2011 Founders

Children & Youth Services
Patricia D'Accolti, Children's Sport Connection
 
Education
Nancy & Rod Zuch, The Morgan Center
 
Emergency Services
Nancy Lynch, Pet Safe Coalition
 
Family Support
Glenda White-Hills, Millennium Sistahs
 
Health
Nancy Leupold, Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer
 
Homelessnes
Larry Hohler, Hope Children's Fund
 
Philanthropy
Dan Connor, The Gladiator Fund
 
Seniors
Sister Jeanne Andre Brendel, O.P., Harvest Houses
 
Special Needs
Dr. Deborah Benson, Common Ground Alliance
 
Next Generation Awards
 
Emergency Services
Simeon Melman
 
Leadership
Benjamin Jake Kornick
 
Visionary Philanthropy
Christopher Yao
 
Lifetime Achievement Award in Volunteerism
Jay Steingold
 
Inspirational Service Award
Victoria Ruvolo

2010 Founders

Children & Youth Services
Jill Rooney, Harbor Child Care
 
Cultural Arts
Valia Seiskaya, Ballet Education & Scholarship Fund
 
Education
Maida Cherry, Association of Professional Volunteer Administrators
 
Environment
Richard Schary,Friends of Massapequa Preserve
 
Family Support
Janet Walerstein, Child Care Council of Suffolk
 
Health
Colette Coyne, Colette Coyne Melanoma Awareness Campaign ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
 
Homelessness
Robert McMillan, Long Island Housing Partnership
 
Philanthropy
Ralph & MaryAnn Napolitano, Jay's World Childhood Cancer Foundation ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~
 
Special Needs
William Heiser, The William Heiser Foundation for the Cure of Spinal Cord Injuries

2010 Lifetime Achievement Award in Volunteerism
John Sullivan, Nominated by Abilities
 
2010 The Next Generation Awards
Rachel Obergh, The Next Generation Award for Historical Preservation  ~~Rachel's Poem~~
 
Charles Sharkey, The Next Generation Award for Leadership

 
2008 Founders

John White, Project Challenge

Joysetta & Julius Pearse, Nassau County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee

Robert Alvey, Garden City Bird Sanctuary ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Sybil Meisel, PAWS- Pioneers for Animal Welfare  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Lillian Julien, COPE- Connecting Our Paths Eternally ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Lorraine Pace, Breast Cancer Help, Inc. (Healthy Environment for a Living Planet) ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Kenneth Batchelor, Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk

Ann & Phil Gribbins, Floral Park Conservation Society Giving Garden

Leonard Sandel, FOSSI- Friends of Senior Services, Inc.

Nina Eaton, United Cerebral Palsy of Suffolk

Lifetime Achievement Award 2008

William Tyree, SCO Family of Services
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2007 Founders

James Boisi, Mentoring Partnership of Long Island ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Fred Breithut, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Tim Jaccard, AMT Children of Hope Foundation 

Anna Hunninghouse, Little Shelter Animal Rescue & Adoption Center 

Rhoda Finer, InterAgency Council of Glen Cove 

Robert Donno, Gift of Life  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

R. Brinkley Smithers, Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Sister Aimée Koonmen, Bethany House of Nassau, NY 

Aimée Z. Holtzman, rock CAN roll, Inc.

John J. (Jack) Flatley, Long Island State Veterans Home

Judith S. Bloch, Variety Child Learning Center  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

2007 Lifetime Achievement

James Reed

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2006 Founders

Cindy Pierce Lee & Marjorie Chaplin, Child Abuse Preventions Services 

Dr. Hiao-Tsiun Ma, The Children's Orchestra Society 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. Davison, American Red Cross, Nassau County Chapter  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Janine Dion, Pet Peeves Inc.

Luke Smith, Society of St. Vincent de Paul  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Marion Terry, African-American Health Education and Development Fund 

Thomas Roberts III, Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Patricia Shea, MOMMAS House ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Dr. Davis Pollack, Clubhouse of Suffolk 

Betty Schlein, Suzy Sonenberg & Barbara Strongin, Long Island Fund for Women and Girls 

Lisa Gatti, Pal-O-Mine Equestrian  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

2006 Lifetime Achievement

Sol Goldstein, Rebuilding Together Long Island 

Diana O'Neill, Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame, Honorary Inductee 

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2005 Founders

Dr. Carol Carter, Patti Kelly Barker & Tamara Pelosi, Sunshine Center 

Boris Chartan, The Holocaust Memorial & Educational Center of Nassau County 

Mother Anselma Ruth, Molloy College 

Sallie Ruppert, Volunteers for Wildlife 

The Honorable Hope Zimmerman, Mothers' Center Hicksville, National Association of Mothers' Centers ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Heather Buggee, Splashes of Hope  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Irving Berkowitz, Federation of Organizations 

Syd Mandelbaum, Rock and Wrap it Up! ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Peter Barnett, Nassau Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Marty Lyons, The Marty Lyons Foundation 

Paul Arfin, The Community Programs Center for Long Island – www.earlydiscoveriescenter.com and www.dayhaven.org

Al Eskanazy, ASCENT: A School for Individuals with Autism 

2005 Lifetime Achievement

Marc Blitstein, AHRC – Suffolk Chapter 

Thomas Cruso, United Way of Long Island  

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2004 Founders

Jerry & Fern Hill, Timothy Hill Children's Ranch 

Sharon Lippman, Art Without Walls, Inc.

Delores Smalls, Association of Black Women in Higher Education 

David Kilmnick, Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Geraldine Sheridan, Dress for Success, Brookhaven 

John Theissen, John Theissen Children's Foundation 

Cosco Williams, Wyandanch Homes & Property Development Corporation  ~~ AGENCY HISTORY~~

Lillian McCormick, Family & Children's Association/Port Washington Group Home 

Anne Mead, Retired & Senior Volunteer Program in Suffolk County 

Donald Mitzner, Adults & Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities, Inc.

2004 Lifetime Achievement

Sheila Johnson Page, Newsday's Community Affairs 

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2003 Founders

Jean Forman, Coalition on Child Abuse & Neglect 

Faye Raymon, Township Theatre Group  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Diana Freed, Education & Assistance Corporation, Inc.

Rev. John Paul Hankins, Response of Suffolk County, Inc.

Nancy Manfredonia, Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference 

Barbara Allan, Prison Families Anonymous/FEGS: Health & Human ServicesSystem ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Beatrice Cohart, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Sr. Mairead M. Barrett, New Ground, Inc. ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Harry Chapin, Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank 

Elizabeth Gere Byrnes, The Junior League of Long Island 

Angela Koenig, Doubleday Babcock Senior Center, Inc.

Helen Kaplan, AHRC Nassau  

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2002 Founders

Gloria Wallick, Rosa Lee Young Childhood Center  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Catherine Davison, Nassau County Museum of Art  ~~ AGENCY HISTORY~~

Joan Imhof, Long Island Volunteer Center  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Beverly Merkinger, Dr. Sherry Radowitz & Arlene Siegelwaks, Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc.    ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Paul Stoutenburgh, North Fork Environmental Council  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Lyn Jurick, Ronald McDonald House of Long Island  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Michael Moran & Patricia O’Connor, Interfaith Nutrition Network 

Linda Breitstone, Island Harvest, Ltd. ~~ AGENCY HISTORY~~

Janet Walsh, Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation  ~~AGENCY HISTORY~~

Dr. Caryl Bank & Dr. Barbara Feingold, The Hagedorn Little Village School  ~~ AGENCY HISTORY~~