The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce will present Tom Roohan, principal broker and president of Roohan Realty in Saratoga Springs with the 2019 Joseph Dalton Community Service Award.
The award will be presented at the Chamber’s 101st annual dinner on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Saratoga Springs City Center,
Roohan is just the second person to be presented the award. The first was presented at the Chamber’s 100th annual dinner last year to Steve “Sully” Sullivan, owner of the Olde Bryan Inn and Longfellows Inn & Conference Center.
“We were looking to honor and recognize people who, for more than 25 years, have been forward deployed, meaning they’ve contributed to the community by volunteering their time, energy, and expertise not just their money,” said Brian Straughter, 2018 chairman of the board of directors.
Roohan has volunteered for dozens of organizations over the past 40 years with his first volunteer experience coming as a life guard for the Saratoga YMCA, in 1971. His first leadership role as a volunteer was as a bingo captain for Saratoga Central High School, coordinating monthly tournaments to raise money for the school. Recently, he was honored by the American Red Cross as a Real Hero for donating 94 pints of blood and encouraging other family, friends, and coworkers to join him at local blood donation events.
Roohan currently volunteers on the Saratoga Hospital board of directors, the NYRA Local Advisory Board and the Saratoga Springs Special Assessment District. He is the volunteer chair of both the Luther Forest Technology Campus and the Saratoga Springs City Center Authority. He is a past president of the Saratoga Central High School board of directors; a past president of the Saratoga Hospital Foundation; past president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; a member of the Saratoga County Planning Board; a YMCA Trustee; and was named the 1998 Leadership Saratoga Distinguished Alumni award winner.