Last Monday, Forbes Rotary's immediate Past President, Garry Pymont, officiated in a Paul Harris Fellowship (PHF) presentation at the Jemalong Retirement Village.
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This year's Forbes PHF is Eleanor Lewis. Eleanor was president of our club in 2004/5 and was instrumental in a fundraising appeal for the Indonesian Tsunami victims during that year.
Eleanor for a time in 2007, took leave from the Forbes Rotary Club and joined the Forbes Rotary morning club, Forbes Ipomoea, to fit in with an existing work schedule at the time.
Monday's awardee returned to the Forbes Rotary Club in 2012 and was one of a very few Rotarians to be inducted by the then Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee from India during his visit through Parkes and Forbes at the time.
Eleanor has also been a very busy member of the NSW Small Winemakers Show committee since its inception some 25 years ago as well as assisting with the Forbes Camel Races, the Forbes Jazz Convention and the local Tourist Information Centre.
Since 1948 when the Forbes Rotary Club was chartered, there have been only 33 PHFs awarded to the citizens of Forbes.
As Eleanor is always eager to help with all local fundraising and charitable events, the Forbes Rotary Club was pleased to name Eleanor as the latest recipient of this prestigious award.
