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TRYON—Rotary Club of Tryon nominated Skip Taylor for induction into the Second Wind Hall of Fame and the Board of Second Wind Hall of Fame accepted the nomination. Skip was officially inducted at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Tryon on February 27. 

Skip served two terms as President of the Rotary Club and is currently President of the Rotary Foundation. He has served in many different capacities of the club’s activities and was recognized as Rotarian of the Year for 2023-2024. Before moving to Tryon, he was active in Rotary in Highlands. Skip has volunteered at Outreach, serving on the half marathon race committee, as a Manna truck volunteer, and a home repair volunteer. He has served Tryon Presbyterian Church on the Missions Committee and Property Committee, and as Clerk of Session, and he has been involved in many other tasks at the church. Where there is a need Skip is willing to volunteer.

Before moving to Tryon in 2017 with his wife Mary Ann, he was an active volunteer while pursuing a career in media with community newspapers. Leaving print journalism in 1996, he joined the team of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital as director of communications. After many years in public relations, he launched a business in furniture restoration, tapping into his love of woodworking and furniture repair. Because of his civic involvement, he was honored in 2017 with a mayoral proclamation for his years of service to the Town of Highlands.

Skip has a BA in English from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, NC. He completed the Highlands leadership training and took various woodworking and restoration courses and workshops.  He has one daughter.  

Skip would like to be remembered for being a willing, dedicated team member or leader in community and church activities to help facilitate positive change. 

The mission of Second Wind is to identify those outstanding volunteers who contribute so much to the quality of life in our community and to provide recognition of retirees sixty years and over who had a useful and productive life continuing beyond retirement while others paused to rest.  They caught a ‘second wind’ and began a new career of service to the community and mankind.

Second Wind Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) organization and welcomes nominations for induction.  Requests for nomination forms may be sent to carolbrowning72@gmail.com.

 

Submitted by Carol Browning