The Kiwanis Club of Homewood-Mountain Brook recently presented two Walter Zeller Fellowship Awards for outstanding service to the Homewood community.
Members of the Graphos family received the medal and certificate awarded posthumously to Sammy Graphos, a fixture in the Homewood main business district before his passing in October.
Graphos was owner and operator of Sam’s Super Sandwiches, but his influence and wisdom spread well beyond its walls. His son, Ted, shared several stories of Sam’s kind-heartedness to children and adults in Rosedale and in Homewood City Schools. Ted Graphos is reopening the sandwich shop in its new location in SOHO.
The second award honors the 37-year career of Deborah Fout, recently retired director of the Homewood Public Library. Under her leadership, the library developed superlative children’s and teen programs, adult services and a state-of-the-art computer center.
Scott Sims, Kiwanis Alabama District governor, presented the award to Fout, surrounded by her close friends and library colleagues.
The Walter Zeller Fellowship of Kiwanis International was established as a means of funding Project Eliminate, which addresses maternal neonatal tetanus in developing countries.
