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2022 ETVRA Nominees
2022 Outstanding
Adult Volunteer of the Year
Neal Vaughn
Anderson County – Multiple
Neal Vaughan has spent his entire life serving others. In his 36 years with the Lions Club of Clinton, he has tirelessly served in all of their programs supporting healthy vision, preventing blindness and funding research to cure diseases that cause blindness. His current project was to team up with the city of Clinton, Milly’s Wings and the Clinton and Norris Lions clubs to create the first inclusive playground. He is constantly provided donations and service. He does all of this and still seeks to find more ways to serve.
2022 Outstanding
Youth Volunteer of the Year
Avi Finley
CAC Mobile Meals
Second grader, Avi Finley is a true advocate for the Mobile Meals program… yes, even at his very young age! For “Giving Tuesday 2018” Avi decided he wanted to raise money to provide meals for Mobile Meals participants. Avi says the best part about delivering meals was “meeting all the nice people”. Avi’s desire to help is evident in his excitement surrounding his time with CAC Mobile Meals.
2022 Volunteer
Manager of the Year
Kristy Dubose
Wesley House Community Center
Kristy DuBose has been working in the nonprofit field for more than 10 years. After obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Human Services at ETSU, Kristy moved to Knoxville, TN and continued her career at Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. She has been working on the development side of nonprofits for over 7 years, growing Wesley House’s gross revenue by over 40% in two years. Kristy graduated from the Consortium for Social Enterprise and Effectiveness through the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee in 2020 and has been accepted into the fall cohort of Goldman Sach’s 10,000 small businesses program.
2022 ETVRA Nominees
2022 Adult Honorees:
- Helen Abbott – Chilhowee View Community Center
- Mike Allen – The Joy of Music School
- Addie Arbach – Next Step Initiative
- Charlie Austin – Knox County Commission
- Don Barger – Volunteer Assisted Transportation- Knoxville-Knox County CAC
- Stella Barrett – CASA of East Tennessee
- Jeanne Birdwell – Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority RSVP
- Jeff Brandon – Helping Hands Ministries
- Patty Bushey – Knoxville Habitat for Humanity
- Lisa Cabbage – Grainger County Local Government
- Arthur Carmichael – Nourish Knoxville
- Rachel Carvel – The Joy of Music School
- Tom Christman – Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
- Kenneth Coffey – Multiple Organizations, Grainger County
- Bob Cook – Girls Inc. of the TN Valley
- Gwen Costner – Friends Animal Shelter of Cocke County
- Jenny Cross – Wesley House Community Center
- Patti DeGraff – Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
- Richard Duncan – Centro Hispano de East Tennessee
- Kat Eldridge – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
- Allan Ellstrom – Zoo Knoxville
- Joyce Fields – Dunbar Rosenwald School
- Rick Fox – Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- Becky Free – LIVE-IT Ministries Inc.
- Josh Gerber – Empower Cocke County
- George Gillett – Knoxville Leadership Foundation – Amachi Knoxville
- Danny Greene – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee Volunteer Assisted Transportation
- O’Neil Greene – The Mission in Hancock County
- Walter Harper – Zoo Knoxville
- Brenda Harris – Monroe County Animal Shelter/Friends of Animals
- Jeff Harris – CASA of the Tennessee Valley
- Shaleigh Hendon – Asian Culture Center of TN
- Carol Hickman – Girl Scouts Council of the Southern Appalachians
- Jerry Hopkins – American Museum of Science & Energy
- Sherri Hoskins – Appalachian Promise of Claiborne County
- Rae Hutchins – Town of Dandridge
- Jean Idell – Friends of the Knox County Library
- Becca James – YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley
- Tracy Jarnigan – Girl Scouts Council of the Southern Appalachians
- Robert Jones – East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
- Tara Jordan – Girl Scouts Council of the Southern Appalachians
- April Kennedy – Girl Scouts Council of the Southern Appalachians
- Roy Kruse – Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee
- Elizabeth Lee – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
- Linda Lewanski – Cocke County Partnership
- Wendell Long – Blount County Community Action Agency
- Patricia Loveless – Girl Scouts Council of the Southern Appalachians
- Mark Lower – The Restoration House
- Stephanie Shipley Markowitz – Junior League of Knoxville
- Kent Minault – Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
- Marta Monroe – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennesee Human Resource Agency
- Melanie Morris – United Way of Greater Knoxville
- Cynthia Mulford – Amedisys Hospice of Knoxville
- Julia Mullaney – Knoxville Opera
- Lora Nanny – Great Schools Partnership
- Ciara Perrin – Junior Achievement of East Tennessee
- Andrew Petelka – Mabry-Hazen House
- Jenny Pleasant Rhodes – Knox Kickin Cancer, Compassion in Action, LLS
- Stacey Porter – Alcoa High School Football Boosters
- Louise Povlin – The Town of Farragut
- Barbara Raper – Homeless Management of Monroe County
- Carlos Reyes – CAC – Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Connecting Hearts
- Felicia Rhodes – Greater Good of East Tennessee
- Irina Roberts – Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
- Carlene Robinson – East TN Human Resource Agency
- Dave Roulier – Ladies of Charity Knoxville
- Kent Russell – City of Loudon
- Madeline Sanders – Senior Companion Program
- Earl Schliesman – Ladies of Charity Knoxville
- Sarah Shepherd – Girl Scouts Council of the Southern Appalachians
- Stephanie Sherwood – Junior Achievement of East TN
- Paul Shields – Knox CAC – Office on Aging – Foster Grandparents
- Clay Shwab – CASA of East Tennessee
- Leni Ede Smith – Multiple Organizations, Johnson County
- Joey Smith – Clinton City Schools
- Karen Smith – Tennessee 4-H Foundation
- Donna Stansberry – Grainger County Chamber of Commerce
- Terry Stevens – Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition
- Terri Stewart – Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability
- Stephanie Sherwood
- Sharon Stoller – Second Harvest Food Bank
- Heather Story – The Restoration House
- Andrew Strickland – Random Acts of Flowers
- Rachel Suarez – Girls Inc. of the TN Valley
- Doni Sulfridge – Shangri La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
- Carmen Sutheimer – Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians
- Paul Tanguay – Remote Area Medical (RAM)
- Char Taylor – HOPE Connection
- Marilyn Toppins – Union County Government/Courthouse
- Marcia Uhl – Zoo Knoxville
- Joe Valentine – Foster Grandparents – OOA – Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee
- Ray Wagner – Young-Williams Animal Center
- Jennifer Waller – East Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability, A Division of the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency
- Danny West – Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless
- Christel Westmorland – Boys and Girls Club of Dumplin Valley
- Shannon Wheeler – Children’s Advisory Board for Monroe County
- Gary Whitfield – Loudon High School Boosters Club
- Linda Wilson – Fig Tree
- Adam Woldt – Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking
- Carole Wunderlich – Knoxville Museum of Art
2022 Student Honorees:
- Shehroze Akhter – Knoxville Habitat for Humanity
- Justin Baker – Knoxville Museum of Art
- Carsi Beaty – Multiple, McMinn County
- Grayson Belt – Zoo Knoxville
- Jadyn Cotner – Boys and Girls Club of Dumplin Valley
- Molly Daniels – Girl Scout of the Southern Appalachian Smoky Shadows Service Unit
- Mary Donahue – Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
- Riley Doty – Knoxville Habitat for Humanity
- Anastasia (Anya) Dunn – East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
- Holly Franklin – Girl Scouts of the Southern Apps
- Afton Hickman – Girl Scouts-Smoky Shadows Service Unit (Sevier Cty)
- Alexandra Hutcheson – Amedisys Hospice of Knoxville
- Nyla Jackson-Stover – Gold Key Access
- Tanner Keck – Great Smoky Mountain Council Boy Scouts
- Emily Keith – Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
- Mackenzie Lewis – Jefferson County High School
- Caroline Lukens – Thrive Lonsdale
- Perri Mahfouz – Girls Inc. of the TN Valley
- Ruby Manning – Zoo Knoxville
- Reagan Monday – Westside Unitarian Universalist Church Knoxville
- Lily Moon – Boys & Girls Club of Dumplin Valley
- Camyrn Nichols – Young-Williams Animal Center
- Josh Oleinik – Second Harvest Food Bank East Tennessee
- Taylor Parsons – Multiple, Johnson County
- Kendal Patty – Teen Center Inc.
- Bailey Phelps – Shangri La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
- Priscilla Powers – Ladies of Charity Knoxville
- Lauren Schenk – Girls Inc. of the TN Valley
- Jayden Scott – Multiple, Loudon County
- Lydia Self – Monroe County 4-H
- Alex Shanafield – Oak Ridge Computer Science Girls
- Macy Strader – Multiple, Grainger County
- Grace Taylor – Metro Drug Coalition
- Caroline Taylor – Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding
- Erin Tilley – Knoxville Museum of Art
- Jack Turrentine – Zoo Knoxville
- Lily Vandagriff – Anderson County Government
- Hannah White – Grainger County Local Government
- Meg Wilson – Remote Area Medical
- Neely Yates – Grainger County Local Government
- Kayla Zimmerman – East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
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