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Year Winner Category
2011 Danielle Melgar Youth Volunteer
2011 Hackett Catholic Central High School Varsity Football Team Youth Group
2011 Essayists/Videographers/Organizers For President Obama’s Visit to Kalamazoo Central High School Special Recognition for Outstanding Youth Leadership
2011 KaiLi Cage College Volunteer
2011 Kalamazoo Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School Servant Leaders College Group
2011 Andrea Zerilli Young Adult
2011 Karen King Adult Volunteer
2011 Keith Mortlock Senior Volunteer
2011 First Congregational Church United Church of Christ Adult Group
2011 United Auto Workers Employee Volunteer Group (new in ’11)
2011 Madison and Malia Nichols Volunteer Family
2011 Bonnie Carpenter Career Volunteer
2011 Bonnie Sexton Community Leadership
2011 Reverend Louis Grother Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2010 Fatima Mirza Youth Volunteer
2010 Hackett Catholic Central Alternative Spring Break Youth Group
2010 Angelina Lane College Volunteer
2010 K College and WMU students working in Community Advocates for Parents and Students (CAPS) Academic Enhancement Program College Group
2010 Ben Flaten Young Adult
2010 Steven Terranella Adult Volunteer
2010 Barbara Cole Smith Senior Volunteer
2010 Kalamazoo Deacons Conference Direct Response Servants Adult Group
2010 Jerry, Carol and Marybeth Ebel Volunteer Family
2010 Virgil Sanford Career Volunteer
2010 Bonna Perrin Community Leadership
2010 Pamela Roland Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2009 Isabella Wu Youth Volunteer
2009 Andrea, Jermaine & Carmela Harris Youth Group
2009 Latesha Agnew College Volunteer
2009 AMIGOS/Hearbeat College Group
2009 Daniel Lomasney Young Adult
2009 Sharon White Adult Volunteer
2009 Lenore Elaine Huston Senior Volunteer
2009 Eaton Corporation Volunteers at HRI Adult Group
2009 Kalamazoo County Master Gardener Volunteers Adult Group
2009 Barb and Fred Miller Volunteer Family
2009 Mary Anne Bonine Career Volunteer
2009 Dick and Better VanderMolen Community Leadership
2009 Bob Straits Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2008 Jenna Sheets Youth Volunteer
2008 Kalamazoo Central High School Activists for Action Youth Group
2008 Jackie Luedtke College Volunteer
2008 Drive Safe Kalamazoo (DSK) College Group
2008 Josh Haas Young Adult
2008 Beth Ann MacGuire Adult Volunteer
2008 Chris Bartley Senior Volunteer
2008 Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes Volunteers Adult Group
2008 AT&T Telecom Pioneers Adult Group
2008 Karen, Kelli & Tom Oram-Proudfoot Volunteer Family
2008 Fred Davis Career Volunteer
2008 Richard Atwell Community Leadership
2008 Jack Hopkins Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2007 Taylor Batten Youth Volunteer
2007 Cheever Treatment Center Youth Group
2007 Rani Stutz College Volunteer
2007 Kalamazoo College Mentoring & Motivation Among Peers Team College Group
2007 Ebony White Young Adult
2007 Ken Horton Adult Volunteer
2007 Earl Hendrix Senior Volunteer
2007 Greater Kalamazoo Girls on the Run Adult Group
2007 Candy Collins & Sarah Ashbrook Volunteer Family
2007 Art Nichols Career Volunteer
2007 Bette Hawkins Community Leadership
2007 Stacy T. Skartsiaris Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2006 William McQuitty Youth Volunteer
2006 Adena Leibbrand & Tess Duncan Youth Group
2006 Breigh Montgomery College Volunteer
2006 Alpha Lambda Delta College Group
2006 Jamie Turner Young Adult (New Category in 2006)
2006 Russell Matlock Adult Volunteer
2006 John Miller Senior Volunteer
2006 Generous Hands, Inc Adult Group
2006 American Red Cross Disaster Volunteers Adult Group
2006 Frank & Lolamay Martin Volunteer Family
2006 James Knox Career Family
2006 Amy Remmert Community Leadership
2006 Marie L. Stevens Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2005 Addison Carpenter Youth Volunteer
2005 Parchment HS Student Council Youth Group
2005 Tara Bennett College Volunteer
2005 Dr. Davis & WMU’s Ed 350 Classes College Group
2005 Fern Conklin Adult Volunteer
2005 Margaret Mary Mosher Senior Volunteer
2005 The Men of New Beginnings Adult Group
2005 West MI Cancer Center Volunteers Adult Group
2005 The Burkhead Family Volunteer Family
2005 Harold Garnaat Career Volunteer
2005 Norm Braksick Community Leadership
2005 Anna Whitten Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2005 Mark Hunter Employed Volunteer (Ended in ’06)
2004 Lawrence Mathews Youth Volunteer
2004 Covert Elementary 3rd Graders Youth Group
2004 Sarah Husain College Volunteer
2004 K College/ KPS Partnership College Group
2004 Scott A. Keeler Adult Volunteer
2004 Jamal Siddiq Senior Volunteer
2004 CARES Buddy Program Adult Group
2004 Louie & Iris Tortorelli Volunteer Family
2004 Phyllis Smith Career Volunteer
2004 Aaron Cantrell Community Leadership
2004 Fran Mason Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2004 Patrick Stamm Employed Volunteer
2003 Brittany Sheets Youth Volunteer
2003 Gull Lake HS Volunteers Youth Group
2003 Nina Mayra College Volunteer
2003 WMU Football Team College Group
2003 Julius Robinson Adult Volunteer
2003 Betty Wolbers Senior Volunteer
2003 Meals on Wheels Adult Group
2003 Claudine & Walter Liesinger Volunteer Family
2003 Mike Artis Career Volunteer
2003 Louise Vanderberg-Smith Community Leadership
2003 John Lawrence Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2003 Dee Mareless Employed Volunteer
2002 Ashleigh Tillman Youth Volunteer
2002 Mattawan HS Class of 2002 Youth Group
2002 Jennifer Sale College Volunteer
2002 WMU Chapter Habitat for Humanity College Group
2002 Jerry Campbell Adult Volunteer
2002 Janet Fletcher Senior Volunteer
2002 Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bridge Activities Adult Group
2002 Volunteer Kids Hop USA of Lakeland Reformed Church Adult Group
2002 The McCarthy Family Volunteer Family
2002 Ruth Ann Stoddard Career Volunteer
2002 Charles Shane Community Leadership
2002 Elizabeth Lennon Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2002 Richard Phillips Employed Volunteer
2001 Abigail Arwady Youth Volunteer
2001 Children of Lakeside Treatment & Learning Center Youth Group
2001 Subblakshmi Shankar College Volunteer
2001 Alpha Gamma Gamma Theta Upsilon Intntnl Geographic Honor Soc. College Group
2001 Wilma Kahn & Justin Purdiman Adult Volunteer
2001 Reverent Bob Davis Senior Volunteer
2001 1st Presbyterian Church Health Clinic Volunteers Adult Group
2001 Vernon & Pauline Terrell Volunteer Family
2001 Bill Short Career Volunteer
2001 Ree Millard Community Leadership
2001 N. Lorraine Beebe Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2001 Patricia Carlin Employed Volunteer
2000 Jennifer Mayberry Youth Volunteer
2000 American Red Cross Elementary Leadership Council Youth Group
2000 Katie Eaton College Volunteer
2000 Honors Student Association Lee Honors College – WMU College Group
2000 Sandra Johnson Adult Volunteer
2000 Paul Kleis & George Mackenzie Senior Volunteer
2000 Employees of Flowserve FSD Corporation Adult Group
2000 Douglass, Penny, Melissa & Chris Thompson Volunteer Family
2000 Ruth Diephuis Career Volunteer
2000 Amy Wolff Community Leadership
2000 Roberta S. Cheney Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
2000 Robert L. Johnson Employed Volunteer
1999 Jenna Harville Youth Volunteer
1999 Teen Heart Student Leaders Youth Group
1999 Sunset Lake Elementary Student Body Youth Group
1999 RaShelle Peck College Volunteer
1999 K College Students at the Woodward School College Group
1999 Carol Yager Adult Volunteer
1999 Richard VanderMolen Senior Volunteer
1999 Helping Hands, Happy People Adult Group
1999 Russ Schipper & Ilse Gebhard Volunteer Family
1999 Kenneth Rathert Career Volunteer
1999 Pastor J. Louis Felton Community Leadership
1999 James S. Gilmore, Jr. Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1999 Joyce Pines Employed Volunteer
1998 Parchment Central Elementary Youth Group
1998 Jamila Aquila Amira Bell College Volunteer
1998 W. Douglas Tutors College Group
1998 WMU/CMU Blood Drive Challenge College Group
1998 Mona Khaled Adult Volunteer
1998 Patricia Burke Senior Volunteer
1998 Women’s Education Coalition Adult Group
1998 Barbara Simes Tucker & John Tucker Volunteer Family
1998 Nancy Zalaoras Career Volunteer
1998 Charita P. Coleman-Gladdis Community Leadership
1998 Deloris R. Jordan Phillips Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1998 Raina Willoughby Employed Volunteer
1997 Amelia Wolf Youth Volunteer
1997 Hackett Catholic Central HS Youth Group
1997 Sara L. Bartosiewicz College Volunteer
1997 KVCC Honors Program College Group
1997 Francis J. Blaise Adult Volunteer
1997 William E. Diamond Senior Volunteer
1997 Retired & Senior Volunteer Program Adult Group
1997 Betty & Ernie Mullinax Volunteer Family
1997 Howard M. Cain Career Volunteer
1997 Viola Gaines-McMillion Community Leadership
1997 Sally Appleyard Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1997 Stephanie J. Mills Employed Volunteer
1996 Sariah Robinson Youth Volunteer
1996 Project Mentor Connections Youth Group
1996 Kathryn M. Jones College Volunteer
1996 Willie Webster Adult Volunteer
1996 Dolores I. Leach Senior Volunteer
1996 Shepherd’s Center Escort Transportation Service Adult Group
1996 Gregory, Becky, Mason & Hannah Lilly Volunteer Family
1996 Fran Mason Career Volunteer
1996 Anna Reddy Community Leadership
1996 Vivian P. King & Sister Mary Bader, SSJ Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1996 Roger Paul Poe Employed Volunteer
1995 Angela Blake Youth Volunteer
1995 St. A’s Helping Hands Class of 1997 Youth Group
1995 Ronda McAlpine College Volunteer
1995 Project Brave College Group
1995 Bill Phillips Adult Volunteer
1995 James E. Amos, Sr. Senior Volunteer
1995 The Volunteers of Planned Parenthood Adult Group
1995 The Perry Family Volunteer Family
1995 Jan Getz Career Volunteer
1995 Robert W. VanDis Community Leadership
1995 Betty Lee Ongley Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1995 James E. Green, Jr. Employed Volunteer
1994 Cheryl Rikkers Youth Volunteer
1994 Gull Lake HS Volunteers Youth Group
1994 Dawit Dejene College Volunteer
1994 Peer Educators of Sexual Assault Ed. WMU College Group
1994 Eleanor Miller Senior Volunteer
1994 Senior Companion Volunteer Program Adult Group
1994 Herb & Neva Nehring Volunteer Family
1994 Sally Gottlieb Career Volunteer
1994 Cathryn Sirk Community Leadership
1994 William J. Lawrence, Jr. Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1994 Dan Carroll Employed Volunteer
1993 Deidre Batizy Youth Volunteer
1993 River Side Junior Grange #324 Youth Group
1993 Steven Mullins College Volunteer
1993 Student Volunteer Services Board – WMU College Group
1993 Doris Dinda Senior Volunteer
1993 Volunteers of Big Brothers/Big Sisters Adult Group
1993 Employee Volunteers of KALSEC, Inc Adult Group
1993 Wayne Howard & Cindy J. Howard Volunteer Family
1993 Betty Goldsmith Career Volunteer
1993 Anna Whitten Community Leadership
1993 Dominic Leonardelli & Elizabeth Upjohn Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1993 H. Charles Kiplinger Employed Volunteer
1992 Jason Dooley Youth Volunteer
1992 Portage Central HS Employability & KVISD Young Adult Program Youth Group
1992 Sherri Lynn Beebe College Volunteer
1992 Edward Van-Haften Senior Volunteer
1992 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Adult Group
1992 Jim, Sheri, Lindsay & Andrew Ferrari Volunteer Family
1992 Bud Vanderberg Career Volunteer
1992 Bruce Kocher Community Leadership
1992 Judson Knapper Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1992 Peggy Cancro & Lynda McKinnon Employed Volunteer
1991 Patty Stoddard Youth Volunteer
1991 Kalamazoo Junior Girls Youth Group
1991 Susan Lawson College Volunteer
1991 Alpha Kappa Psi Gamma Tau Chapter WMU College Group
1991 Frank Baker Senior Volunteer
1991 Loaves & Fishes Volunteers Adult Group
1991 Gordon & Louise Bogema Volunteer Family
1991 Richard Brayton Career Volunteer
1991 Jan Dancer Community Leadership
1991 Dr. Fredrick Margolis (posthumously) Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1991 Dino Richards Employed Volunteer
1990 Brian Jewett Youth Volunteer
1990 Milwood Middle School VolunTEENS Youth Group
1990 Laura Smith College Volunteer
1990 John Brewer Senior Volunteer
1990 Volunteers of Hospice of Greater Kalamazoo Adult Group
1990 Dennis & Eudora Williams Volunteer Family
1990 David Kurtz Career Volunteer
1990 Linda Brown Community Leadership
1990 Duane Roberts (posthumously) Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1990 Robert Dudley Employed Volunteer
1989 Michael C. Evans Youth Volunteer
1989 WMU Hockey Team Youth Group
1989 Kristine Crum College Volunteer
1989 Helen Rench Senior Volunteer
1989 Vine Neighborhood Assn & Neighborhood Watch Committee Adult Group
1989 The Jon Wood Famliy Volunteer Family
1989 Gail Camp Career Volunteer
1989 Blaine Lam Community Leadership
1989 Arthur Washington, Jr. Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1989 Robert N. McEwan Employed Volunteer
1988 Emily Jill Blanchard Youth Volunteer
1988 Project LEAD Residence Hall Life Community Awareness Youth Group
1988 Kay Hartman College Volunteer
1988 Kate Bennett & John Ceru Senior Volunteer
1988 Community Based Ed Program for Minority Student Achievement Adult Group
1988 Andrew & Clarence Poel Volunteer Family
1988 Kathy Guthrie Career Volunteer
1988 Sally Appleyard Community Leadership
1988 Wen Chao Chen Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1988 Dr. Sid Dykstra Employed Volunteer
1987 Michele Salters Youth Volunteer
1987 Tamara Broekema College Volunteer
1987 Olga Pahl Senior Volunteer
1987 Sexual Assault Program Volunteers Adult Group
1987 Susan & Khris Twigg Volunteer Family
1987 Jerry Craft Career Volunteer
1987 Jean Huston & Maxine Becker Community Leadership
1987 Joseph J. Dunnigan Irving S. Gilmore Lifetime Achievement
1987 Larry Cook Employed Volunteer
1986 Nichole Hodgman Youth Volunteer
1986 Amy Mesara College Volunteer
1986 Harriet Schultz & Harold Austin Senior Volunteer
1986 Gryphon Place 24-hr Help Line Volunteers Adult Group
1986 Donald & Ann Elzinga Volunteer Family
1986 Mary McLean & Susan Reimer Career Volunteer
1986 Jerry DeRyke Community Leadership
1986 Jean DeVries Employed Volunteer

Questions? Please call the Volunteer Center at 269-382-8350 or email: vckzoo@volunteerkalamazoo.org

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