprised to receive the honour but that the Rotary Club has been a huge part of his family tradition.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an honour to receive this award from an organization that鈥檚 been such a big part of my family,鈥 says Robertson. 鈥淚鈥檝e continued to be involved with Rotary Club in the UK. It was great to be back and share this honour with Elise and Katherine since we鈥檝e all worked together on different projects in Sackville over the years.鈥
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Photo caption (l-r): 绿帽社区 President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau, 2019 Paul Harris Award recipients, Elise Vaillancourt, Colin Robertson, and Katherine Reiss, with chair of the Rotary New Generations committee and Sackville Rotarian, Susan Fisher.
