Submitted by: Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Director
Per Jennifer Goforth, Executive Advisor/former General Motors Executive Director, RCSL member and Chandler resident Don Robins, accepted his AWIM (A World in Motion) Volunteer Recognition Award at the 28th Annual SAE (formerly Society of Automotive Engineers) Foundation Celebration held in Pontiac, Michigan. 
Upon receiving the award Don, who joined Rotary Club of Sun Lakes in 2005, stated - "You can't imagine how great it was to work with those students."
Don joined SAE at the University of Illinois in the 1950s. Decades later Don helped build AWIM programs on Native American reservations, Canyon State Academy and Chandler Unified School District Schools, where eighth graders utilized STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), to design, build and race competitively gravity cruiser and jet toys!
Over the years, the AWIM programs Don led in Arizona have reached more than 50,000 students with support from SAE, ASU students and Rotarian volunteers who mentor students.