John W. Lambert is a Paul Harris Fellow, a past president of the Rotary Club of West Raleigh, and the 1973 recipient of the Holoman Service Award. He was the initial chairman of the courtesy award committee and has been instrumental in developing the award to its current status.

The John W. Lambert Courtesy Award is presented quarterly. This award is presented to people who have made a contribution to our community by living and sharing a cordial, friendly and helpful way of life. This quality of life is so desirable and enduring to our community that the Rotary Club of West Raleigh will invite the named recipient to a club meeting to present them with the Distinguished Courtesy Award and trophy. Additionally, the recipient receives a proclamation from the Mayor of Raleigh recognizing the award date as "recipients day" in Raleigh.

The RI Presidential Citations are used to recognize outstanding Rotary Clubs. To receive these citations, clubs and the President must undertake a well-rounded program of activities within each Avenue of Service. The President's Citation was started in 1993. The Rotary Club of West Raleigh has received the RI Presidentiial Citation every year of its existence. Each citation has it's own set of requirements to achieve, as prescribed by the Rotary International president for their year.

Recognizing that the strength of the Rotary movement is founded on the service carried out by club members worldwide, the purpose of this citation program is to provide a means for Rotary Clubs to personally recognize members of the club for his/her outstanding efforts in the Four Avenues of Service. The citation commends the service carried out by an individual Rotarian in the club, thereby reinforcing the importance which Rotary places on the personal involvement of each club member in Rotary service activities. Recipients in our Club are:

In the ideal of ''Service Above Self,'' the object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the application of such service by every Rotarian to his personal, business and community life. The Chreston Holoman Service Award was established in 1972 and is given annually for the purpose of recognizing those members of West Raleigh Rotary who have best fulfilled this idea of service or have made an outstanding contribution having a direct relationship to Rotary activity. It is named in honor of the Club's first President and was originally made possible by a gift from his Rotary-Ann, Luna. Members who have received this award are:

*C. Howard Sugg	1972
*Avery C. Upchurch	1972
*Lewis P. Watson	1972
F. Durant Bell	1972
*John W. Lambert	1973
*N.A. Townsend, Jr.	1974
*W. Alex Wilson	1974
*Nathaniel D. Pierson	1975
*Troy H. Johnson	1976
*W.C. Calton	1977
*Fred D. Cochran	1978
Kern Holoman	1979
Marion M. Fuller, Jr.	1980
*Joe R. Baker	1981
Robert F. Crumpler	1982
Robert I. Rothstein	1983
Wesley E. Kelley	1984
*Jackson A. Rigney	1985
Douglas A. Bryant	1986
*Walter A. Watts	1987
*J. Marshall Lancaster, Jr.	1987
* Marshall B. Hartsfield	1988
Boyd E. Wilson	1988
William R. Martin, Jr.	1989
James H. Barnhill	1990

Paul Gabriel	1991
James H. Epps	1992
Robert J. Ramseur	1993
Fred W. McClure	1994
Glenn F. Bitler	1995
Nakhleh P. "Mike" Zarzar	1996
Raymond M. Taylor	1997
*Carl U. "Pat" Patterson	1998
Lynne M. Loots	1999
Blake D. Aydlett	2000
Thomas D. "Buck" Bunn	2001
Ernest B. Page, Jr.	2002
Mary A. Oviatt.	2003
Charles W. "Chuck" Baker.	2004
Donald R. Weisenborn.	2005
R. Peyton Woodson.	2006
Austin J. Drum	2007

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2000: W. Kern Holoman	2004: John C. "Spike" Symonds