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 | 2018 Volunteer Center Founder's Award Winner Dale Laniga |
| Volunteer of the Year Event 2018
In honor of National Volunteer Month, the Volunteer Center held its Volunteer of the Year event Thursday, April 19, at Temple Beth El. Thirty individuals and seven groups nominated by area agencies were recognized during this annual celebration of volunteerism.
This year two people received the Adult Volunteer of the Year Award. The first one went to Ginny Jones, the founder and volunteer CEO of New Digs Ministries. This agency collects and provides free furnishings and household good to families in need. The second recipient was Kathryn McCorkle for her work with Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA. She has served as board chair and long-range property planning committee chair. She helped stabilize the agency financially and they are seeing an increase in revenue and participation.
The Youth Volunteer of the Year Award went to Davan Hanley of Hershey. Under Davan’s leadership, he created a challenge to support Downtown Daily Bread at his school, Hershey High School, and the greater Hershey community. Davan and his team delivered 3,060 pairs of new socks in addition to cash donations. This challenge also greatly increased the visibility of this agency.
The Partnership for Hope received the Volunteer Group of the Year Award. This group has mobilized more than 100 volunteers to give more than 2,800 hours to serve struggling individuals in our community. They have mobilized teams from over a dozen churches and businesses to assist with basic needs distributions, community gardening projects and other community service efforts.
Dale Laninga of Harrisburg was awarded the Volunteer Center Founder’s Award, which is presented annually to an individual who displays outstanding volunteer leadership. Dale was nominated for his volunteer service by two different agencies. The first was Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area where Dale has been the primary coordinator for their winter overnight homeless shelter for 15 years. Dale was also nominated by Paxton Ministries where he has volunteered in a number of roles for the last 30 years, including eight years as board chair.
See photos from the event on our Flickr page.
Nominees for the event were:
Individual Nominees
Elsa Baker, Hospice of Central Pennsylvania
Dee Baum, Caitlin’s Smiles
Christi Beazley, Aaron’s Acres
Louise Bell, Special Olympics, Area M
Donna Chiavetta, Dauphin County Library System
Louie Denofrio, Caitlin’s Smiles
Samantha Dunn, Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association
George Elliott, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Gina Fiaschetti, Catholic Charities Interfaith Shelter
Judy Gibson and Liz Bowman, Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association
Kate Grenoble, Feed My Sheep Food Pantry, Zion Lutheran Church
Candice Neff Hull, Perry County Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Kravitz, Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg
Monica Malpezzi, New Hope Ministries
Madison Marto, RSVP of the Capital Region, Inc.
Katherine McCorkle, Girl Scouts in the Heart of PA
Mike Murphy, American Red Cross Serving Central Pennsylvania
Gina Napoli, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Helen Nauman and Charlotte Davis, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Helena Paul, Catholic Charities Interfaith Shelter
Lendchen Radle, Caitlin’s Smiles
Susan Rosenberg, Catholic Charities Interfaith Shelter
Paul Schubert, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Jan Teetie, Claremont Nursing and Rehab Center
Anne Marie Tiberi, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Becca Zemaitis, Shalom House
Group Nominees
Ahold Corporation, National MS Society
Harrisburg School District Life Support Class, Caitlin’s Smiles
Heart Heaven, Caitlin’s Smiles
January-February Volunteers, Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association
Steelton-Highspire Elementary School, RSVP of the Capital Region, Inc.
The Partnership for Hope, The Partnership for Hope
Tri-County OIC Tutors, Tri-County OIC
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