{"id":6579,"date":"2026-04-09T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:56:00","slug":"kim-ryan-caro-and-linda-holmes-hannon-to-be-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/kim-ryan-caro-and-linda-holmes-hannon-to-be-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Ryan-Caro and Linda Holmes-Hannon Rotary Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1927\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/about-us\/members\/carokim-ryan\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1927\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1927\" class=\"wp-image-1927 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CaroKim-Ryan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Ryan-Caro<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_265\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/about-us\/holmes-hannon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-265\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-265\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Holmes-Hannon-e1519358322761-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Holmes-Hannon\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Holmes-Hannon<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Rotarians <a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kim-Ryan-Caro-bio.pdf\">Kim Ryan-Caro <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Holmes-HannonLinda.pdf\">Linda Homes-Hannon<\/a> are in line for special awards in the next few weeks. Kim has been announced as our club&#8217;s selection for the Norm Parsells Award which was presented at the awards luncheon at the Chris Bargas Golf Club at Whitney Farms in Monroe on April 9.<\/p>\n<p>The Norman K. Parsells Award, is presented annually to honor the memory and spirit of Norm Parsells. He was a dedicated Rotarian who served his community and Rotary, demonstrating Rotary\u2019s ideal of \u201cService Above Self\u201d. This year\u2019s recipients of the Award will be recognized as Rotarians who personify the same spirit and dedication to their community and Rotary that Norm represented during his lifetime. Clubs in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Trumbull, Monroe, Stratford, Milford, Devon, Orange and Derby-Shelton are involved.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/kim-ryan-caro-and-linda-holmes-hannon-to-be-honored\/parsells-2026-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6661\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6661\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-3.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-3-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-3-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/kim-ryan-caro-and-linda-holmes-hannon-to-be-honored\/parsells-2026-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6662\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6662\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-4.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-4-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-4-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-4-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/kim-ryan-caro-and-linda-holmes-hannon-to-be-honored\/parsells-2026-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6659\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6659\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1623\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-1.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Parsells-2026-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1623px) 100vw, 1623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A week later, Linda will be an honored for at the First Annual Area 6 \u201cService Above Self\u201d luncheon which our club will be hosting at the Brownson Country Club starting at noon.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these outstanding women are past presidents of the club and have been very active leaders and innovators in the Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotarians Kim Ryan-Caro and Linda Homes-Hannon are in line for special awards in the next few weeks. Kim has been announced as our club&#8217;s selection for the Norm Parsells Award which was presented at the awards luncheon at the Chris Bargas Golf Club at Whitney Farms in Monroe on April 9. The Norman K. Parsells [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,5,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-awards","category-news","category-parsells-award","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6663,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions\/6663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}