2010 Spirit of Dutchess County Awards Gallery

2010 Spirit of Dutchess Awards Honored
19 Individuals, 7 groups of golunteers at annual breakfast
5 Nominees Received $1,000 Grants for Nonprofit Agencies of Choice

 19 individuals and 7 groups, including one youth group, who make our community a better place in which to live through volunteerism were saluted Wednesday, June 23 at the 2010 Spirit of Dutchess County Awards breakfast at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel.

Individuals honored were: Kara Brinkerhoff, John Brockway, Peter Carr, Joseph J. DeVirgilio Jr., Mara Farrell, Tina Hadden, Barbara Kaiser, Karen Kosack, Chip McElroy, Linda Melton Mann, Dana Park, Thomas Polakowski, Jennie Poldomani, Rob J. Ranieri Jr., Sara Rockwell, Fred Schaeffer, Mary Souser, Beth Walsh Thorn, and Lillian Youngbluth.

Groups saluted were: Christina Hirsch and Third Thursday Luncheon Committee of the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck; the Dutchess Community College Student Government; Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Energy group; House of Hope volunteers Barbara Hahn Perosky and Irene Zito; Members of the Vineyard Community Church in Hopewell Junction; and Mid-Hudson Bereaved Parents of the USA. The Youth Group honored was the Senior Girl Scout Troop 15 and its leader Debbie St. Onge.

All nominations for individuals and groups were made online by members of the community.

Photography by Michael Gold.