Doris Holm Receives Tributes

Fieg Cousin Doris Holm has responded to a query by your editor and shared some delightful data about kudos she received in 2014 and 2003 from two local organizations.  Here is the scoop:

I think that the award you referred to was a tribute by my local Elk Grove Inner Wheel Club. They honored me with a luncheon after a work party day, surprising me with a framed photo with all the members' personal notes and some gifts. I am secretary of the EG club.

Inner Wheel is an international service club of women in 100 countries, founded in England in 1924 by wives of Rotarians. It is now currently only connected with Rotary through tradition, and has open membership. The national philanthropy, IWUSA Foundation, provides myoelectric limbs for children who were born without or have lost arms or hands though accident, when their insurance cannot pay. They have transformed the lives of unfortunate children.

At our recent meeting, the first recipient of an arm and hand about 17 years ago talked to us about his experiences. A now-grown college graduate, he even played baseball. Our fundraising efforts pay off.
This story has multiplied many times over. It takes a lot of money.

Our Rotary Club of Elk Grove did honor me in 2003 when I became the District Chairman of Inner Wheel for one year. They made me a Paul Harris Fellow, their honor named for their founder. The club gives $1,000 in your honor to the international Rotary Foundation, which supports the world-wide effort to eradicate polio in the entire world. The honoree get to wear a medallion on a ribbon and a little lapel pin, and lots of applause.

I was the first Inner Wheel member of Elk Grove to become Inner Wheel District Chairman. The District had 15 clubs that year. My husband (Bob) was Rotary president of EG, I think it was '93-94, but I am not a member. I've been a member of Inner Wheel since I retired from teaching in '88.

Our local club helps the Food Bank, Strauss Festival, Historical Society, Chicks in Crisis, etc, We have fun doing it, too.

Our family certainly knows how to give back.  Thanks for the story, Doris!