Kingston Rotary Recognizes Frontenac Residents

May 10, 2023

Each Rotary year The Rotary Club of Kingston recognizes 3 club members and 3 community non-member citizens with Paul Harris Fellows for demonstrating exemplary models of Rotary’s motto: “Service Above Self”. This year, however, four PHFs went to community citizens and two to club members.

A Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) is a member who donates $1000 USD to the Rotary Foundation. In this case, as PHF honourees the Club contributes $1000.00 for each person honoured.

Among the four community members to be honoured are two women from South Frontenac, Ruth Shannon from Sunbury and Judy Borovskis from Inverary.

Judy Borovskis

Inverary resident Judy Borovskis was the second community recipient of a Paul Harris Fellowship.

Judy's husband, Bruno, was a founding member and a Past President of the St. Catharines Lakeshore Rotary. As a result Judy became a regular host of Rotary Exchange students. She has housed students from Australia, South Africa, France, and Denmark and still stays in touch with each of them.

For the past 11 years, Judy has been Treasurer for the Inverary Youth Activities Group Ball Park. Her volunteer work includes fundraising, running the canteen, recruiting volunteers, and maintenance.

She has also completed three major park upgrades: the modernization and expansion of the Children's Playground; demolition, and expansion of the washrooms with the addition of wheelchair accessibility, and; installation of new LED lights ball diamond lights.

Judy writes the weekly Inverary column for the Frontenac News and is the hall booking and rental coordinator for the Inverary United Church

Ruth Shannon

Ruth and her husband, Dudley, operate Shanlake farms in Sunbury. They have 3 children and several grandchildren.

Ruth is best known as a volunteer with Frontenac 4H as a leader and volunteer for 50 years teaching the motto, "Learn to do by doing”.

She has mentored countless youth to learn important life skills with emphasis on cooking, sewing, and crafts. She has also led vet and sheep clubs.

As well, she was the founder of Sunbury’s annual pork BBQ a fundraiser for the 4H awards night.

Ruth has helped organize several fundraisers for people in crisis such Cheryl Dickson where she was paralyzed by a round bale and with Mckala’s dream, to help University Hospital Foundation raise money to help families with kids with cancer for accommodations and fuel.

She has worked on local and international plowing matches, the Federation of Agriculture and her local church.

She received the Volunteer of the Year award for South Frontenac Township a few years ago for dedication in her community.