Our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner and Awards Ceremony on April 20 was a celebration of the incredible achievements and service of our inspiring volunteers in 2022.
Our volunteers are real people, helping real people. They made sure we could respond to surging new requests for nourishing meals from neighbors with life-challenging illnesses in 2022. Some celebrated decades of service. We also bestowed the President’s Volunteer Service Award, the highest national honor recognizing outstanding commitment.
A huge thanks goes out to our neighborhood service partners, and the incredible leaders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated- Xi Omega Chapter for their exceptional community impact.
We are grateful for Serve DC for playing an especially important leadership role, and Wegmans for their exemplary commitment to community service. As we conclude National Volunteer Month we hope you are compelled to experience the joy of volunteering with Food & Friends soon!
Scroll down to view photos from this spectacular annual event:
L to R: Nadine Graham, Sean Forschler, Ashley Ford, Linda Cash, Kyle Brown, Ginny Hatcher, Laura Peebles, Sonia Ourmanova, Alesia Revis, Bob Cuthriell, Ronald Kipke, Ange Knutson, Matthew Sherring, Alvin Jones, Ellen Fingerman, Alexis Squire (mayors office), Nola Armstrong, Bernice Little-Mundle, Wyvongela Watson, Bill Wooge, Edith Livingstone, Irene Glowinski, Bethany Cecere, Linda Baxter, Napoleon Guinto
L to R: Alvin Chen (behind Carrie Stoltzfus, MPH), Jeff Naber (beard), Thomas Gusdorff (front), Alexis Squire (Chief Service Officer, Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser- Serve DC ), Bill Criger (behind Alexis), Charles Walton, Joan Palmer-Sizemore, Debra Whitford
Xi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. L to R: Cora Dixon, Raven Hill, and Vivian Smith
Lea Emerson (30+ Years of Volunteer Service)
Bill Wooge (30+ Years of Volunteer Service)
Monesha Cary and Lea Emerson, volunteers with the most hours of service in 2022.