Richard Hall & Don Thomas

Gift of Life

Richard Hall has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1982 and the owner of Richard S. Hall, CPA, PA since 1991. He has been a member of Rotary International since 2003, starting with the Cape Coral Sunset Club and joining the Fort Myers Sunrise Club in 2009. He has served as a board member and officer for both clubs and was President of the Fort Myers Sunrise club from 2017-2018. He is also a Past President of Rotary Gift of Life Florida, Inc., where he now serves as a board member. Richard is also the Treasurer for Rotary District 6960. Richard has been married to Patricia Hall since 1991 and is the proud father of two sons, one daughter, and grandfather to eight grandchildren.

Don Thomas was born in Rochester, NY. He has been a resident of Cape Coral, Florida since 1981. Both Don and his wife Sue are major donors to the Rotary Foundation, sustaining members, and benefactors. Don is a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Cape Coral Goldcoast, was the Charter Secretary, and is a Past President of his club. Don was District Governor of 6960 in 2010-2011. He is an alumnus of the Rotary Foundation and was our delegate to the Council on Legislation in 2016-2020.

Don was President of Gift of Life of Florida from 2016-2018. Both Don and Sue are on the Board of Directors. He is a Charter member of the Rotary Leadership Institute Sunshine Division, a Discussion Leader, and a Director of Training Development. He was honored to receive the District 6960 “Service Above Self Award” and was twice named “Rotarian of the Year” by his club. Don considers the most rewarding aspects of his many years in Rotary to have the opportunity to participate in the distribution of wheelchairs in Trinidad and Tobago, Humanitarian trips to the Caribbean, and his medical missions with Gift of Life, including his mission in Romania and a keynote speaker at Zone Institute, Zones 19 & 20B. Don is District 6960 Chairman and Ambassador for HANWASH Inc. in Cavaillon Haiti, and serves as our District Membership Chair for 2023-2026.

In partnership with Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, Gift of Life has developed sustainable pediatric heart surgery programs in several countries and continues to do this work around the globe. The purpose of the mission was to provide life-saving pediatric heart surgery to children with congenital heart defects from developing countries by bringing one child at a time to the U.S. to obtain the surgeries. Since that time, the Gift of Life mission has grown tremendously, and it has now saved the lives of over 40,000 children in developing countries who would otherwise likely have perished. Gift of Life is working to change the outlook for these children and give each child, no matter where they are born, a level playing field and a fighting chance.