PHILIPSBURG:--- Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise honored Urmain "Youmay" Dormoy with Rotary's Annual Vocational Service Award. The Vocational Service Award is an annual Rotary International Award that honors people who have shown exceptional dedication to their vocation. The main criteria to be met are a Rotary spirit of "Service Above Self" and a high ethical moral standard in performing your vocation. Mr. Dormoy, a civil servant within the Department of Culture who is on loan to the Philipsburg Cultural Center was nominated by Immediate Past President Angela Gordon.
President Virginia Asin was pleased to present Mr. Dormoy with an Award and a Certificate at their weekly breakfast meeting. "Youmay" as the public knows him was portrayed as a "man with many talents". He is known for being involved in music, playing several instruments and in arts as a painter of colorful floral images. In the past years he is mostly known for his unwavering dedication of his time to youngsters from the age of 4 through 16 as the leader and founder of the Generation New Status STM Drum Band. He was inspired to start a drum band because of the constant negative pounding he felt the youths received. The idea was to have fun, but to instill discipline and self- confidence in the band members. In addition to learning the art of drumming, the children learn lessons that are needed to take them through life, such as respect and accountability.
Mr. Dormoy thanked Rotary Sunrise for the acknowledgement and his team at Generation New Status STM Drum Band for the support.
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