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<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>
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<p>Hilton Head Island resident Suzi Oliver, a hospice nurse and former President of the Rotary Club of Beaufort, is the 2021 recipient of the Rotary Bowl, the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s highest honor.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The award was presented by current Rotary Club of Beaufort President Robert Bussa at the Club’s June 23 luncheon meeting.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Oliver is the 54th recipient of the Bowl, which was first awarded in 1936. It is not presented every year, but only when the Rotary Club of Beaufort believes they have a candidate who has exhibited significant selfless service.&nbsp;</p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06232021-Rotary-Bowl-2-7621.jpeg"><img src="https://staging.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06232021-Rotary-Bowl-2-7621.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-50860"/></a><figcaption>Caroline Welsh, right, a 2nd
grade teacher from Savannah,
tells members of the Rotary Club
of Beaufort the journey she and
Suzi Oliver, left, took together
after Oliver, a registered nurse
with the Homestead Hospice
of Beaufort and a member
of the Hilton Head Rotary
Club, donated a kidney to her
February 13, 2019. Welsh and
Oliver teamed up and presented
the club with power point
presentation about how nearly
everyone can be an organ donor
and the procedures involved.
Photos by Bob Sofaly.</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Such was the case for Oliver. In August 2018, she saw a Facebook posting from the aunt of Caroline Welsh, a Savannah school teacher, who needed a kidney in order to live. Oliver responded the following morning, and found that her blood type made her a match for a kidney donation.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The successful kidney surgery was performed in Atlanta in February 2019. Today Oliver and Welsh remain close friends.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Oliver hopes that her positive experience will inspire others to donate an organ or organs, and her selflessness is the hallmark of Rotary’s motto of “service above self.”&nbsp;</p>
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