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HONOR ROLL LIST-Current individuals nominated.

• Suzanne Cox
  DVK Construction, Inc., Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Grand Rapids Childrens Museum
  Co-chaired the annual Kids at Heart fund & friend raiser to support Thursday Family Nights.
  www.grcm.org
• John Clark
  Dematic, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Caledonia Area Travel Soccer (CATS)
  He has been a non-paid coach for CATS since 2000, Board member since 2002, President of CATS since 2004, Head of Coaching 2005-2007.
  www.eteamz.com/catssoccerclub
• George Colvin
  Rockford Construction, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Grand Rapids Public Schools. George is involved in a mentorship program with local, urban students to encourage a new generation to pursue a career in construction, through Grand Rapids Public Schools.
  www.grandrapidspublicschools.com
• Peter Secchia
  Broadway Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for the Broadway Grand Rapids. Peter is a pioneer of the Broadway in Education program. Due to his generosity and support of the program GRPS students receive subsidized tickets to our professional Broadway tours at DeVos Performance Hall. www.broadwaygrandrapids.org
• Meaghan Natale
  First Community Federal Credit Union, Parchment
  Volunteers for: American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Kalamazoo County and serves as the PR/Media representative on the committee.  Also participates in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk - 4 years,   Junior Achievement Volunteer Educator - 2 years, United Way Day of Caring, Ministry with Community - Holiday Candle Rolling Project - 3 years, Habitat for Humanity - 1 project.
  
• Jim Conner
  Granger Construction Company, Grand Rapids
  He founded: the Millennium Triathlon last year and its taking place again this year in August.  He raised $40,000 to give to Kids Food Basket and two other local charities.  They also have a kid’s triathlon where they help kids run one.
  www.millenniumtriathalon.com
• llison Heerdt
  Axios Incorporated, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Kentwood Jaycees. Projects involved: Relay for Life, Holiday Gifts & Goodies: Donating and delivering food, clothes and gifts, Jaycee Park Clean-up, National Night Out, and Forest of Fear: A volunteer project that raises nearly $48,000/year to give back to the community and local businesses. 
• Cindi Mac Donald
  Eckert Wordell, Kalamazoo
  Volunteers work: Cindi volunteers as the co-race director for the Kalamazoo Klassic. Cindi secures sponsors, deals with the city and police department, sets up the course, and stops at every house along the course to drop off information to people in the neighborhood.
• Mike Rose
  Pluene Services, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers work: Company did the HVAC for the Josh Hoffmand house through home for our troops. Josh is a US Marine and a quadriplegic due to his injuries sustained in Iraq.
• John & Sue Dewey
  Water Wizard Inc., Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Kids Food Basket. Delivers food to local schools for kids who otherwise may not have an evening meal.

• Anne Drummond
  The Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
  Volunteers for: CARES
  Was the Director of Guest Relations at the Millennium Group, She’s been the Communications Director at the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo for several months, Immediate Past President of CARES, part of the Junior League of Kalamazoo, and other Kalamazoo nonprofits.
• Tawanna Wright
  Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Kids Food Basket. Initiated a committee to assemble sack suppers for nutrionally at risk students through the Kids Food Basket charity.
• Larry Buist
  Buist Electric, Inc., Byron Center
  Volunteers for: Buist Community Assistance Center
  Started community center in April of 08, it now has a full time director and serves over 200 families a week, providing free food and clothing.
  
• Holly Lutz
  Project Coordinator, CSM Group, Kalamazoo
  Volunteers for: Helps foster a culture of volunteerism in over 150 organizations for CSM Group’s 75 employees. Coordinated CSM Group volunteers who served breakfast for 80 residents of the Rickman House. Personally volunteers for Richland Bible Church.
  
• Stan Stek
  Principal
  Miller Canfield
  Volunteers for: Home Repair Services of Kent County
  Was instrumental in helping to establish Home Repair Services of Kent County.
  www.homerepairservices.org
  
• Ana Del Amo
  Engineer Business Development
  GE Aviation
  Volunteers for: Grand Rapids Public School’s Southwest Community Campus
  Organized 99 volunteers to help spruce up a disadvantaged school and setup a math and science mentoring program.
  
• Craig Van Ess
  Fifth Third Bank Western Michigan, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: Habitat For Humanity of Kent County by participating in triathlons around the country raising more than $566,000.
  
• Loretta Cipkus Dubray
  Global Clinical Connection, LLC, Kalamazoo
  Volunteers for: Girl Scouts of Glowing Embers Council, YMCA
  Community Services, Leader for 2 girl scout troops for 11 years and is a volunteer instructor training water aerobic instructors and teaches cycling.
  
• John Huizinga
  Allied Mechanical Services, Kalamazoo
  Volunteers for: Westwood Christian Reformed Church Raising money and working construction and rehabilitation projects to improve the lives of the disadvantage all over the US for 15 years.
  www.westwoodcrc.org
  
• David Kettler
  Media Place Partners, Grand Rapids
  Volunteers for: VSA Arts
  Pro-bono marketing services
  www.vsagr.org
• Jeff Tow
  Jeff Tow Creative, Rockford
  Volunteers for: VSA Arts
  Pro-bono marketing services
  www.vsagr.org
• John Kailunas
  Regal Financial Group, Kentwood, MI
  Hunt for a Cure
  Co-founder: Raises funds to find a cure for the terminal disease cystic fibrosis
• Pete Odland
  White's Bridge Tooling,
  Lowell, MI
  Hunt for a Cure
  Co-founder: Raises funds to find a cure for the terminal disease cystic fibrosis
• Tim Britt
  W. Soule & Company, Kalamazoo, MI
  Volunteers for: Project Home Again
  Displays posters of local missing children on service vehicles
  www.projecthomeagain.com
• Craig Clark
  Clark Communications, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: VSA Arts
  Pro-bono marketing services
  www.vsagr.org
• Mark Bird
  Bird Design, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: VSA Arts
  Pro-bono marketing services
  www.vsagr.org
• Frank Blossom
  Frank Communications, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: VSA Arts
  Pro-bono marketing services
  www.vsagr.org
• Jeff Hage
  Green Frog Photo, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: VSA Arts
  Pro-bono marketing services
  www.vsagr.org
• Jim Stroop
  Lakewood Construction, Holland, MI
  Volunteers for: Wings of Mercy
  Uses license & plane to provide free air transportation to patients who need treatment at distant medical facilities
  www.wingsofmercy.org
• Sara Bigelow
  Warner Norcross, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: McKenzie’s Animal Sanctuary
  Volunteer
  www.mackenzies.info
• Lucienne Lightfoot
  5/3 Bank, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding
  Volunteer
  www.equestcenter.org
• Gwen Genzink
  Volunteers for: Very Special Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteer as Artist Aide
  www.vsagr.org
• Cal Van Oyen
  Kerkstra Precast Management, Grandville, Michigan
  Volunteers for: Learning to Give
  Started pilot program in Hudsonville High School
• Robert Wood
  Volunteer
  Volunteers for: American Cancer Society, Hope Lodge, Camp Catch a Rainbow
  Dedicated volunteer and advocate for 30yr.
  www.acs.org
• Tina Cao
  Volunteers for: God’s Kitchen, Women’s Resource Center, Kentwood Public
  Schools, Relay for Life, American Cancer
  Society, American Heart Association
  Volunteers for:
  www.ccwestmi.org
  www.grwrc.org
  www.relayforlife.org
  www.cancer.org
  www.americanheart.org
• Maria Besta
  Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: Grand Rapids Wheelchair Sports Association
  Runs organization, provides and promotes competitive and recreational wheelchair sports for children and adults with physical disabilities.
  www.grwsa.com
• Daniel D. Hartley
  The Company Jet
  Volunteers for: Boy Scouts of America, FIRST Lego League & assistant coach.
  Volunteers 150-200 hours a year with multiple organizations for the benefit fo children ages 9-17.
  
• Eloise Luyk
  Northern Air, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: Touchstone Innovare
  Assists organization with human resources expertise.
• Jane Owen
  Beene Garter LLP, Grand Rapids, MI
  Volunteers for: Pursuing a Dream
  Involved in creating a community of able-bodied and disabled people who, together, share a love of the great outdoors.
  www.pursuingadream.org
• Rhonda Abood
  St. Vincent Catholic Charities, Lansing, MI
  Volunteers for: St. Vincent Home for Children
  Plans, organizes and overseas all fundraising events and other volunteer events for the charity.
  www.stvcc.org