John Jones garners two prestigious awards John Jones was recently named SSU's Alumni of the Year 2009/10 for the School of Business and Economics and was given the Rotary District 5130 Meritorious International Service Award for his efforts in bringing medical assistance to Nicaragua 06.08.2010 – John Jones was recently named Sonoma State University's Alumni of the Year 2009/10 for the School of Business and Economics and was given the Rotary District 5130 (44 clubs in the district) Meritorious International Service Award for his efforts in bringing medical assistance to Nicaragua and other developing countries. John's most recent trip occurred on January 31st, 2010. John led 17 members and friends of the Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary Club to the San Lorenzo region of Nicaragua, where they provided dental and eye care services to the people in need there. This was John Jones (managing partner of Linkenheimer LLP CPA's & Advisors) seventeenth international humanitarian trip since 1995. The eye care team examined over 1,400 people and provided prescription eye glasses, sunglasses and screening for cataracts and pterigiums. The dental team focused on extractions, which is significant in rural Nicaragua. A similar mission to Nicaragua two years ago resulted in over 240 extractions. The team from Santa Rosa worked successfully with members of the Managua-Tiscapa Rotary Club. Since 1995, John has led international humanitarian projects to Nicaragua, the Mayan villages in Mexico, Samoa, Guatemala , Haiti and Vietnam. |
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