Rotary Club presents Service Above Self Award

The Findlay Rotary Club presented the Service Above Self Award to Mary Beth Hammond on Monday. The award is presented annually to a non-Rotarian in the community who exemplifies the Rotary ideals of professional leadership and service. Hammond is vice president and senior private banker for Fifth Third Bank. She has also served a number of community organizations, including Camp Fire, Open Arms, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Findlay Service League, Julie Cole Charity Golf Outing, Handbags That Help, Susan G. Komen, United Way and The Arts Partnership. In nominating Hammond, Rotarian Bill Life wrote: "Mary Beth has perhaps the strongest sense of community duty of anyone I know. I have always been in awe in the love she has for Findlay, people in general and her unselfish devotion to helping others with her time, talent and treasure. Mary Beth has touched many lives in Findlay over the past 35 years through extraordinary service for many good causes. She is widely known around town as someone you can rely on to get the job done." Hammond has designated a $500 contribution made in her name by the Rotary Club to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.