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*Fletcher Arnitt Jr., FUMA teacher and coach | *Fletcher Arnitt Jr., FUMA teacher and coach | ||
*[[Linda Bowen]], youth baseball booster | *[[Linda Bowen]], youth baseball booster | ||
*Margaret McLeod Cain, attorney | *[[Margaret McLeod Cain]], attorney | ||
*Thomas J. Calloway, CHS basketball coach | *Thomas J. Calloway, CHS basketball coach | ||
*Deborah DiCroce, PVCC president | *[[Deborah DiCroce]], PVCC president | ||
*Nancy Gercke, Charlottesville’s preschool education coordinator; | *Nancy Gercke, Charlottesville’s preschool education coordinator; | ||
*Edward W. Hook Jr., doctor and teacher at UVa | *Edward W. Hook Jr., doctor and teacher at UVa | ||
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*Dave Matthews Band, community benefactors | *Dave Matthews Band, community benefactors | ||
*Mary Lee Embrey, Nelson County volunteer | *Mary Lee Embrey, Nelson County volunteer | ||
*Dr. Greg Gelburd, Downtown Family Health Care founder and physician serving low-income people | *Dr. [[Greg Gelburd]], Downtown Family Health Care founder and physician serving low-income people | ||
*Robert Hammond, retired veterinarian and Ivy Creek Natural Area volunteer | *Robert Hammond, retired veterinarian and Ivy Creek Natural Area volunteer | ||
*Anthony Iachetta, engineering professor emeritus and civic activist | *Anthony Iachetta, engineering professor emeritus and civic activist | ||
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*Gary Eisenhuth, science teacher at [[Western Albemarle High School]] | *Gary Eisenhuth, science teacher at [[Western Albemarle High School]] | ||
*Miriam Green, nurse at Our Lady of Peace | *Miriam Green, nurse at Our Lady of Peace | ||
*Jim Hingeley, chief public defender for Charlottesville-Albemarle | *[[Jim Hingeley]], chief public defender for Charlottesville-Albemarle | ||
*Barbara Lachance, “soup lady” at Church of the Holy Comforter | *Barbara Lachance, “soup lady” at Church of the Holy Comforter | ||
*Beth McPhee, Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA shelter manager | *Beth McPhee, Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA shelter manager | ||
*Alberto Ojeda, advocate for area’s Hispanic community | *Alberto Ojeda, advocate for area’s Hispanic community | ||
*Ivan Orr, executive director of the [[Music Resource Center]] | *Ivan Orr, executive director of the [[Music Resource Center]] | ||
*Helen “Sandy” Snook, community activist | *[[Helen Snook|Helen “Sandy” Snook]], community activist | ||
*Lillie Taylor, longtime cook at [[Nathanael Greene Elementary School]] | *Lillie Taylor, longtime cook at [[Nathanael Greene Elementary School]] | ||
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*Jim Carpenter, photographer, volunteer | *Jim Carpenter, photographer, volunteer | ||
*Janet Herman, [[Women’s Four Miler]] volunteer | *Janet Herman, [[Women’s Four Miler]] volunteer | ||
[ | *[[Jeanne McCusker]], senior citizen helper | ||
*William Moors, Spanish-speaking physician | *William Moors, Spanish-speaking physician | ||
*Steve Murray, provider of running trails for local teams | *Steve Murray, provider of running trails for local teams | ||
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==2014-2015== | |||
*Richard R. Brown, Free Town heritage, environmental activist | |||
*[[Marie Carter]], community volunteer, chairwoman for the Lord’s Kitchen | |||
*[[Jennifer Durant]], Episcopal priest with Lou Gehrig’s disease | |||
*[[William Gardner]], volunteer robotics competition coach | |||
*[[Jay Gillenwater]], co-founder of the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards | |||
*[[Andre Hakes]], lawyer and gay-rights activist | |||
*Mike Himes and Lisa Himes, volunteers with Fluvanna County’s Habitat for Humanity and Meals on Wheels | |||
*[[Lucian Jackson]], community outreach worker at Club Yancey | |||
*[[Beth Laine]], art teacher and community volunteer | |||
*[[Tim Payne]], volunteer search and rescue commander; | |||
*[[Rickey E. White]], pastor of Union Run Baptist Church, community volunteer | |||
*[[Charles H. Wood Jr.]], founder of the Companion Animal Fund. | |||
==2015-2016== | |||
*[[Margery Daniel, PH.D., LCSW]], volunteer with the local United Way, other groups | |||
*[[Sarad Davenport]], executive director of the City of Promise | |||
*[[Sue Dougherty]], assistant principal of [[Charlottesville Catholic School]] | |||
*Stacy Greer and Wanda McGhee, operators of two thrift stores through their nonprofit, the Christian Outreach Program and Pregnancy Center | |||
*Eddie Harris, REAL Dads educator | |||
*Jennifer King, board president and volunteer with the [[Sexual Assault Resource Agency]] | |||
*Dr. Karen Maughan, family physician at UVa | |||
*Kari L. Miller, elder care coordinator, owner of The Next Phase; | |||
*[[Todd Niemeier]], operations director for the Urban Agriculture Collective of Charlottesville | |||
*James R. Peterson, volunteer for the Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary, other groups | |||
*Kate Tamarkin, music director, conductor of the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and creator, program coordinator of Hospice of the Piedmont’s Music by the Bedside program | |||
*Alison Webb, co-founder of the Virginia Institute for Autism. | |||
==2016-2017== | |||
*Lisa Black, teacher at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital | |||
*Tony Borash and Melissa McBride, Fluvanna SPCA volunteers and former board members | |||
*Jeff Burton, youth baseball coach, mentoring leader | |||
*Melba Campbell, active supporter of Hospice of the Piedmont, the local Habitat for Humanity and UVa Cancer Center, among other groups | |||
*[[Joe Gieck]], pioneer in the athletic training and sports medicine fields who supports and volunteers with numerous community organizations | |||
*[[Quinton Harrell]], active with the Black Professional Network and the Charlottesville Alliance for Black Male Achievement | |||
*Jimmy Hollins, active with the Burley Varsity Club | |||
*Dr. Richard Lindsay, retired physician who advocates and educates on aging and caregiving issues | |||
*Joe Noonan, home repairer who goes above and beyond | |||
*Ashton Ryan, founder of annual coat drive Ashton’s Birthday Wish | |||
*Sonjia Smith, volunteer, mentor, philanthropist | |||
*Rose Williams, advocate for disabled persons. | |||
==2017-2018== | |||
==2018-2019== | |||
==2019-2020== | |||
*[[Blue Ridge Health District]] <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Dozen: Health district shifted gears, staffed up to curb the spread of COVID|url=https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/dozen-health-district-shifted-gears-staffed-up-to-curb-the-spread-of-covid/article_f05c1664-4d35-11eb-835d-47447d28ba4f.html|author=Katherine Knott|pageno=|printdate=January 3, 2021|publishdate=January 3, 2021|accessdate=January 18, 2021}}</ref> | |||
[[Category: Awards]] | [[Category: Awards]] |
Latest revision as of 16:30, 4 May 2022
Every year, the Daily Progress selects 12 individuals from the community as its distinguished dozen.
1995
- Fletcher Arnitt Jr., FUMA teacher and coach
- Linda Bowen, youth baseball booster
- Margaret McLeod Cain, attorney
- Thomas J. Calloway, CHS basketball coach
- Deborah DiCroce, PVCC president
- Nancy Gercke, Charlottesville’s preschool education coordinator;
- Edward W. Hook Jr., doctor and teacher at UVa
- A.E. Dick Howard, constitutional scholar at UVa
- Alicia Lugo, Teensight director
- Fran Sackett, Live Arts artistic director
- Charles Stickle, UVa hospital volunteer
- Richard Wellbeloved-Stone, teacher at Living Education Center for Ecology and the Arts
1996
- Sonny Beale, Boy Scout leader
- Rev. Bruce Aaron Beard, pastor of First Baptist Church
- Lelia Brown, community leader
- Eddie Dean, Madison County High School math teacher and football coach
- Rae Ely, attorney and founder of Historic Green Springs
- Vicky Generelly, Nelson County Rural Health Outreach Program nurse
- Michael A. Mallory, UVa’s director of minority recruitment
- Marion Nolan, president of Charlottesville/Albemarle Foundation for the Encouragement of the Arts
- Bert Roby, chief of Orange County VFD
- Donna Selle, regional library director
- Gabe Silverman, developer and arts booster
- Vince Tornello, CHS band director
1997
- Dequeta Anderson, Abundant Life Family Center manager
- Jasper Bell, Charlottesville fire educator
- Fred Boyce, Prism Coffeehouse’s booking agent
- Shirley Cox, volunteer organizer
- Judy Goetz, volunteer
- Gary Greenwood, youth sports booster
- Dr. Sharon Hostler, pediatrician
- Mark Lorenzoni, businessman and fitness advocate
- Tim Murphy, Orange County K-9 officer
- Ginny Smith, leader of Compassionate Friends
- Mack Tate, Yancey Elementary School principal
- John Thomasson, Louisa businessman and community activist
1998
- Patricia Bottom-Delany, Venable Elementary School special-education teacher
- Carl Brown, juvenile probation officer
- Annette Grimm, director of the Sexual Assault Resource Agency
- Robert V. Heffern, principal of Madison Primary School
- Joy Johnson, public housing advocate
- Heinz Kramp, founder of Innisfree Village, a home for brain-injured adults
- Anna Mirra, Greene County Primary School volunteer
- Dr. Mohan Nadkarni, Charlottesville Free Clinic co-founder
- Martin Schulman, veterinarian
- James W. Simmons, Charlottesville Municipal Band director
- Julie Trueblood, interpreter for the deaf at UVa Medical Center
- Albert Weed II, Nelson County community activist
1998-1999
- Ken Ackerman, executive director of Monticello Area Community Action Agency
- Agnes Cross-White, publisher of Charlottesville/Albemarle Tribune
- Joseph Frisina, Habitat for Humanity volunteer
- Marcia Invernizzi, program director at UVa’s McGuffey Reading Center
- William Lewis, businessman and community leader
- Janet Murphy, cancer survivor
- Dr. Vito Perriello, pediatrician
- Paul Rittenhouse, volunteer soccer coach and rescue worker
- Jessamy Rouson, founder of Animal Haven
- Betty Simon, volunteer at Runaway Emergency Shelter Program and Shelter for Help in Emergency
- Edith Wheeler, enrichment teacher at Venable Elementary School and co-founder of Imani Project
- Rev. James E. Woods, founder of First Bible Baptist Church and United Christian Academy
1999-2000 (Distinguished dozen of the 20th century)
- Raymond C. Bice Jr., UVa professor and administrator
- Drewary J. Brown, civil rights advocate
- Bernard Chamberlain, attorney and historian
- Nan Crow, Charlottesville’s recreation director
- Dr. Halstead S. Hedges, founder of Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Thomas Staples Martin, U.S. senator
- Rebecca Fuller McGinness, teacher and community leader
- Paul Goodloe McIntire, philanthropist
- Rev. Frederick W. Neve, Episcopal priest and educator
- Randolph H. “Pete” Perry, businessman and politician
- Edgar F. Shannon Jr., president of UVa
- A. Darden Towe, civic leader
2000-2001
- Mozell H. Booker, Burnley-Moran Elementary School principal
- Elain Carlton, volunteer at elder-care facility
- Stephen H. Helvin, district court judge
- Greg Howard, musician and literacy advocate
- Linda Krongaard-DeMong, nurse practitioner and patient advocate
- Harry Porter, landscape architect at UVa
- Mary Reese, director of Barrett Day Care Center
- Sterling Robinson II, chef and community activist
- Patricia L. Smith, director of Offender Aid and Restoration of Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Lou Southard, state chief of forest protection
- George Welsh, UVa football coach
- Jim Wootton, local historian
2001-2002
- Suzanne Brower, founder of Pathway Volunteers, a program for Alzheimer’s patients
- Luvelle Brown, assistant principal and founder of Walker Academy for black male students
- Robert Covert, diversity educator
- Dave Matthews Band, community benefactors
- Mary Lee Embrey, Nelson County volunteer
- Dr. Greg Gelburd, Downtown Family Health Care founder and physician serving low-income people
- Robert Hammond, retired veterinarian and Ivy Creek Natural Area volunteer
- Anthony Iachetta, engineering professor emeritus and civic activist
- Robert S. Pace Jr., Fluvanna County animal care advocate
- Deborah Pettit, Louisa County educator
- Dr. Jo Ann Pinkerton, women’s midlife health and menopause center founder and director
- Debbie Ryan, UVa women’s basketball coach and cancer research advocate
2002-2003
- Franklin Bacon, community volunteer
- Dan Bieker, conservationist, Ivy Creek Natural Area volunteer
- Juanita Wilson Duquette, owner of Wilson School of Dance
- Gary Eisenhuth, science teacher at Western Albemarle High School
- Miriam Green, nurse at Our Lady of Peace
- Jim Hingeley, chief public defender for Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Barbara Lachance, “soup lady” at Church of the Holy Comforter
- Beth McPhee, Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA shelter manager
- Alberto Ojeda, advocate for area’s Hispanic community
- Ivan Orr, executive director of the Music Resource Center
- Helen “Sandy” Snook, community activist
- Lillie Taylor, longtime cook at Nathanael Greene Elementary School
2003-2004
- Harold Boyd, Boys and Girls Club leader
- Ray Caddell, real estate broker, community helper
- Holly Edwards, parish nurse at Westhaven Clinic and Holy Comforter Catholic Church’s soup kitchen
- Dr. Raymond Ford, pediatrician, leads medical missions to Haiti
- Sandra Levine, community volunteer
- Marshall Pryor, community and civic service work
- Ann Rooker, community volunteer
- Barbara Shifflett, executive director of the Albemarle County Fair
- Deirdre “Dede” Smith, director, Ivy Creek Foundation
- Gordan and Mary Beth Smyth, funders of Nelson County students’ education
- Phillip Stinnie, CEO and president, Charlottesville-Albemarle Youth Club, basketball coach
- Ruth Stone, executive director, Piedmont CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
2004-2005
- Dyan Aretakis, family nurse practitioner/ project director of the Teen Health Center
- Dr. David Deviese, Madison dentist with many Medicaid patients
- L. Dayton Haugh, chief of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, lawyer
- The Rev. Edward Hopkins, pastor of Hinton Avenue United Methodist Church and chaplain for the Charlottesville Police Department
- Frances McQ Lawrence, helped establish the Rivanna Trails Foundation and the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center, lawyer
- Peppy Linden, executive director of the Virginia Discovery Museum and community helper
- Ellen Miyagawa, Fluvanna County Historical Society archivist and publications editor
- Tom Powell, Toy Lift founder, community helper
- Mildred Spicer, therapeutic recreation supervisor, Charlottesville parks and recreation
- Juandiego Wade, Albemarle County transportation planner and community helper
- William Washington, executive director and founder of the Bridge Ministry
- Mary Ellen Wooten, provides care packages and other assistance to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq
2005-2006
- Lee and Paulette Albright, state agency watchdogs
- Sonny and Debra Beale, Somali refugee helpers
- James Taylor Beard, anti-poverty, civil rights activist
- Judy Hunt, hospice volunteer
- Cornelia Johnson, Charlottesville sheriff
- Eric and Marcia Johnson, volunteer tutors
- Oliver Kuttner and David New, Katrina relief organizers
- Dave Norris, housing, low-income advocate
- Cindy Payne, guidance counselor
- David Strider, nurse manager; swim program volunteer
- Carlos Teran, Hispanic community advocate
- Karen Waters, Quality Community Council executive director
2006-2007 (teen edition)
- Brian Bills, senior, Charlottesville High School
- Tyler Coppage, junior, Madison County High School
- Ellie Craddock, senior, Monticello High School
- Rebecca Dolan, senior, St. Anne's-Belfield School
- Ashley Johnson, senior, the Covenant School
- Kelly McDowell, junior, Orange County High School
- Jessica Michelle Oliva, senior, Albemarle High School
- Lucie Rhoads, senior, St. Anne's-Belfield School
- Alicia Trice, senior, Albemarle High School
- Michelle Walker, freshman, Monticello High School
- Hunter Weaver, sophomore, Orange County High School
- Sean Zimmer, senior, the Renaissance School
2007-2008
- Mary Birkholz, animal sanctuary operator
- Jim Carpenter, photographer, volunteer
- Janet Herman, Women’s Four Miler volunteer
- Jeanne McCusker, senior citizen helper
- William Moors, Spanish-speaking physician
- Steve Murray, provider of running trails for local teams
- Rydell Payne, Prospect-area community worker
- Rick Richmond, JABA board member, community volunteer, lawyer
- Ed Russell, volunteer for local Alzheimer’s Association
- Eben Smith, Rivanna Trails Foundation volunteer
- Josephine Whitsett, retired school guidance counselor
- William “Whit” Whitten, musician/teacher
2008-2009
- Mary P. Anderson, administrator, nurse and therapist at the Lafayette School & Treatment Center
- Suzanne Jessup Brooks, serves on numerous community boards
- Maureen Burkhill, works with at-risk youths, most recently with Teensight
- Janet Centini, co-founder of Jeffrey’s Gifts
- Dr. Alan Dalkin, Central Little League leader
- Harold B. Folley, community organizer; coordinator of the Westhaven Afterschool Program
- Del Horan, founder of quilting group; community service
- ElizaBeth McCay, principal of Jackson-Via Elementary School
- Mary T. Miller, community and therapeutic arts volunteer
- Fahy “Skip” Mullaney, co-founder of People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry
- Carolyn Ohle, executive director, Innisfree Village
- Tom Payne, volunteer reserve sheriff’s deputy; oversees the Project Lifesaver program
2009-2010
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2010-2011
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2011-2012
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2012-2013
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2013-2014
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2014-2015
- Richard R. Brown, Free Town heritage, environmental activist
- Marie Carter, community volunteer, chairwoman for the Lord’s Kitchen
- Jennifer Durant, Episcopal priest with Lou Gehrig’s disease
- William Gardner, volunteer robotics competition coach
- Jay Gillenwater, co-founder of the Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards
- Andre Hakes, lawyer and gay-rights activist
- Mike Himes and Lisa Himes, volunteers with Fluvanna County’s Habitat for Humanity and Meals on Wheels
- Lucian Jackson, community outreach worker at Club Yancey
- Beth Laine, art teacher and community volunteer
- Tim Payne, volunteer search and rescue commander;
- Rickey E. White, pastor of Union Run Baptist Church, community volunteer
- Charles H. Wood Jr., founder of the Companion Animal Fund.
2015-2016
- Margery Daniel, PH.D., LCSW, volunteer with the local United Way, other groups
- Sarad Davenport, executive director of the City of Promise
- Sue Dougherty, assistant principal of Charlottesville Catholic School
- Stacy Greer and Wanda McGhee, operators of two thrift stores through their nonprofit, the Christian Outreach Program and Pregnancy Center
- Eddie Harris, REAL Dads educator
- Jennifer King, board president and volunteer with the Sexual Assault Resource Agency
- Dr. Karen Maughan, family physician at UVa
- Kari L. Miller, elder care coordinator, owner of The Next Phase;
- Todd Niemeier, operations director for the Urban Agriculture Collective of Charlottesville
- James R. Peterson, volunteer for the Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary, other groups
- Kate Tamarkin, music director, conductor of the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and creator, program coordinator of Hospice of the Piedmont’s Music by the Bedside program
- Alison Webb, co-founder of the Virginia Institute for Autism.
2016-2017
- Lisa Black, teacher at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital
- Tony Borash and Melissa McBride, Fluvanna SPCA volunteers and former board members
- Jeff Burton, youth baseball coach, mentoring leader
- Melba Campbell, active supporter of Hospice of the Piedmont, the local Habitat for Humanity and UVa Cancer Center, among other groups
- Joe Gieck, pioneer in the athletic training and sports medicine fields who supports and volunteers with numerous community organizations
- Quinton Harrell, active with the Black Professional Network and the Charlottesville Alliance for Black Male Achievement
- Jimmy Hollins, active with the Burley Varsity Club
- Dr. Richard Lindsay, retired physician who advocates and educates on aging and caregiving issues
- Joe Noonan, home repairer who goes above and beyond
- Ashton Ryan, founder of annual coat drive Ashton’s Birthday Wish
- Sonjia Smith, volunteer, mentor, philanthropist
- Rose Williams, advocate for disabled persons.
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
- ↑ Web. Dozen: Health district shifted gears, staffed up to curb the spread of COVID, Katherine Knott, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, January 3, 2021, retrieved January 18, 2021.