Emporium Rotary Club
Each year, our club presents the Service Above Self Award to a deserving, non-Rotarian member of our community whose actions exemplify the Rotary motto "Service Above Self".
The 2025 recipient of this award is John Sidelinger!
John retired from the Bureau of Forestry in 2011, after 35 years of service.
Most of our community knows John for his gorgeous works of art, and his natural talent for painting. John's work has been featured in publications such as The Grit, The Pennsylvania Sportsman's Magazine, and The Game News.
If you attend our picnic, you are probably familiar with his work, as John has donated painting year after year to our fundraising event - just one of his many acts of service! You may also recognize his work from the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce & Artisan Center. Here, John donates the proceeds from the sale of his paintings from March-December to local organizations - Cameron County Ambulance, Emporium Fire Dept, Cameron County Community Food Pantry, and the Cameron County SPCA. Last week, John presented his most recent donation to the SPCA in the amount of $1,496!
John's contributions to our community extend beyond his artwork. He has been a member of the Board of Directors for Keysone Health Consortium for 14 years. He has also been on the board of the St Marks Community Daycare for almost 10 years. In the past, he taught Catechism at St Marks for 25 years, did prison ministry for about 5-6 years, delivered Meals on Wheels for a few years, and was a consultant for the Borough Shade Tree Commission.
We are deeply grateful to benefit from John's time and talent and are very pleased to honor him with this award!
President Marsha Hendrickson is shown here presenting John with his SAS award.
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