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Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett Presents the
Montgomery Serves
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Sponsored Events for 2015-2016
Sunday, October 18, 2015
COMMUNITY
Service Week
October 16-25, 2015
MLK Day of Service
MLK Tribute and Celebration
Monday, January 18, 2016
April 2016
Keith Haller,
Chair of Fund for Montgomery
For more information go to
montgomeryserves.org/fund-montgomery
2015 MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARDS — 1
Awards PROGRAM
WELCOME AND RECOGNITION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
Emcee Andrea Roane of W*USA 9
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Magruder High School Color Guard, Performance by Nikita Crowell
REMARKS
Ike Leggett, County Executive and Keith Haller, Fund for Montgomery
A SPOKEN WORD TRIBUTE TO VOLUNTEERISM
LMC Poets / Duke Ellington School of the Arts
YOUTH MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARD
Awarded to Yidong Hu, Presented by Joshua Bokee of Comcast
BUSINESS MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARD
Awarded to Washington Gas
Presented by Adenia Bradley of Southern Management Corporation
COMMUNITY SERVICE INDIVIDUAL MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARD
Awarded to Darren Duvall, Presented by Craig Muckle of Safeway
COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARD
Awarded to Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Presented by Jeffrey Slavin of the Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation
ENTERTAINMENT
Performance by The Random Acts of Kindness (RAKs) from Fallsmead Elem. School
NEAL POTTER PATH OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Awarded to Jean Brady and Karin Wilson
Presented by Stuart Rosenthal of The Beacon Newspapers and
Rob Smith of Fitzgerald Auto Mall
WORLD OF MONTGOMERY PUBLIC CITIZEN OF YEAR AWARD
Awarded to Former Congressman Michael Barnes
Presented by Attorney General Brian Frosh
ROSCOE R. NIX DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Award Introduction by Veretta Nix and Susan Nix-Webster
Presented to Jennie Forehand by County Executive Leggett joined by
Attorney General Brian Frosh
Presented in honor of Inez Zeigler McAbee by County Executive Leggett joined by
County Councilmember Craig Rice
Presented to Tom Perez by County Executive Leggett joined by
County Council President George Leventhal
Thank You followed by a Dessert / Coffee Reception in the Foyer
2 — 2015 MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARDS
Program PRODUCTION
ORGANIZERS
Fund for Montgomery
Keith Haller
Montgomery County Office of Community Partnerships
Bruce Adams
Montgomery County Volunteer Center
Molly Callaway, Kathleen Meaney Stobie, Tawania McFadden, and Kimberly Hodges
Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County
Sarah Burnett
RECEPTION
The Bean Bag Deli, Honest Tea, Sunflower Bakery, Cabot Cheese
PRODUCTION
Producers
Kimberly Hodges and Tawania McFadden
Technical Director
Vichelle D. Jones, Production Stage Management
Master Electrician
Zac Gilbert, Imagination Stage
Video Production
Comcast and Michael Bruen, Montgomery County Public Information Office
PROMOTION
Bethesda Magazine, Commission on Aging, The Beacon Newspapers, The Gazette
JUDGES
Adenia Bradley, Tammy Duell, Keith Haller, Charles Kauffman,
Jeffrey Slavin, Grace Whipple
VOLUNTEERS
Aubrey Alston, Kimberly Bloch-Rincan, Sarah Burnett, Judy Carver, Shelly Casey,
Destiny Casey, Lorraine Driscoll, Andora Greaves, Ana Harvey, Wendy Howard,
Laura Levengard, Ronnie McTier, Deborah Missal, Destiny Mosley, Mike Mulleavy,
Sherry Mulleavy, Shanaz Tehraniazad, Ruth Young
We power dreams in
our communities™
Comcast salutes the
honorees of Montgomery
County who proudly serve
our community!
Andrea Roane, Emcee
Andrea Roane has been with WUSA★9 since 1981, and has
anchored every news shift from morning to afternoon and
late night. She currently co-anchors WUSA★9 News from
4:25 a.m. to 7 a.m.
A multi-EMMY and GRACIE Award winner, Andrea has covered
a wealth of hard news stories, from politics, the arts, education and
sports, to women’s health issues. She has interviewed national and
international newsmakers, entertainers, and politicians. Her reporting has taken her
across the U.S. and overseas.
Andrea’s commitment to women’s health and community service has been recognized
with countless national and local awards. Her work on promoting breast cancer awareness is well-known as is the campaign she initiated, “Buddy Check 9.” Among her many
volunteer positions, Andrea is the Sustaining Director of the Prevent Cancer Foundation
and sits on the board of the National Museum of Women In the Arts.
Andrea hails from New Orleans, and began her career as a middle school and high
school English teacher before becoming a TV reporter and anchor. This is her fourth
year serving as emcee for the Montgomery Serves Awards.
The Random Acts of Kindness (RAKs)
Fallsmead Elementary School
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Dear Friends:
I am delighted to host our 2015 Montgomery Serves Awards event to
recognize the essential role that volunteers play in the success of Montgomery County and to honor some of our County’s most distinguished
volunteers and community servants.
Our talented and committed residents are Montgomery County’s greatest
resource. We have so many who have contributed so much to make our
community the special place it is today. It is a privilege for me to be able to present Jennie Forehand, Inez Zeigler McAbee, and Tom Perez with the Roscoe R. Nix Distinguished Community
Leadership Award. I created this award in 2012 to honor my great friend and mentor who helped
build a foundation of equity and educational excellence for our modern Montgomery County.
The Nix award is our County’s equivalent to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s
highest civilian award. This award honors those who, over the course of their distinguished lives
of service and community leadership, have substantially improved the quality of our community.
The community builders who receive this award will stand as role models for future generations
as Roscoe did for me and so many in our community.
The Neal Potter Path of Achievement Award honors two County residents 60 years old or better
for their lifetime of volunteerism. This year’s winners exemplify my good friend Neal’s belief in
the power of giving back through service. Jean Brady and Karin Wilson are this year’s winners.
I am delighted to celebrate Yidong Hu, Darren Duvall, Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Washington Gas, the Montgomery Serves Award winners
for the service they gave this past year. I am so pleased that former U.S. Representative Mike
Barnes is this year’s World of Montgomery Public Citizen of the Year.
My thanks to those who have worked so hard to make this event a great success – all of you
who nominated people for the awards, selected the winners, sponsored the event by supporting
the Fund of Montgomery, and came out tonight to celebrate our County’s proud tradition of
volunteer community service.
And my very special thanks go to Keith Haller of the Fund of Montgomery and to Molly Callaway, Kimberly Hodges, Tawania McFadden, and Kathleen Stobie of our Volunteer Center.
They were supported by the Corporate Volunteer Council, The Beacon Newspapers, Michael
Bruen, Vichelle Jones, Comcast, Commission on Aging, The Gazette, Montgomery Community
Media, Office of Community Partnerships, Text Design, and many others. Imagination Stage
and Andrea Roane make this event wonderful each year!
With appreciation,
Ike Leggett
Montgomery County Executive
Funding Partners
Funding Sponsors
SG Enterprise/Sol
Graham
Strathmore
And thanks to our many other generous donors
who have helped support the work of the Fund for Montgomery
The sponsors of the Fund for Montgomery
Adventist HealthCare ★ Ana G. Mendez University ★ Barwood Transportation ★ BioHealth Innovations
Choice Hotels ★ Comcast ★ Community Foundation for Montgomery County
Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County ★ Covanta ★ The Gazette ★ County Executive Ike Leggett
Jewish Community Relations Council ★ Jewish Federation of Greater Washington ★ Johns Hopkins University
Lerch, Early & Brewer ★ Marriott ★ Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Properties, LLC ★ Montgomery College
Montgomery County Muslim Foundation ★ RAFFA, P.C. ★ SG Enterprise/Sol Graham
Universities at Shady Grove (USG) ★ The Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation ★ Social & Scientific Systems
Soltesz Associates ★ Southern Management Corporation ★ Strathmore ★ Text Design, Inc. ★ Verizon
Washington Gas ★ Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) ★ Westfield Wheaton
Montgomery Operating Organizations
Montgomery Office of Community Partnerships
Montgomery County Volunteer Center
Montgomery County Office of Public Information
www.montgomeryserves.org/fund-montgomery
Dear Special Guests:
The Fund for Montgomery (FFM) is honored to sponsor this prestigious event recognizing an
exceptional group of volunteer leaders at the 4th annual Montgomery Serves Awards – the finest
examples of community service our County can showcase.
The Fund for Montgomery got launched in 2011, with inspirational leadership from County
Executive Ike Leggett and the extraordinary dedication of Bruce Adams from the County’s Office of Community Partnerships. Former Members of Congress—Michael Barnes and Connie
Morella— serve as the Fund’s co-chairs, along with County Executive Leggett.
We salute the Fund’s Partners and Sponsors (see list on adjacent page). Our core purpose is to
amass enough outside resources from businesses, foundations and individual givers to produce
extraordinary community-building events like tonight’s awards ceremony.
Besides this unique occasion—Montgomery Serves Awards— to honor exceptional volunteerism,
the Fund for Montgomery sponsors and organizes other major County events, including:
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (third Monday in January)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration (third Monday in January)
• World of Montgomery Festival (third Sunday in October)
• Community Service Day (fourth Saturday in October)
We sponsor other heritage celebration events – aimed at encouraging greater volunteerism and
community participation, in a County that prides itself on its growing diversity. For more details
on these major events, please go to: www.montgomeryserves.org.
One exceptional note about tonight: the Fund for Montgomery will be awarding its second annual World of Montgomery Public Citizen of the Year – the Fund’s most distinguished award.
This year we are thrilled to recognize former Congressman Michael Barnes for his extraordinary
public service career and contributions to our community and for leading the way on many
crucial international concerns.
The Fund for Montgomery will actively support these fabulous community events moving forward.
We greatly appreciate your participation in tonight’s very special volunteer awards ceremony.
Sincerely,
Keith Haller
Chair, Fund for Montgomery
Congratulations to the
winners of the
Montgomery Serves Awards
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YOUTH SERVICE
Yidong Hu
Award
Yidong “Dorothy” Hu is a junior at Winston Churchill High
School. She has dedicated her years in middle and high school
to volunteering. She leads several service-oriented clubs, adding to her growing list of more than 530 community service
(SSL) hours. Founder and President of Children’s Corner club,
which has 40 active members, she has led others through fundraisers such as bake sales, pizza sales, and restaurant fundraisers
to garner over $1,000 for the Children’s Inn at NIH, which will
earn her club a spot on the Inn’s Hall of Donors for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. As the
current Lieutenant Governor of her division of Key Club International (a worldwide
service organization for high schoolers), which includes eleven high schools in Montgomery County, she is working to increase membership and volunteering in the county
and focus on local institutions such as fire departments and retirement homes. Her
dedication to not only volunteering herself but to also growing a community of young
service-minded people is what helps her create positive change in Montgomery County.
BUSINESS SERVICE
Award
Washington Gas
WGL/Washington Gas is committed to a sustainable future through
the energy solutions they provide
– including clean natural gas and renewable solar and wind energy—and
their leadership in the communities
they serve. Washington Gas—a flagship company— has been a fixture in the Washington, D.C. region since 1848. Today,
the WGL family of companies continues to be a partner with not only communities in
the D.C. region but as active and productive members of all the communities in which
they operate throughout the country.
In 2014, WGL donated more than $863,000 to charities in the areas of health, education
and the environment. The company ranked in Washington Business Journal’s (WBJ)
top 25 for corporate giving. Employees volunteered more than 11,000 hours to help our
neighbors in need. The WBJ also ranked WGL as a top 25 company for volunteerism
in the greater Washington, D.C., region.
During the past year, volunteers completed more than 47 projects within their service
area. In Montgomery County, Washington Gas volunteers served the homeless at
Shepherd’s Table, worked with clients and received and sorted donations for families in
need at A Wider Circle, served as timekeepers, moderators and judges at the Maryland
Science Bowl at Montgomery College, directed traffic and volunteered at the KID
Museum’s Mini Maker Faire and assisted clients and sorted donations at the Interfaith
Clothing Center.
Washington Gas employee volunteers raised more than $120,300 for the 2014 Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk, and the company contributed a $15,000
corporate sponsorship allowing the company to be the top performing corporate team
for the National Capital Region once again this year. Since 2000, Washington Gas
and our employees have reached a milestone and contributed more than $821,000 to
fight leukemia, lymphoma and related blood diseases.
At WGL, employees are not just the lifeblood and drivers of their business, but they
are also the greatest ambassadors. As they have since 1848, they will continue to work
every day to improve the quality of life for the communities they serve. Together, they
will all work toward building a sustainable future.
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Congratulations to all the 2015 Awardees
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COMMUNITY SERVICE INDIVIDUAL
Darren Duvall
Award
Originally from Silver Spring, Darren Duvall is a long-term
volunteer with Bethesda Cares, a community outreach program working to end homelessness throughout Montgomery
County. Having once lived on the street, Mr. Duvall understands the physical suffering and emotional challenges inherent in living unsheltered. A daily volunteer at Bethesda Cares’
meal program, Mr. Duvall now finds meaning and structure
in his life through service.
When looking for a place to help, he knew he wanted to serve people suffering through
problems he well understood. In 1996, he started working at Bethesda Cares’ Lunch
Program. Founded in 1988, Bethesda Cares serves a hot, nutritious meal to those in
need every day of the year, right in downtown Bethesda. In 2014 alone, Mr. Duvall
helped with the 15,251 meals Bethesda Cares served to the homeless and working poor.
Monday through Friday, without fail, he comes to the churches from which Bethesda
Cares serves lunch, arriving by 10 and staying until 1:30 each day, for 650 hours per
year. Mr. Duvall does whatever needs to be done to keep the program moving smoothly
forward. He washes dishes, takes out the trash and keeps the space tidy.
“He helps me out, and he helps other people out,” says Lawrence Blake, Bethesda Cares’
Lunch Program Coordinator. “He understands what they’re going through. He doesn’t
judge them. Frankly, he’s an excellent worker.”
EARTH DAY
Congratulations
to all the nominees
and winners of the
Montgomery Serves
Awards.
Southern Management
Corporation
2011 Montgomery Serves
Award Business Winner
Southern Management owns and manages
25,000 apartment homes in more than 70
communities in the Baltimore/Washington area.
1.800.999.RENT
Leaders In Quality Apartment Home
Living And Service Since 1965.
1.800.999.RENT
SouthernManagement.com
COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP
Potomac Valley
Alumnae Chapter,
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Award
The Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (PVAC) delivers innovative, award winning programs and
services to promote the welfare of residents in the western and northern sectors of
Montgomery County, Maryland. Chartered 30 years ago this April, the chapter began
with 28 members and has grown to 160 members devoted to community service. True to
the 102 year old mission of the national sorority, PVAC has been committed to improving the quality of life of Montgomery County citizens by creating and implementing
programs in the areas of health, education, and social and economic development.
In 2014, the Delta Academy/Delta GEMS program was recognized by the Montgomery
County Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) and distinguished with its Community Service Award. Committed to promoting the physical and mental health of
the county’s residents, PVAC organized the 2014 “Be Health Empowered” Symposium
focusing on enhancing health literacy. Participants learned how to navigate effectively
the healthcare system, understand and take advantage of healthcare reform, and how
to take care of their physical and mental well-being. In 2014, fifteen members of the
Chapter walked and raised $1,500 to support research leading to ending premature
births and support mothers and families with premature infants. The Chapter’s last
health related event of 2014 took place in December when PVAC conducted its 2nd
Annual World AIDS Day Symposium to inform the public of this increasingly serious
disease and other health consequences related to HIV/AIDS that continue to impact
county residents.
In addition, in 2014, PVAC continued its tradition of increasing the Montgomery
County community’s financial knowledge. The chapter focused on providing information about building wealth and financial security by holding financial education sessions
for young people, designing and implementing the “Financial Fortitude Friday” workshop presentation and virtual video workshops for adults, supporting the Montgomery
County Affordable Housing Conference, by working the registration desk and hosting
our annual Minerva Awards, which honors business leaders and young entrepreneurs.
The Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has done
much to provide quality service to the citizens of Western Montgomery County.
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Neal Potter Path of Achievement Award
The Neal Potter Path of Achievement Award each year honors two County residents
60 years old or better whose accomplishments, enthusiasm, and lifelong commitment to
volunteer service make them outstanding role models for young and old alike. The Path
of Achievement Award was established by County Executive Doug Duncan in 1998.
In 2009, County Executive Ike Leggett named the award to honor the extraordinary
lifetime of achievement of former County Executive and County Councilmember Neal
Potter. The award has been co-sponsored by the Montgomery County Commission
on Aging and The Beacon Newspapers. The 2015 honorees were selected by a panel
organized by the Commission on Aging.
Neal Potter was a model public citizen. Raised on a
dairy farm near Cabin John and trained as an economist, Mr. Potter dedicated his life to serving others from
both a global and local perspective. In the 1940s, he was
present at the meeting that launched the World Federalist
Association. In the 1950s and 60s, Mr. Potter was active in
a wide variety of civic activities in Montgomery County. He
organized the Citizens’ Committee for Fair Taxation and
served as president of the Citizens’ Planning Association. In
five terms as a member of the Montgomery County Council (1970-1990 and 1994-98)
and one term as our County Executive (1990-94), he focused on fiscal responsibility
and sound land use planning. Mr. Potter began his distinguished quarter of a century
of County government service at the age of 55. He died in 2008 at the age of 93. In
2009, County Executive Ike Leggett named the Path of Achievement Award to honor
the memory of his extraordinary lifetime of achievement. “Neal was a mentor and a
friend,” County Executive Leggett explained. “He was a model public servant who
always exhibited the highest personal integrity.”
Past Winners 1998 Donna Dorros ★ Charles Pritchard ★ Vernetta Reynolds ★ Murray Stein ★
William Tait ★ 1999 Nina Clarke ★ Margaret Coleman ★ John Harvil ★ Richard Kelly ★ Kermit
Mohn ★ 2000 George Cohen ★ Ellis Klioze ★ B. Eugene Neal ★ Lolo Sarnoff ★ Donald Torr ★ 2001
Martin Galvin ★ Adrienne Lees ★ Helen McCarron ★ Herman Meyersburg ★ Loise Sullivan ★ 2002
Helen Bowman ★ Doris Day ★ Francis Farrow ★ Horace Saunders ★ William Wellington ★ 2003 Ling
Cheung ★ Betty Lichtenstein ★ Maryrose Rogolsky ★ Patricia Zannie ★ 2004 Anne Elward ★ Austin
Heyman ★ Pearl Isenberg ★ Kenneth Putkovich ★ Rosalie Silverberg ★ 2005 Irene Booth Coleman
★ William H. Graham ★ Margaret McRory ★ Robert Silberg ★ Lowell & Betty Tripp ★ 2006 Nguyen
Minh Chau ★ Marilyn D’Antuono ★ Marian Fox ★ Theodore “Ted” Hannah ★ Mary “Flo” Hill ★
2007 Helen Abrahams ★ Chester Kneller ★ Karen Montgomery ★ Eloise Strand ★ Sammie Young
★ 2008 Ruth Emerson ★ John Lopes ★ John G. Miers ★ Irene Spector ★ Joann Woodson ★ 2009
Virginia “Ginny” Gilbert ★ Msgr. Ralph Kuehner ★ Robert Mabie ★ Rev. Samuel Myers aka Jim Dandy
★ Dorothy Nelson ★ 2012 Tufail Ahmad ★ Ruby Rubens ★ 2013 Marcine Goodloe ★ Joyce Siegel
2014 Joe Howard ★ Mona Negm
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Jennie Forehand, Inez Zeigler McAbee, Tom Perez,
Michael Barnes, Yidong Hu, Darren Duvall,
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NEAL POTTER Path of Achievement
Jean Brady
Award
Jean and Jack Brady moved to Silver Spring, MD in 1966 from
Upstate New York when Jack took a job with the Department of the Navy. In 1969, they moved to Wilson Avenue,
Rockville. Jack and Jean raised seven children— “All college
graduates!” she says proudly— and have 14 lovely grandchildren. The Bradys have been active members of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Rockville and St. Rose of Lima Parish
for many years. Jean has been a volunteer and civic activist in
Montgomery County for more than 40 years. She has devoted her energies and talents
to address a broad range of social issues that include affordable senior housing, homelessness, mental health, disability rights, employment, prison ministry, anti-poverty
initiatives and violence prevention.
When her husband was diagnosed with dementia a few years ago, Ms. Brady reduced
her volunteer involvement to be his primary caregiver. Her beloved Jack died from
complications related to this illness in 2013.
Jean Brady still continues to contribute significantly to her community. She has received
numerous accolades and awards for her community service commemorating her as an
outstanding citizen, leader, and individual of community development. In 2014, she
has served as a member of the St. Rose of Lima Social Concerns Committee; St. Rose
of Lima Gun Safety Conference Chair (2014-2015); Rockville Village (2015); and City
of Rockville Landlord-Tenant Affairs Commission (term expires May 2017).
In recalling Ms. Brady’s civic engagement, Doug Duncan, former Mayor of Rockville
and three-term Montgomery County Executive, states, “Jean was instrumental in
bringing Victory Housing to Montgomery County, beginning in Rockville with the
development of Mary’s House at St. Mary’s Church. She worked tirelessly to get that
housing open for seniors in Rockville.”
When asked why she has volunteered so extensively for over 40 years, Ms. Brady replied, “I guess at the root of it is my faith; it’s what the Gospels are all about … ‘Love
of Neighbor.’ And I enjoy it; you always meet such wonderful people!”
Congratulations
Thank you to all of the 2015
Montgomery Serves winners for
enriching our community through
their commitment to service
and volunteerism.
NEAL POTTER Path of Achievement
Karin Wilson
Award
Karin Wilson was born in the Free City of Danzig, which
became part of Germany at the time of Hitler’s occupation.
Karin and her mother and sisters became refugees, ending up
in Germany in January 1945. Her father had died in a prisoner
of war camp in Russia and her mother wanted to make a new
start so, in 1955, they migrated to the U.S. In order to learn
English, Ms. Wilson took a job as a car hop at Hot Shoppes
while attending Strayer’s Business College. She married, raised
two daughters and worked for 35 years in accounting at AFSCME. Her husband died
in 1987.
Ms. Wilson connected with the Support Center through a member of her church. The
Support Center’s day program serves adults with physical and/or medical disabilities
or cognitive impairment who are not capable of full-time, independent living. Karin
retired in December 1996 and began volunteering at the Support Center in January of
1997. Ms. Wilson brings a special sensitivity to working with the elderly, and inspires
so many through her own story.
Ms. Wilson served for two terms on the Support Center’s Board of Directors, where
her accounting expertise was invaluable.
At the age of 80, there is no sign of Karin Wilson slowing down after eighteen years and
over 20,000 hours of volunteering. She leaves her house in Damascus at 6:30 AM and
travels to Aspen Hill to send two of her grandchildren off to school so her daughter can
go to her job as a high school teacher. She then comes to the Support Center four days
a week where she does budget and billing work, then helps serve lunch to the clients.
Once a week, Ms. Wilson leads a reading group. The reading group is her favorite
way to connect with the people at the Support Center. Many of the people there have
vision or other problems, so Karin reads short stories, magazine articles, and poems.
Ms. Wilson maintains she never had a job she did not like and certainly loves the
clients and the staff as though they are her second family. She says, “My working at
the Center keeps me young and well.”
THE SECOND ANNUAL
WORLD OF MONTGOMERY
PUBLIC CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
IN HONOR OF
MICHAEL BARNES
Inspiring Selfless Service and Volunteerism
Enriching Montgomery County’s Global Community
PRESENTED BY THE FUND FOR MONTGOMERY
APRIL 27, 2015
WORLD OF MONTGOMERY
PUBLIC CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Former Congressman Michael Barnes
Michael Barnes was born in Washington, DC and moved to
Montgomery County as a teenager. He graduated from UNC-Chapel
Hill, studied at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in
Geneva, and received his law degree from George Washington
University. Mr. Barnes served six years in the US Marine Corps and
Marine Corps Reserve.
Mr. Barnes represented Montgomery County in the House of Representatives from
1979 to 1987. He was named “one of the two dozen most powerful Members of Congress” by Almanac of American Politics. The Washington Post called him “the most
influential Member of Congress from Maryland or Virginia.” He served as Assistant
Majority Whip and chaired the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the
Foreign Affairs Committee and the Metropolitan Affairs Subcommittee of the DC
Committee. He co-authored the National Uniform 21 Minimum Drinking Age Act
of 1984 and supported funding the 101 mile METRO and clean-up of Chesapeake Bay
Watershed. President Reagan appointed him to the Kissinger Commission on Central
America and the President’s Commission on Drunk Driving.
Mr. Barnes currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy.
Subsequent to his congressional service, he practiced law and served as President of
the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Chair of the Center for National Policy,
Chair of the US-Panama Business Council, Chair of the Governor’s Commission on
Growth in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and a member of numerous boards of directors
including the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, University of Maryland
Foundation, Overseas Development Council, Center for International Policy, Public
Voice, US Association of Former Members of Congress, US Committee for UNICEF,
and Washington Gas. He serves on the National Advisory Boards of the National
Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the United Nations Association.
The Fund for Montgomery recognizes Mike Barnes for his lifelong leadership on human
rights and democracy abroad, especially including Central America, Soviet Jewry, and
Ethiopian Jews. Here in Montgomery County he launched Montgomery Hunger relief
to raise funds to address starvation around the globe. Mike Barnes also is being saluted
for his recent work supporting children fleeing violence in Central America and his
leadership on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) board.
Montgomery County Muslim Foundation (MCMF) is non-profit 501(c) (3) tax-exempt
organization. MCMF strives to encourage & promote the resident Muslim’s community’s
involvement by engaging in community service projects that assist the needy regardless of faith,
race, gender or social background.
MCMF Programs:
Food Drive
Clothing drive
Feed The Homeless
Zabiha Meat Distribution
Thanksgiving Dinner
Holiday Gift Basket
Food Pantry
Senior Social Hour
Senior Transportation Service
Nature walk/Field Trip
Youth leadership program
Montgomery County Muslim Foundation
811 Russell Ave, Suite G. Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-760-7447, mcmfmd@gmail.com, www.mcmfmd.org
Roscoe R. Nix
Distinguished Community Leadership
Award
The Roscoe R. Nix Distinguished Community Leadership Award is presented by the
County Executive to individuals who, over the course of their lives, have made extraordinary contributions to the quality of our community at the very highest levels of
excellence. This prestigious award was established by County Executive Ike Leggett to
honor community icon Roscoe Nix, who gave a half century of service to Montgomery County. First presented in 2012, the Nix Award is the County’s equivalent of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the local version of the nation’s highest civilian award.
Roscoe R. Nix
Roscoe R. Nix, a champion of civil rights, was one of the major
architects of the modern Montgomery County. Born in Greenville,
Alabama, Mr. Nix served in the Army in World War II and graduated from Howard University. Mr. Nix and his wife Emma moved
here in 1968 with their two children. Professionally, Mr. Nix was
a peacemaker who travelled the nation on behalf of the Justice
Department’s Community Relations Service to help to resolve conflicts in communities
experiencing civil unrest. At home in Montgomery County, he was the County’s leading advocate for equity and justice. A staunch critic of de facto school segregation, Mr.
Nix became the second African American elected to the Montgomery County Board
of Education in 1974. As the president of the County’s chapter of the NAACP from
1980 to 1990, Mr. Nix was a fearless and tireless advocate for educational excellence
and social, economic, and political justice. The County’s annual African American
Festival of Academic Excellence celebrating the academic achievements of African
American students is among his proudest accomplishments. Mr. Nix was inducted
into the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2001. In January of 2012,
Roscoe R. Nix died at the age of 90.
Past Winners
2012–Roscoe R. Nix ★ Charles “Chuck” Lyons ★ Connie Morella
2013–Odessa Shannon ★ Carol Trawick ★ Teresa Rios Wright
2014–Reverend Leon Grant ★ Dr. Michael Lin ★ Nancy Scull
Martin Luther King Jr.
Day of Service January 2015
Roscoe R. Nix
Award
Jennie Forehand
Jennie Forehand was a relentless advocate for public health and
the rights of women and children during her thirty-six years of
service to the people of Montgomery County as a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates and Maryland Senate.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Senator Forehand grew up in
Charlotte, North Carolina and earned a B.S. degree in Industrial
Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She and her husband
moved to Rockville in 1961 to take jobs at NIH. Senator Forehand has been active in
countless civic and community initiatives from Girl Scouts to the Rockville Senior
Center. She played a major role in bringing Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and RICA
to Montgomery County and keeping the Nuclear Regulatory Commission here.
In 1978, Jennie Forehand was elected to the first of four terms in the Maryland House
of Delegates. In 1994, she was elected to the first of five terms in the Senate of Maryland. She has been a leader fighting for legislation to combat domestic violence and
human trafficking, to expand programs for child care, family leave, and child support,
to protect reproductive freedom, and to promote greater representation of women in the
judiciary. She hid the ashtrays in her committee meeting room and fought to prohibit
smoking in public places. She worked to improve mental health services and supported
Montgomery County’s biotechnology industry. She was a tireless advocate for the ICC,
Rockville Library, and District Court building.
In presenting Jennie Forehand with the Roscoe R. Nix Distinguished Community
Leadership Award, County Executive Ike Leggett said: “Jennie Forehand’s three and
one-half decades of service in Annapolis have helped make Maryland one of the nation’s healthiest states. Endlessly positive and determined, she represents the best of
what a political life can accomplish in America.”
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Where Water Matters
WSSC toasts a glass of clear,
crisp, healthy tap water to the
recipients of the 2015
Montgomery Serves Awards.
And a sincere “thank you”
to all the volunteers who contribute
to the beauty, health and welfare
of Montgomery County.
Join WSSC in volunteering to protect the environment
through Montgomery Serves. Go to the Montgomery Serves website
for WSSC opportunities throughout the year.
Congratulations
TO THE MONTGOMERY SERVES AWARD WINNERS
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Roscoe R. Nix
Award
Inez Zeigler McAbee
Inez Zeigler McAbee was a homemaker, caretaker, gardener,
singer, and mover and shaker who used her personal grace and
extraordinary skills and perseverance to serve those in need and
push society forward. She believed that one voice singing in the
darkness can light the world.
Born and raised on a farm in Damascus, she had to walk four miles
to school each day even though there was a school just blocks from her house. She
served as President of her class at Rockville High School in 1931 and served as President
of the Montgomery County Homemakers’ Club, the first Upcounty African American
organization for women. As President of the Damascus Ecumenical Association, she
integrated black and white members. She was among the first African Americans to
serve on the Damascus Elementary School PTA, worked aggressively to integrate the
county’s public schools, and integrated the United Methodist Church in Damascus. As
a member of the NAACP, Ms. McAbee worked tirelessly to improve race relations. She
was the first African American resident to dine in a previously “white-only” restaurant
in Damascus, and she brought public transportation to the Damascus area. She provided
nursing care at Bethany House and worked as a coordinator for Meals on Wheels. Ms.
McAbee received countless public accolades, including induction in the Montgomery
County Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2004.
Inez Zeigler McAbee died on July 24, 2014 at the age of 99. In presenting Ms. McAbee
with the Roscoe R. Nix Distinguished Community Leadership Award posthumously,
County Executive Ike Leggett said: “Inez McAbee looked injustice square in the eye,
and injustice blinked. By sheer force of personality and persistence, Inez McAbee helped
tear down the walls of segregation and paved the way for the beloved community we
are building here in her native Montgomery County.”
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Roscoe R. Nix
Award
Tom Perez
Tom Perez is the very model of a servant leader. He has dedicated
his life to his country, state, and county. The son of first generation immigrants, Secretary Perez has been a champion for equal
opportunity.
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, where his family located after
speaking out against President Trujillo’s regime in the Dominican
Republic, Secretary Perez graduated from Brown University and earned a Master of
Public Policy and law degree from Harvard University.
After serving as a U.S. District Court law clerk, Tom Perez worked in the Department
of Justice as a prosecutor and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. He
served as Special Counselor for Senator Ted Kennedy before becoming Director of the
Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Tom Perez was elected to the Montgomery County Council in 2002 where he served
as President. An advocate of access and opportunity, Secretary Perez fought predatory lending and led the planning for the Montgomery Coalition for Adult English
Literacy (MCAEL) to support a thriving immigrant community and build an effective
workforce. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley appointed Tom Perez as Secretary of
Labor, Licensing and Regulation in 2007.
President Barack Obama appointed Secretary Perez Assistant Attorney General for
the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in 2009 and as the 26th United
States Secretary of Labor in 2013.
In presenting Tom Perez with the Roscoe R. Nix Distinguished Community Leadership
Award, County Executive Ike Leggett said: “As the son of immigrants, Tom Perez stands
as the personification of the American story and of the story of the modern Montgomery
County. By dedicating his life to public service, Tom Perez has helped create a nation,
a state, and a county that are more just, caring, and welcoming.”
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Congratulations!
Congratulations & Thank You to Our Impressive 2015 Nominees!
Choosing our winners was not at all easy. We are grateful for the many impressive
nominations & appreciate those who volunteer to make Montgomery County an even
better place to live, work, play, and raise a family!
Nominees
American Red Cross (Walter Reed) ★ Taylor Anaba ★ Marijke and Tobias Asser ★ Amy Brantner
★ Betsy Bretz ★ Bullis School Group ★ Carol Carter ★ Jeonseon Choi ★ Clarksburg Baseball
★ Nina and Kyle Clemente ★ S Robert Cohen ★ Allan Cohen ★ Conflict Resolution Center
of Montgomery County, Inc ★ Gene Counihan ★ Dr Gordon Cragg ★ Samantha Dao ★ Susan
David ★ Boris Djiguemde ★ Sharon Dooley ★ Robert Dorsey ★ Jonina Duker ★ eManagement
★ Ethiopian Literary and Cultural Awareness Association (ECLAA) ★ Pam Feinstein ★ Sarah
Fulton ★ Gaithersburg Beloved Community Initiative ★ Jeff Ganz ★ Hal Garman ★ Margaret
Peggy Garvasi ★ Janet Gritz ★ Bernice Grossman ★ Nancy Gurganus ★ Elana Harris ★ Alice
Hartfield ★ Gwenn Herman ★ Holiday Park Volunteers ★ Charlotte Holliday ★ Jack and Jill of
America, Inc. Montgomery County (MD) Chapter ★ Prativ Jani ★ Jeff Ganz and Dennis Williams ★ JSSA Meals on Wheels ★ Julie’s Love Food Pantry ★ Keeping Seniors Safe Volunteer
Group ★ Orion Kelly ★ Zach Khan ★ Emma Khasin ★ Reid Knight ★ Sandy Kursban ★ Jerry Liu
★ Ron MacNab ★ Manna Food ★ MC Adult Sponsor Group (Red Cross) ★ Gina McAndrew ★
Terrence Skip McAndrew ★ Jessica Mendez ★ Montgomery County Road Runners Club ★ Lauren
Moshyedi ★ Kennedy Odzafi ★ Ericc Powell ★ Qiagen Sciences ★ Saba Rashid ★ Riderwood ★
Lt Michael Ryman ★ Emily Samuels ★ Laurie Ann Sayles ★ Robert Schapiro ★ Elizabeth Scott ★
Senior Connection ★ Silver Spring Links ★ Andy Stadnik ★ Bob Stearns ★ Duane Sylvia ★ Gwen
Tolbart ★ Ashley Troutman ★ Sean Valentine ★ Susan J Warren ★ Dennis Williams ★ Arthur
LaMonte Williams ★ Winter Haven Hypothermia Shelter ★ Shannon Yang ★ Vera Yevsukov
Thank you to the Nominators!
Teresa Adams ★ Tufail Ahmad ★ Erica Anderson ★ Angela D. Anglin ★ Caitlin Atkins ★ Vivian G. Bass ★ Pamela Baze ★ Alison Bennett ★ Betty Francis and Stacey D. Miller ★ Carolyn
Camacho ★ Audra Cannon ★ Christina Caravoulias ★ Carol Fuenteville & Delores Ustrell ★
Pei-Pei Cavalier ★ Melissa Clarke ★ Holly Cohen Cooper ★ Maura Dinwiddie ★ Jonina Duker ★
Elizabeth Ellis ★ Melissa Erickson ★ Nancy Evans ★ Sarah Fleischer ★ Theresa J. Ford ★ Amy L.
Freeman ★ Alan Friedman ★ Ivan Galic ★ Miriam Gandell ★ Paul R. Gunther ★ John Hatch ★
Diane Hays-Earp ★ Jayne Hench ★ Helene Highbarger ★ Deputy Chief Jon Hollen ★ Christina
Betancourt Johnson ★ Cheryl C. Kagan ★ Nancy Kane ★ John J. Kenney, Ph.D. ★ Lynn Kinch
★ Vincent Kozi ★ Marie Kozlowski ★ Thu Le ★ Christine Leonhardt ★ Dahlia Levin ★ Robyn
Marbray ★ Dumitru Mazilu ★ Cynthia L. McCormack ★ Kimberly McLurkin-Harris ★ Hollie
Miller ★ Montgomery County Crisis Center ★ Lori Moshyedi ★ Tricia Muir ★ Mary Norfolk
★ Mae Novak ★ Lisette Orellana ★ Larissa Ortunio ★ Yvette D. Phillips ★ Tom Pogue ★ Marta
Potter ★ Lily Qi ★ Pamela Reese ★ Marin Reyes ★ William Roberts ★ Victoria Kelly Robles ★
Lauri Rodich ★ Shirley Scribner ★ Karine Sewell ★ Demeke Seyoum ★ Irene Spector ★ Ann G.
Strain ★ Cathy Troutman ★ Ellie Trueman ★ Allie Walters ★ Linda Wang ★ Samantha Wellage

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