Five Residents Nominated for Celebrate Plainville! Award
Five residents of Plainville have been nominated as candidates for the Celebrate Plainville! 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 Plainville, will earn the right to designate a $2,500 grant award from the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain to a Plainville charity or community service organization of their choice. The recipient will be announced this spring. This year’s nominees are:
- Perry Cole, a Boy Scouts leader and youth coach (nominated by Cynthia Potter).
- Karen Hodge, a Girl Scouts leader, volunteer with the Congregational Church of Plainville and member of the Plainville Choral Society (nominated by Patty Burns).
- Mary Karnuk, a Hospice volunteer with the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Connecticut (nominated by Alison Vandergrift).
- David Niedzwiecki, Sr., chairman of the Plainville Conservation Commission (nominated by Lisa Lozier).
- Joseph Plourde, a volunteer with the Plainville Community Food Pantry (nominated by Justin Woerz).
Chairing the selection committee for the 2007 award is William Petit, Owner/President of William Petit Properties, LLC in Plainville. Serving on the committee along with Petit are Dr. Kathleen Binkowski, Superintendent, Plainville Community Schools; Linda Ferguson, Assistant Controller, Carling Technologies, Inc.; Robert Frazee, Sales Manager and Loan Officer, Family Choice Mortgage; Signe Guzzo, Corporate Secretary/Treasurer, Ideal Machinery & Supply Co.; Robin Lee Michel, Managing Editor, The Plainville Citizen; Gail Millerick, a Plainville resident and Director of Development, MidState Medical Center; Lynda Russell, Co-Owner, The Window Shop, Inc.; and Richard Williams, President, The D.R. Templeman Co.
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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