Rosemary Callahan Receives Rotary's Donald G. Butler Award
Award Named In Honor of Former Rotarian and Mayor of PittsfieldPITTSFIELD, Mass. - At a recent meeting of the Pittsfield Rotary Club, Rosemary Callahan was honored as the 2009 recipient of the Donald G. Butler Award. The award, given each year on or near the anniversary of Mr. Butler's birthday, was established in 1983 in his honor and presented for the first time in 1984.
The recipient is the Rotarian who best represents those ideals of service to Rotary and the community, which were exemplified by Butler in his lifetime. Ron Latham, Club president presented Ms Callahan with a plaque and a stipend of $200 to be given to the charity of her choice. Ms Callahan is the twenty-sixth recipient of the award. A member of the Pittsfield Rotary since December 1999, Ms Callahan was proposed by Diane Carlo.
Ms Callahan, has served on the Club's board of directors and co-chaired the Club's Annual Auction in 2007. She has also served on the golf committee since its inception and has chaired the Paul Harris recognition event for several years. She has been on the fellowship committee, collected food for the food drive and has rung the bell at Christmas for the Salvation Army, an annual Club endeavor.
In addition to her Rotary activities, Callahan is currently serving on the Veterans' Memorial Committee and on the board of UCP.
Ms Callahan, a graduate of Pittsfield High School Class of 1965, has spent much of her career in the travel industry. She owns and operates Global Travel Services on Elm Street in Pittsfield. On hand to witness her award were her mother, Mrs Lydia DeMartino, her two daughters, Debbie Pullaro and Kristy Callahan, her brother Anthony DeMartino and sister-in-law Joanie DeMartino, also a member of Pittsfield Rotary Club, Mrs Doreen Butler, Don's widow and Jeanne Butler Boino, Mr Butler's daughter.
