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Serving Frankenmuth Since 1906

Vol. 119 No. 20 In our 119th year!

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

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WORTHY RECIPIENT: Frankenmuth's Wayne Cormier, left, accepts the Paul Harris Award from Frankenmuth Noon Rotary Club member Steve List at the Noon Club's weekly meetint, held on Thursdday, November 14, in the Main Dining Room at Zehnder's of Frankenmuth. Cormier is a committed volunteer in the community and was recognized for his accomplishments with this award.    (News photo/Scott Wenzel)

Tireless volunteer, Wayne Cormier, honored by Rotary Club

  “If you work in this community, you give back.”

  That was the simple message from Wayne Cormier, who was chosen as the 2024 Frankenmuth Rotary Club Community Service Award recipient, earning a Paul Harris Fellow Award.

  Cormier and his family were honored at the Noon Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon meeting, held at 12:10pm Thursday, November 14, in the Main Dining Room at Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth.

  Learning of the honor from Paul Harris Committee Chairman Steve List, Cormier was so moved that he pulled over his vehicle and was overwhelmed with emotion.

  Cormier was born in Gardner, Massachusetts  and graduated from Narragansett High School in 1978. With a drive to serve people, Cormier worked for AIR COA, a hospitality management company, for eight years. He had the pleasure to work in Vail, Colorado, upstate New York, and Cleveland, Ohio.

  In May 1982, he married his wife, Jody, and together they have three, Amanda Weiss, Nathan, and Samantha Seeley.

 Cormier made his way to Michigan and began working at the Bavarian Inn Lodge in 1987, in kitchen and food management. In 2003, Cormier began working at Zehnder’s new bakery, until 2007 when he was in a serious motorcycle accident in town and was disabled due to a leg injury.

  As a result of this injury, Wayne could only work part time and with limited movement. He served five years in the parts department at Schaefer & Bierlein Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Fiat.

  Today, Cormier serves as a local transportation driver taking individuals to airports and other destinations, caters over 10 parties a year, and picks up and delivers automobiles.

  Before, and after the motorcycle crash, Cormier was the epitome of volunteerism in Frankenmuth and as List said, “Wayne is a great example of the Rotary slogan, ‘Service Above Self.’” .......

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