WHRO 4th Annual Community Impact Awards

Honorees

WHRO and Dominion Virginia Power would like to congratulate our 2011 Community Impact Award Recipients!

Education: Domonique Godette – For Kids

Environment: Jeff Turner, Blackwater Nottowy Riverkeeper Program

Health and Public Safety: Judy Head – Ramps Across America

Regionalism:  Amy Paulson – Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH)

Social Justice:  Maria Santos – Love & Caring for the Homeless

 


 

Congratulations to the 2010 Community Impact Award Recipients! Be sure to watch their inspirational videos below.

 

Education: Mentoring Future Leaders
A non-profit faith-based mentoring program for underserved males in one the City of Norfolk’s disadvantaged communities.

Environment: Roger A. Fuller
Volunteer and Associate Member, Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council (CEIC)

Public Safety: Chesapeake Health Investment Program (CHIP)
A non-profit integrated model program that focuses on the improvement of children’s health and safety by ensuring that children have medical homes, coordinated health supervision that promotes wellness, prevents injury, and enhances normal growth and development. The mission of CHIP is to build a healthy community by building a healthy child.

Regionalism: Raynor A.K. Taylor, RADM USN (Ret.)
President, Future of Hampton Roads

Social Justice: The Gloucester County Citizens for Accountable Representation
An intrepid group of forty citizens who banded together to exercise their first amendment rights.

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Congratulations to the 2009 Community Impact Award Recipients! Be sure to watch their inspirational videos below.

ENVIRONMENT
Timothy A. Reisch
Mid-Atlantic Supervisory Environmental Engineer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
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EDUCATION
Edward P. “Ned” McCabe
Founder and Director, Portsmouth Reads
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Veronica McMillian
Founder and Executive Director, Let’s Talk, Inc.
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REGIONALISM
Sydney Moroney
President, Empower Hampton Roads
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
Mervin D. Pitchford
Vice President, Community Services Branch of the YMCA of South Hampton Roads
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