The Olean Rotary Club will present its seventh annual “Service Above Self” Award to Franciscan Sisters of Allegany with a dinner from 5:30–8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at Woodside Tavern on the Range, 3319 W. River Road.Cocktails will start at 5:30 followed by a buffet dinner at 6:15 with a cash bar and the presentation to conclude.
The Franciscan Sisters of Allegany is a congregation of Catholic women and their associates serving the poor and marginalized of Bolivia, Brazil, Jamaica, Mozambique, and the United States for over 160 years.
Franciscan Sisters of Allegany will jointly become the seventh recipient of the annual Rotary award.
Previous winners have included Meme Yanetsko; Olean Area Service Club with the Exchange Club, Lions Club and Zonta; Allegany American Legion Ritual team; and Crandall’s family Curt, Cathy and Cory, Dan Evans, Linda O’Brien, and Dan Spring; and last year’s winners, Enchanted Mountain Garden Club of Allegany and Olean Gardens and Beautification Committee.
All past winners are welcome to attend, and everyone is welcome to celebrate 2025 winners.