A Rotary Moment From George Gay

At the Aug 17 Tunkhannock Rotary Assembly at Purkey's Pink Apple, Rotarian George Gay shared a Rotary Moment with the Club.

 

George Gay – His father, George Gay Sr, was a major influence on his attitude to “Service Above Self”. His father was very active in community giving and George went along with some of these activities, including things that were not known by the public.

 

George Sr. joined Rotary in the late 1940’s and George went along with him as a guest to many meetings. In later years, when he came home on vacations, his father brought him to Rotary lunches and George was often a guest speaker. 

 

George joined Rotary in 1968 when he was in the Reserves, but then was called to active duty and had to resign after only 1 yr.  In 2008, he came home to Tunkhannock and decided to join Rotary again. He was impressed that this was an organization that got things done and made a difference in the community.  He mentioned that now we need younger folks in our Club and that the fellowship is good here.

 

On his wedding anniversary cruise to the Far East several years ago, they had a session for service clubs to meet, but the only people who showed up were the Rotarians from various parts of the world who were on the cruise.