The Rotary Club of Blacksburg awarded its 2020 Citizen of the Year Award to Gavin Faulkner of Blacksburg at its lunch meeting Thursday at the Blacksburg Country Club.
After a mining engineering career at Virginia Tech, Faulkner focused on his business, Rowan
Mountain Inc., a printing and mailing service.
Living the Rotary motto of Service above Self, Faulkner’s real passion, however, is his many community activities. He is involved with the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church and with the Boy Scouts. He is an active member of the Mt Tabor Ruritan Club, currently serving as their current president for the fourth time. For the last 30 years, he has organized the Blacksburg Fourth of July parade by both dealing with traffic and creating a staging area where he lined up groups, floats, and musicians
In addition to the award, the Blacksburg Rotary Club donated $500 to the Mt. Tabor Ruritan Club in Faulkner’s honor. He said the Ruritans will use the money for their scholarship fund.
The Blacksburg Rotary Club has presented a Citizen of the Year award for 31 years.