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Paul "Budd" O'Malia.            District Governor Nominee 2011 - 2012            Rotary Club of Plymouth

 

Budd was invited to join the Rotary Club of Plymouth, an evening club, in 1979.  He enjoys the idea of service and is proud of his 30 year membership, boasting of perfect attendance for three decades.  Budd has served his District as Assistant Governor, speaker at RYLA and PETS and has chaired a Council of Presidents for Clusters 7 & 8 for the past 13 years. He was named Rotarian of the Year and received the Distinguished Service Award.

He has served his club in all of the Rotary offices, leading up to the presidency of the club, having served three different times.  His club has honored him by naming him a Paul Harris Fellow on four different occasions.  Budd was responsible for starting an Interact Club at Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth.  He is also the founder of the “Straight-Up Drug Awareness Program,” bringing inmates from the Luzerne county prison to talk with a youth population regarding the perils of drug use and drug abuse.  To date, more 45,000 students have heard this message.

Upon graduating from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA in 1967, Budd joined the faculty of Freeland High School and was a teacher of French for 12 years.  He then became owner/manager of Piledggi’s Restaurant in Kingston, PA for the next 12 years. From 1992 to 2006, Budd was a member of the staff of Luzerne County Human Resources and served as Executive Director of the Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board from October 2006 until his retirement in April of 2009.

Budd and his wife of 43 years, Carol, are the parents of Jeffrey and Lori and the proud grandparents of Madeline, Ryan and Jimmy, the love of their lives. Aside from Rotary, Budd enjoys all sports, traveling, and volunteering in numerous community organizations.