Non-profits nominate their supporters in annual event.
Year were announced at a kick off party in a private residence. The annual event serves to recognize volunteers singled out by various nonprofit organizations for their contributions to the community.
A committee of past winners will now take up the difficult
task of choosing one man and one woman to be awarded the top honor at a gala
dinner, which will take place May 8 at the Valencia Hyatt. All nominees will be recognized for their public service.
The distinguished nominees and the organizations that nominated them are:
Jane Bettencourt-Soto – Betty Ferguson Foundation
Gigi Bost – Santa Clarita Committee On Aging
Mary Ann Colf – Rotary
Nancy Coulter – American Cancer Society
Peggy Edwards – Zonta
Tamara Gurney – Providence
Health & Services Foundation
Jorja Harris – Domestic
Violence Center
Janice Hoskinson – Child &
Family Center
Foundation
Marlee Lauffer – Henry
Mayo Newhall
Memorial Hospital
Janice Murray – SCV Boys & Girls Club
Lynne Plambeck – Scope
Donna Schmidt – Elks
Julie Sturgeon – Betty Ferguson Foundation
Stephanie Weiss – Action
Dora Zavala – Soroptimist International of Greater Santa Clarita Valley
Greg Amsler – Henry
Mayo Newhall
Memorial Hospital
Foundation
Chris Ball –
Rotary
Kerry Carmody – Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Wayne Crawford – Carousel
Ranch & Henry Mayo Newhall
Memorial Hospital
Foundation
Rick Patterson – Hart Facilities District & SCV Committee on Aging
Craig Peters – SCV Boys & Girls Club
Tom Schmidt – Elks
Steve Sturgeon – Child &
Family Center
Foundation