Meet the 2021 비바카지노 Viva Bell Award recipients
The 비바카지노 Viva Spirit of Louisville Foundation announces 10 recipients of the 2021 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards and 2 recipients of the 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards Youth Service Honor. The Bell Awards program recognizes individuals who have demonstrated the true "spirit of Louisville" through selfless volunteer efforts and seeks to inspire all residents to engage in community service. In addition to the 12 비바카지노 Viva Bell Award honorees, the Foundation and Mayor Greg Fischer will present the "Mayor맥스카지노s Spirit of Louisville Award" to Jan Helson and Christopher 2X, and the Foundation and Churchill Downs will present the "John Asher Spirit Award" to Corey and Rickelle Nelson.
비바카지노 Viva BELL AWARD RECIPIENTS
George Addison (Louisville 40211) - A lifelong advocate for educational, youth, social justice, and civic issues, Mr. Addison맥스카지노s current efforts are focused on incarcerated youth and adults. His 맥스카지노Encouraging Words Through Stories맥스카지노 GoFundMe campaign is aimed at providing 50,000 copies of "Moments in the Shadow of Greatness" Vol. 1 book series to underserved schools and prison libraries. The series is an insight into the human side of prominent leaders to inspire persons trying to rebuild their lives. Mr. Addison is a past recipient of the Army Excellence Award and was recognized by First Lady Michelle Obama for his efforts with youth and military families. He맥스카지노s also volunteered with SCORE, The Fuller House, JCPS and Positive Images that Invoke Self Esteem Institute.
Elmer Lucille Allen (Louisville 40203) 맥스카지노 Ms. Allen is a trailblazer on many fronts. In 1966, she was the first black (junior) chemist hired by Brown-Forman, a career she enjoyed for 31 years. Ms. Allen received a Master of Studio Arts in 2002 from the University of Louisville in ceramics/fiber arts. She applied her artistic knowledge to create an innovative way to use vacant properties through Metro Louisville맥스카지노s Lots of Possibilities contest. She is one of the founders of West Louisville Women맥스카지노s Collaborative (WLWC) and currently volunteers with Western Library, Frazier Museum, Louisville Central Community, Fund for the Arts, and Commission on Public Art. She volunteered with Wayside Mission for 12 years. At 90 years young, Elmer Lucille Allen has broken down racial, religious, and gender barriers through her advocacy, energy, and mentorship.
Debbie Burdorf (Louisville 40223) 맥스카지노 For nine years, Ms. Burdorf has advocated for the American Lung Association. Through her leadership and event participation, she맥스카지노s been directly responsible for raising more than $75,000 for lung disease research, patient programs and education. Debbie engages with individuals who are impacted by lung disease, sharing supportive programs and resources, and represents the organization each year in Frankfort for Advocacy Day. In addition to serving as ALA Climb Team and Lung Force Captains, Ms. Burdorf has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Greater Louisville INC Council to End Racism, JCPS Guiding Team and Network of Entrepreneurial Women.
Linda Raymond Ellison (Louisville 40205)맥스카지노 Ms. Ellison is coordinator of 맥스카지노We of the World맥스카지노 (WOW), a person-to-person ministry of Highland Presbyterian Church that welcomes refugees taking classes at Kentucky Refugee Ministries. WOW맥스카지노s work embraces whole families as they adapt to life in Louisville. Over almost 10 years, WOW has served thousands of nutritious, home-cooked meals to people from more than 24 countries. With Linda맥스카지노s leadership, WOW has helped prepare preschoolers for kindergarten, given baby showers for new mothers, and offered hard-pressed mothers time to relax and make friends. WOW continued its work through the pandemic 맥스카지노 but from a distance. A former reporter/editor for The Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, Linda Raymond Ellison now serves as editor-in-residence for Simmons College of Kentucky.
Adam Hall (Louisville 40203) 맥스카지노 Adam Hall has volunteered with Family Scholar House for more than 10 years. He uses his career expertise to provide financial coaching, mortgage readiness and credit education for disadvantaged and underserved single-parent students at FSH. In addition to financial guidance and budgeting assistance for clients, Adam has assisted Family Scholar House with team and leadership development, donation drives, landscaping projects, playground build, and board of directors and committee leadership. Adam Hall has also volunteered with the St. Benedicts Center for Early Childhood Education, New Directions Housing Corp., Metropolitan Housing Coalition and REBOUND.
Benjamin Johnson (Louisville 40242) 맥스카지노 Ben Johnson has been heavily involved in volunteer projects for over 30 years, most involving youth. He is currently President of multiple boards including the Education First Foundation which puts on the Showcase of HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), the LEE Initiative which focuses on opportunities for women in the culinary world and restaurant relief work due to COVID, the Florida A&M Alumni Association and JCPS맥스카지노 Advisory Council on Racial Equity. Some of his other volunteer activities have been with the Campaign for Black Male Achievement, BMe, the Louisville Sports Commission, New Directions Housing, Salvation Army, and as a football, basketball and baseball coach.
John F. King, Sr. (Louisville 40205) 맥스카지노 John King has raised more than $250,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society맥스카지노s Light the Night since 2015 in honor of his older brother, former Metro Council President Jim King, who lost his battle with cancer. He is a passionate volunteer for St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, chairing annual picnics and other fundraisers including Trivia Night and Taste of St. Raphael, and most recently a large renovation project for the church. A proud graduate in 1980, John served on the Alumni Board for Trinity High School, was a 2015 Honor Alumni, and recently named as a 2021 inductee into the Trinity Hall of Fame. He has also been a sideline radio announcer for the school맥스카지노s football and basketball games for 17 years.
Doug Pifer (Louisville 40218) 맥스카지노 Doug Pifer founded TKO Parkinson's, a non-profit free exercise program for persons living with Parkinson맥스카지노s. After his own diagnosis, he became involved with Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) which has been proven to slow down the progression of Parkinson's Disease (PD) and reduce its symptoms. He helped bring RSB to Louisville and organize classes plus fundraising activities. He also volunteers his time for observation with Bellarmine University students to study his journey with Parkinson's Disease. Additionally, Doug, along with his wife Ann, have helped sponsor and build 15 houses for Habitat for Humanity and have volunteered with Hand in Hand Ministries, traveling to Belize, Nicaragua and Eastern Kentucky with the organization. Doug also has volunteered at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts for 18 years.
Tom Recktenwald (Louisville 40216) 맥스카지노 In 2018, Tom Recktenwald established the Louisville West Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Inc., a national organization that builds and delivers beds to children who do not have one of their own. He runs every aspect of the organization from securing donations of supplies, fundraising, responding to requests for beds, building and deliveries, averaging 15-20 hours of volunteer work each week. The organization delivered their 300th bed on June 30, 2021. Tom has also volunteered with Hand in Hand Ministries and organized a children맥스카지노s computer literacy camp in their Appalachia location in Auxier, Kentucky for three years, ensuring all the children who attended the camp were sent home with computers of their own.
Deborah Benberry Williams (Louisville 40220)맥스카지노 Ms. Williams맥스카지노 passion for serving began in 1992 when Leadership Louisville and Metro United Way instilled in her a sense of purpose to 맥스카지노give back.맥스카지노 In the early 맥스카지노90s, she joined the board of YMCA Safe Place Services. Realizing the value of education, she also has served on boards of organizations that promote educational attainment, including The Lincoln Foundation, which she now chairs. Her career at PNC has given her valuable expertise in affordable housing and financial education, and she has used that expertise on the boards of organizations such as REBOUND and River City Housing. She also teaches empowerment workshops for consumers looking to build financial stability.
비바카지노 Viva BELL AWARD YOUTH SERVICE HONOR RECIPIENTS
Heaven Redmon (Shelbyville 40065)맥스카지노 Heaven Redmon맥스카지노s passion to fight food insecurity is very personal. After dealing with her own issues of hunger as a young child, she went on to establish Heaven맥스카지노s Angel Food, an organization that helps provide items for pantries, schools, and churches across the state of Kentucky. Heaven organizes events, galas, fundraisers and pageants to raise canned goods for children grades K-5. In all, she has collected more than 1 million items of food over the last 4 years. She맥스카지노s also made comfort bags for the Shelbyville Police Department to distribute to children that might be hungry or scared during an emergency. A senior at Shelby County High School, Heaven Redmon hopes to one day become a pastry chef.
Molly Wilson (Louisville 40207) 맥스카지노 Molly Wilson, a senior at Male High School, is the current President of RAK Louisville (Random Acts of Kindness) and leads students in service opportunities. While many programs and agencies were closed due to COVID, Molly coordinated 50+ sack lunches to be delivered to United Partners for Women and Children every Monday for three months. She also worked with students at Dunn Elementary to prepare sack lunches for the Forgotten Louisville homeless outreach. In addition, Molly is an active volunteer with Barren Heights, a nonprofit organization that provides free weekend retreats for families with children who have special needs. Other volunteer activities include Southeast Christian Church and WaterStep International.
JOHN ASHER SPIRIT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Pastor Corey and Rickelle Nelson are dedicated to their work with Grace Kids Church, located a couple of blocks from Churchill Downs. Reverend Corey Nelson is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY and has been the pastor of Grace Kids Church since 2013. Rickelle works at the Kentucky Derby Museum as their reservations manager. Together they provide discipleship, instruction, and mentoring for neighboring children and youth. Churchill Downs and the Foundation is pleased to present the Nelson맥스카지노s with this award named after the legendary face of Churchill Downs.
2021 MAYOR맥스카지노S SPIRIT OF LOUISVILLE RECIPIENTS
Jan Helson is devoted to service with a focus on student outreach. She has collaborated with the Mayor맥스카지노s Give A Day, Metro United Way, YMCA of Greater Louisville, and many others. Her innovation, collaboration and dedication have resulted in the nonprofit she founded and chairs, Global Game Changers Student Empowerment Program (GGC), reaching well over 100,000 students. Using philanthropy as a tool, Jan has instilling social-emotional competencies in students, resulting in unique programs for students to give back and make a lifelong connection to philanthropy. Service programs such as 맥스카지노Make a Mask, Make a Difference,맥스카지노 (a citywide DIY initiative to meet the needs for local homeless shelters) and the recent launch of The 9/11 Lesson: Celebrating Real-Life Superheroes! are examples of GGC맥스카지노s service projects.
Christopher 2X is committed to positively transform the lives of children and youth, end violence and make our neighborhoods safer through his nonprofit organization, Game Changers. Chris serves on the Mayor맥스카지노s Violence Prevention Work Group and is a compassionate advocate for youth in our Black community striving for change. He partners with local organizations, law enforcement agencies, schools and community leaders to promote early childhood education and parental involvement. Using his own story of transformation, Christopher 2X is a healing presence during times of strife, supporting victims of gun violence, and advocate for peace and justice. His new program, Future Healers, now in a pilot phase partners kids from ages 4-13 with University of Louisville Medical School doctors and students and the UL Hospital Trauma Institute team.
The 2021 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards, presented by the Republic Bank Foundation, will host private presentations due to the pandemic. A special one-hour telecast of The 비바카지노 Viva Bell Awards will air on 비바카지노 Viva Saturday, October 16th from 8:00-9:00 pm.
Celebrating its 44th year, the 비바카지노 Viva Spirit of Louisville Foundation was formed to oversee the annual Bell Awards program. The 2021 Executive Committee of the Spirit of Louisville Foundation are Vicky Weber/Civic Volunteer, Sharon Meade/Brown Forman, Trish Osborn/Central Bank Jill Bell/Molina Healthcare, and Glenn Haygood/비바카지노 Viva-TV.