Above: Jean Johnson was gifted with a “Thank You” for her long service by RCS and at the lunch for Earth Day volunteers. (images contributed and from past flyer)
Every year the Rotary Club of Southborough (RCS) chooses a community member to honor whose service to the community is worth celebrating.1 This year, they selected a Town employee, Jean Johnson.
They fittingly chose their Earth Day lunch to honor the Dept of Public Works member. Johnson was selected, in part, for her long support of the partnership between Rotary and the DPW to organize the Town’s annual Earth Day Cleanup.
In celebration of Earth Day, the community is invited each year to select a street, and pick up the roadside litter.
The partnership appears to date back 36 years.2 Johnson has worked for the DPW for the last 29 years. She works with both Rotary and the community members looking to select/reserve roads.
Rotary members thanked Johnson for her long service to the Town during the free Pizza and Polar lunch for Earth Day Cleanup volunteers. (Johnson’s grandson joined them for the event.)
According to Rotary leaders, DPW head BIll Cundiff also used the event to praise Johnson for her dedication and service to the town. (Based on a contributed photo I used at the top, so did Southborough’s State Rep Kate Donaghue.)
Rotary presented her with a mug and gift certificate to her favorite coffee shop, Dunkin Donuts. Rotary members will also treat Johnson and her husband to dinner at Kennedy’s in Marlborough.
- Last year, they chose a married couple instead of one person.
- This year’s event was the “34th annual” due to a two year gap during the pandemic.
