Purpose of the Civic Award

THROUGHOUT HISTORY…PEOPLE HAVE SOUGHT TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES; AND SO IT IS IN EVANSVILLE.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF EVANSVILLE, DEDICATED IN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE TO THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MOTTO OF SERVICE ABOVE SELF, HAS FULFILLED THIS DUTY, BY CREATING THE ROTARY CIVIC AWARD, HONORING THE CITY’S MOST OUTSTANDING CITIZENS SINCE 1927.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ROTARY CIVIC AWARD IS TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE WHO, HAVE PERFORMED OUTSTANDING SERVICE FOR THIS CITY.

EACH HONOREE IS CHOSEN THROUGH A PROCESS SEEKING INPUT FROM EVERY ROTARY MEMBER. SELECTION OF THE CIVIC AWARD RECIPIENT IS GUIDED BY THE EXAMPLE OF OUR MANY PAST AWARD WINNERS, RATHER THAN BY A SET OF RIGID GUIDELINES.

IN SOME YEARS, THE AWARD HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON, BUT USUALLY, IT IS AWARDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS PERFORMED INCREDIBLE CIVIC WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD CAN RECOGNIZE AN OUTSTANDING DEFINITIVE CONTRIBUTION OR IT CAN BE PRESENTED FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE.

BECAUSE OF THE RICH CULTURE OF VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP, THERE ARE MANY GREAT PEOPLE WHO PERFORM THEIR JOBS WELL AND WHO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THE ROTARY CIVIC AWARD RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND NORMAL SERVICE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CIVIC SERVICE.

THESE PRINCIPLES OF SERVICE ABOVE SELF HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED BY EACH OF OUR PAST RECIPIENTS. THEIR RESPECTIVE CITATIONS READ AS A WHO’S WHO LIST OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.