Meet the 2023 비바카지노 Viva Bell Award recipients
The 비바카지노 Viva Spirit of Louisville Foundation will commemorate the 46th Anniversary of the 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards and present the 2023 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards on Oct. 5 at the legendary Churchill Downs Millionaires Row.
The Bell Awards program recognizes adults and high school youth who have demonstrated the true 맥스카지노Spirit of Louisville맥스카지노 through selfless volunteer efforts and seeks to inspire all residents to engage in community service. Each adult Bell Award recipient will receive a $500 charity grant from Presenting Sponsor Republic Bank, and the Youth Service Honor Recipients will receive a $1,000 cash scholarship award from the Brown-Forman Corporation.
In addition to the 13 비바카지노 Viva Bell Award honorees, the Foundation and Mayor Craig Greenberg will present the 맥스카지노Mayor맥스카지노s Spirit of Louisville Award맥스카지노 to Cathe Dykstra, Chief Possibility Officer at Family Scholar House, and the Foundation and Churchill Downs will present the 맥스카지노John Asher Spirit Award맥스카지노 to Carolle Jones Clay. Senior VP-Managing Director of Community Relations for Republic Bank & Trust Company.
비바카지노 Viva BELL AWARD RECIPIENTS
Jeff Callaway & Ethan Almighty (Louisville 40222)
In January 2021, the world met Ethan. Left in the parking lot of the Kentucky Humane Society starving and abandoned, his story quickly spread. Through the valiant efforts of the KHS and his now-adopted Poppa, Jeff Callaway, Ethan survived to become a symbol of hope and determination. The duo now works tirelessly to advocate awareness of animal abuse and rescue throughout the country, and donates their time for numerous charities and causes, both locally and nationally. Ethan맥스카지노s story has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for KHS and special TLC animals. Their message of kindness provides inspiration and healing to everyone they encounter across the world.
Mary Jones Carter (Louisville 40211)
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Jane Godchaux Emke (Louisville 40206)
A force to be reckoned with, Jane Emke has served her community in a multitude of ways. She has devoted her volunteer efforts to the Crescent Hill Library, American Lung Association, Louisville Central Community Center, and most recently Ronald McDonald House, and the VA Hospital. She is a past President of the National Council of Jewish Women and has been active with the organization for fifty-two years. A strong voice for civil rights, Jane Emke is a recipient of the Lyman T. Johnson Award and also received the Center for Women & Families Woman of Distinction Award.
Jim Koch (Louisville 40272)
A retired Army veteran, Jim Koch helps provide a greater sense of dignity and reverence to funerals of the poor and indigent. When Meadowview Cemetery was created in 2010, Mr. Koch attended the first burial; since that time he has attended more than 1,200 burials with student and adult volunteers. He assists students from local Catholic high schools lay headstones, as well as general clean up at the cemetery. He also maintains the prayer program for every burial in the event a gravesite needs to be identified for a family member. A caretaker in his neighborhood, Jim Koch맥스카지노s humility and kindness exemplifies the best in humankind.
Kathy Kremer (Louisville 40204)
For eight years, Kathy Kremer has volunteered with the Metro United Way맥스카지노s Little Free Libraries program. She delivers books twice a month to eight libraries in the California, Parkland and Shawnee neighborhoods. The books, totaling 55,440 have helped enrich the lives of children and seniors alike. She맥스카지노s active with the Central Louisville Community Ministries, working with their Personal Care Closet program to provide personal hygiene and non-food items not available through SNAP, and is a dedicated volunteer with the First Unitarian Church.
Karen Krinock (Louisville 40245)
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Earl Perry (Pendleton 40055)
Earl Perry devotes time at Hope Health Clinic, serving as a translator for Hispanic, non-English speaking patients. He transports elderly individuals to doctor appointments and other errands, and ministers to families with hospital, home, or funeral visits. Mr. Perry served as an EMT for 15 years and assisted at the infamous Carrollton Bus Crash in 1988. In addition, he맥스카지노s been an officer at Sligo Baptist Church for over 30 years, teaching, leading music, and cooking a monthly meal for the elderly.
Jerry Steinberg(Louisville 40241)
Jerry Steinberg has vast experience when it comes to kids and cancer. His daughter was a college student when she was diagnosed with leukemia. Despite her own challenges, her heart was drawn to younger kids with the disease. Together they established Meghan맥스카지노s Mountain and held fund raisers to purchase gifts for children in the hospital. They used social media to raise awareness, celebrate milestones and more. After eleven years of treatment and two failed bone marrow transplants, Meghan맥스카지노s climb ended, but this loving father has remained true to the one wish she asked맥스카지노continue to help kids living with cancer.
Laura Watson (Madison IN 47250)
Laura is an EMT for Nortons King맥스카지노s Daughter Hospital, spending countless hours at car accidents, suicides, overdoses, and other medical emergencies. A wife, mother of six children, and grandmother of 5, with a full-time job at Vehicle Service Group in Madison, IN, Laura manages to find time to volunteer within the Salvation Army's many programs, including serving as a youth leader for at-risk females between 6th & 12th grades. She also served as a child advocate for Voices for Children for three years in Jefferson County, IN, and is an active member at The Well Community Church in Cross Plains, IN. Despite her own health challenges with Parkinson맥스카지노s Disease and being a breast cancer survivor, you맥스카지노ll find Laura organizing/attending cancer rallies and runs to support that mission or many others.
Robert Wilkinson Radcliff 40160)
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비바카지노 Viva BELL AWARD YOUTH SERVICE HONOR RECIPIENTS
Amelie Beck & Jacqueline Teague (Louisville 40206 & 40205)
In January 2021, Amelie and Jacqueline founded VaxConnectKY and MedTechConnect. These cousins watched their elderly family members struggle with trying to register for COVID vaccines. Both tech-savvy teens stepped in to make online appointments for seniors. A flier on social and broadcast media went viral and they were fielding interview requests from national media outlets. They even solicited President Joe Biden, Kentucky맥스카지노s Governor and AARP to implement four improvements to the vaccine infrastructure. Amelie, a senior at Sacred Heart Academy also volunteers for Norton Pediatric Cancer Institute. Jacqueline, a 2022 Governor맥스카지노s Scholar, served on the Norton맥스카지노s Children맥스카지노s Hospital Teen Board, and entered into Boston University this fall. She received the Diana Award for this vaccine initiative and was selected by Prince Harry to present at the global ceremony two years ago.
Ashley Nevison (Louisville 40245)
Ashley is CEO/Founder of Sergeant맥스카지노s Army, an organization she started when her cat died of cancer in 2018. At the tender age of 11, she started sewing cat toys out of leftover fabric and donated them to animal shelters. Then she turned her sewing skills to making masks, donating nearly 1,000 masks for essential workers. Once her organization received its 501(c)3 charitable foundation status, she began fundraising and securing grants to provide hygiene supplies for homeless outreach programs, shelters, schools, churches, and food banks. Ashley has written and published four books with 100% of the proceeds going to her foundation to continue funding her mission. A junior at duPont Manual High School, Ashley has only lived in Kentucky since 2021, but quickly learned she wanted to know more about her new home state and has set a goal to visit every county in the Commonwealth.
MAYOR맥스카지노S SPIRIT OF LOUISVILLE AWARDEE:
Cathe Dykstra
As Chief Possibility Officer, President & CEO of Family Scholar House, Cathe leads their mission to end the cycle of poverty by empowering families and youth to succeed and achieve life-long self-sufficiency through education. This includes overseeing five campuses of affordable housing and community service facilities, while guiding the development of additional campuses. Under her leadership, FSH has received numerous recognitions, and has developed a national affiliate program to support other nonprofits in replicating FSH's program model. Cathe is an active national advocate for housing and serves on multiple local and state boards. She is married to Rev Dan Dykstra, and loves that her daughter, Emma Hutchens, and daughter-in-law, Kelsey Jones live in our community.
JOHN ASHER SPIRIT AWARDEE:
Carolle Jones Clay
Carolle is the Senior Vice President - Managing Director of Community Relations for Republic Bank & Trust Company (Louisville, Kentucky) and was named President of the Republic Bank Foundation in February 2020. She began her career at Republic Bank in 1998 and is responsible for the bank's community relations and philanthropy efforts. She serves on numerous community boards, including the Louisville Downtown Partnership, The Kentucky Historical Society Foundation and Vital Sites Board of Directors. She맥스카지노s an active board member for The Kentucky Derby Festival (KDF Past Chair 2004), KDF Foundation, the 비바카지노 Viva Spirit of Louisville Foundation/Bell Awards, The Louisville Fund for the Arts, The Louisville Ballet, and the Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation. Carolle was awarded the 2023 Doctor of Laws Degree from Spalding University. She attended Western Kentucky University and is married to Ken Clay.
The 2023 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards are presented by the Republic Bank Foundation. Reservations to the dinner and awards ceremony can be made by contacting 비바카지노 Viva, 891-4800, or logging onto by Sept. 20. A special one-hour telecast of The 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards will air on 비바카지노 Viva Saturday, Oct. 14 from 8:00-9:00 pm.
Celebrating its 46th year, the 비바카지노 Viva Spirit of Louisville Foundation was formed to oversee the annual Bell Awards program. The 2023 Executive Committee of the Spirit of Louisville Foundation are Vicky Weber/Civic Volunteer, Lori Dougherty/Louisville Furniture, Trish Osborn/Central Bank Jill Bell/Molina Healthcare, and Glenn Haygood/비바카지노 Viva-TV.