Eight Residents Nominated for Celebrate Southington! Award
Eight residents of Southington have been nominated as candidates for the Celebrate Southington! award, part of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain’s four-town Celebrate Our Communities! community service awards program in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
The recipient of the 2007 award, which honors an outstanding grassroots volunteer in Southington, will earn the right to designate a $2,500 grant award from the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain to a Southington charity or community service organization of their choice. The recipient will be announced this spring. This year’s nominees are:
- Thomas Benevelli, a volunteer with Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters (nominated by Brian Kelly).
- Dave Brennan, a volunteer with Bread for Life (nominated by the Rev. Andrew Kauffman).
- Gerald Dionne, president of the Western Baseball League (nominated by Maureen Tombari).
- Rebecca Michlin, a teenage volunteer for Southington Community Service’s Back to School Program (nominated by Janet Mellon).
- Jill Notar-Francesco, a long-time officer and member of the Southington PTO and Southington Science and Math Initiative (nominated by Ronnie Brzezinski).
- Paul Rosin, a volunteer with the Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA’s Camp Sloper (nominated by Mark Pooler).
- Julia Sharp, a volunteer with many organizations in Southington including the United Way, the Joe & Kay Calvanese Foundation, the Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA and the Chamber of Commerce (nominated by Donna Ayer).
- Luanne Treado, a Sexual Assault Crisis Services counselor advocate with the YWCA of New Britain (nominated by Shana Chesanek).
Chairing the selection committee for the 2007 award are the Rev. Victoria Triano, director of pastoral care at Southington Care Center and a member of the Southington Town Council and Community Foundation board of directors, and Joe LaPorte, current chairman of the Town’s Board of Park Commissioners. Also on the committee are: Richard Corcoran, Executive Director, United Way of Southington; Erin King, Managing Editor, Southington Citizen; John Myers, Executive Director, Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA; Andrew Meade, retired President and CEO of Lori Lock, Inc., and a member of the Community Foundation board; and Patricia Walden, Vice President, Southington Care Center.
Established in 1941, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain connects donors who care with causes that matter in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington. For more information on the Foundation, please call (860) 229-6018 or visit www.cfgnb.org.
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