Do you know someone who’s given exceptional volunteer service to the Westerville community?
If so, please consider submitting a nomination for the 2025 A. Monroe Courtright Volunteer Service Award.
Presented annually by our club since 1977, the award recognizes individuals and organizations for outstanding long-term contributions to the betterment of our Westerville community.
Please find links below to our official Courtright Award Selection Criteria and our online Nomination Form.
You also are welcome to contact Courtright Award Committee Chairman John Oleyar with any questions at JOleyar@sbcglobal.net.
The 2025 deadline for submissions is Feb. 28.
History of the award
A. Monroe Courtright was a local developer and longtime publisher of Westerville’s historic hometown newspaper, The Public Opinion.
Courtright also was a charter member our Rotary Club of Westerville. He died unexpectedly just a month into his term as the club’s president in 1977, and the club launched the community service award in his honor.
Courtright was known for his strong support of Westerville, and his strong opinions, expressed weekly in a front-page column in the PO titled, “You May Quote Us as Saying.”
Off the front page, his private philanthropic efforts were less well known. A business in trouble might find an envelope of money near the cash register after an unannounced visit. Westerville families and groups in need were helped quite often, with anonymous gifts that the newspaper publisher had no wish to publicize. He had no desire to be recognized for this aid-giving.
The Courtright Award recognizes any individual, group, organization, business or industry which has provided outstanding volunteer service to the Westerville community. It seeks to honor Courtright’s memory and to encourage the tradition of service to the Westerville community he embodied.
Read more about the award and find a list of past winners here.
The Rotary Club of Westerville
Founded in 1959, the Rotary Club of Westerville is a service club of business professionals and leaders working to improve our community and larger world. We are part of Rotary International. Find out more at WestervilleRotary.com. Contact the Club and learn how to join at www.www.westervillerotary.com/contact-form. Read more about the Rotary International organization at Rotary.org.
Interested in joining?
The Rotary Club of Westerville is accepting applications for new membership.
The best way to pursue membership is to contact an existing Club member, and attend one of our lunches or events as her or his guest. Members of the public also are welcome to attend our events on their own, to see what our service club is all about. If possible, please give notice of your intent to attend a luncheon or social by emailing WestervilleRotaryEvents@gmail.com.
We hope to see you soon!