Saratoga Springs Rotary Awards Jean Fei Senior Citizen of the Year

SARATOGA SPRINGS —The Rotary Club selected Jean Fei as its Senior Citizen of the Year, and awarded $1,000 to her charity of choice – Seven Dancers Coalition. 

Fei’s involvement in the community has included programs with organizations SEAD, Saratogians for Equality and Acceptance of Diversity, Annual Diversity Day Celebration for Saratoga, Respecting Difference Writing Contest for 8th and 9th Grade Students, Saratoga Day of Giving Thanks Celebration, Terrace Kids in Action, and others. 

At age 17, Fei moved to Saratoga to attend Skidmore College, and her earliest jobs included waitressing at Caffe Lena’s when Lena Spencer was in charge. 

“I lived in Seattle, Washington where I was born, and grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Paris, France, Monrovia Liberia, Madison, Wisconsin and Chevy Chase, Maryland,” Fei said, in a statement. “I settled here and have never left.”

Saratoga Springs Rotary Members and Fei’s friends and family gathered earlier this month at The Wishing Well Restaurant to honor Fei as Rotary’s 2024 Senior Citizen of the Year.