Rotary Club of Norwin








Noble Environmental Announces $100,000 in Green Gifts to Celebrate Earth Day!

APRIL 5, 2021, BELLE VERNON -- In celebration of Earth Day, Noble Environmental is proud to announce it has awarded $100,000 in Green Gifts to several organizations in Western Pa who are taking steps to achieve sustainability in one of the following categories: human, social, economic and environmental. Noble Environmental is an environmental services company providing innovative technologies and practices to solid waste management, transforming waste to renewable gas that powers vehicles in partnership with Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill and County Hauling. 
“We thought it was extremely important to support projects in our community that are focused on sustainability and led by organizations who value innovation the same way we do,” said Alex Sulkowski, co-founder of Noble Environmental. 

“At Noble, we want to be an example of excellent corporate citizenship. Congratulations to all the winners, we can’t wait to see the outcomes of your projects,” said Rich Walton, co-founder of Noble Environmental.

Among the winners selected: ....

Norwin Rotary Community Development Projects: The Norwin Rotary will distribute the monies for a number of community development projects including two education projects at area schools and adding a four foot extension to the Christmas Tree that sits along Main Street in Irwin for three winter months, and helps to attract shoppers to the small businesses that line the streets of downtown. $10,000.00.

Each of the winners was selected because they met one or more of the criteria below:
Human sustainability - Human sustainability means investing in human capital: programs focusing on health, education, services, nutrition and skills are all under the umbrella of human sustainability. Applicants discussed what the grant will do today to improve human capital tomorrow. 

Social sustainability - Social sustainability aims to improve relationships amongst people; equality, rights, culture, diversity, advocacy and the sharing of ideas related to these topics help to preserve social capital by strengthening the future of our community. 

Economic sustainability - Economic sustainability aims to grow the community improve the standard of living there. But beyond growth, applicants detailed how they intend to sustain the investment over time. 

Environmental sustainability - Environmental sustainability reduces human impact on natural resources like land, air, water and minerals. Applicants explained what short or long-term steps they are taking to improve the impact on the earth for future generations. 

The Norwin Rotary Club receives an award from Noble Environmental!
The Rotary Club of Norwin
 is proud to be a 100% 
Paul Harris Fellowship Club!
Past Presidents

Lawrence Douglas 1963 - 1964
Earl Anderson 1964 - 1965
Martin Groat 1965 - 1966
Richard Ryan 1966 - 1967
Russell McCullough, Sr. 1967 - 1968
Homer Geiger 1968 - 1969
William Lunn 1969 - 1970
Dean Hudson 1970 - 1971
Thomas Agnew 1971 - 1972
Paul Vandyke 1972 - 1973
James Leach 1973 - 1974
Terry Painter 1974 - 1975
James Dudley 1975 - 1976
David Wallace 1976 - 1977 
Russell McCullough, Jr. 1977 - 1978
Wilbert Dillman 1978 - 1979
James Belak 1979 - 1980
Jim Colinear 1980 - 1981
Gary Dinsel 1981 - 1982
Dick Peltier 1982 - 1983
Chet Truxal 1983 - 1984
Jim Murray 1984 - 1985
Bill Snyder, Sr. 1985 - 1986
Bill Snyder, Sr.1986 -1987
John Marcinik 1987 - 1988
Dick Roberts 1988 - 1989
Dave Balmaert 1989 - 1990
Bill Caruthers 1990 - 1991
Marie Huss 1991 - 1992
Bill Snnyder,Jr. 1992 - 1993
Marvin Berk 1993 - 1994
Melanie Ansel 1994 - 1995
Fred Ruffolo 1995 - 1996
Larry Anlauf 1996 - 1997
Ken Johnson 1997 - 1998
Gary Russell 1998 - 1999
Mark Squillace - 1999 - 2000
Frank Aiello 2000 - 2001
Ron Coiner 2001 - 2002
Larry Albensi 2002 - 2003
Jon Babyak 2003 - 2004
Clif Suehr 2004 - 2005
Dan Obara 2005 - 2006
jeanne Morrison 2006 - 2007
Bill Merchant 2007 - 2008
Eric Archinal 2008 - 2009
Gary Teti 2009 - 2010
Dina Denning 2010 - 2011
Amanda Maderas 2011 - 2012
Brenda Kacvinsky 2012 - 2013
Bill Caruthers 2013 - 2014
Jason Csukas 2014 - 2015
Matt Wirtz 2015 - 2016
Mat Beck 2016 - 2017
Don Morrison 2017 - 2018
Bill McCabe 2018 - 2019
Rosanne Novotnak 2019 - 2020
Cheryl Campbell 2020- 2021
Cari Kocinski 2021 - 2022
Chrys Sebula 2022 - 2023
April Schachtner 2023 - 2024



Roger Cogley 1979
Chuck Terbot 1980
Ray Siegel 1981 
Jim Murray1982
Dave Wallace 1983 
Gary Dinsel1984
Chet Truxal 1985
Ted Karcher 1986
Bill Snyder, Sr. 1987 
Russ McCullough, Jr. 1988
Ken Borzack 1989
Bill Lunn 1990
John Marcinik 1991
Peggy Nigro 1992
Gary Russell 1993
Tove Bjorkavag (Norway) 1994
Fred Ruffalo 1995
Mark Suillace 1996
Chrys Sebual 1997
Melanie Ansell 1998
Marie Huss 1999
Frank Chadima 2000
Frank Aiello 2001
Mike Liptak 2002
John Hynes 2003
Jeanne Morrison 2004
Dina Denning 2005
Amanda Maderas 2006
Ron Coiner 2007
Larry Anlauf 2008
Jon Babyak, Don Morrison, and Clif Suehr 2009
Rosanne Novotnak 2010
Brenda Kacvinsky 2011
Cheryl Campbell 2012
Tracy McNelly 2013
Bill Roscoe 2014
Racquel Matijak 2015
Jerome Croce 2016
Tim Kotch 2017
Brenda Kacvinsky 2018
Bill Caruthers 2019
Marian Barry 2020
Mathew Beck 2021
Nick Poole 2022
Club Service Awards

Community Service Awards


Larry Douglas
Russ McCullough, Sr.
Earl Anderson
George Weaver
Elsie Siegel 1972
Tom Agnew
Sam Sandson
Russ McCullough, jr.
Ed Ford 1979
Bill Lunn 1980
Bill Leichliter 1981
Chet Truxsal 1982
Terry Painter 1983 
Tony Mols1984
Jim Dudley 1985
Dave Hardt 1986
Denny Diffenderfer 1987
Welty Washabau 1988
Bill Snyder, Jr. 1989
Mrvin Berk 1990
Jim Murray 1991
Melanie Ansell 1992
Ron Peduzzi 1993
Caty Bittner and Diane Shasko 1994
Gary Russell 1995
ken Johnson 1996
Ron Coiner 1997
Larry Anlauf 1998
John and Kathy Marcinik 1999
Mark Squillace 2000
Linda Shaner 2001
Ted Karcher 2002
Janet Franicola 2003
Gary Dinsel 2004
Barbara Braun 2005
Dave Balmert 2006
Dina Denning 2007
Jim Duffy 2008
Dan Obara 2009
Joh Boylan 2010
Dina Denning 2011
Jason Csukas 2012
Gary Teti 2013
Frank and Mary Aiello 2014
Amanda Maderas 2015
Cheryl Campbell 2016
Dave Slusarick 2017
Dave Slusarick 2018
Mark Kacvinsky 2019
Calvary Chirch 2020
Rosanne Novotnak 2021
Gary Santimyer 2022