PORT ANGELES — Friends and business associates are invited to attend as seven persons are honored with the 2008 Clallam County Community Service Awards on Thursday.
The award honors the “dedication, sacrifice and accomplishments” of community leaders and volunteers “who have made a difference in Clallam County, who have made our communities a better place by doing extraordinary things for their neighbors, their community or the environment.”
The seven will receive framed award certificates at a reception that begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the downstairs meeting room at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles.
The reception is open to the public and will include coffee and desserts.
Admission is free.
The award recipients are:
He also served decades on the boards of many Joyce-area organizations.
She remains very active with the group, helping bereaved families in many ways.
The husband and wife are leaders in the protection of the county’s water supplies.
This is the 28th year of the Clallam County Community Service Award, begun by the Peninsula Daily News and now co-sponsored with Soroptimist International of Port Angeles-Noon Club.
A judging committee that included past Community Service Award recipients selected the seven from almost 50 nominations made by individuals, clubs, churches, businesses and other organizations.
“These are truly local heroes, working to make community life stronger, tighter, happier, richer — busy people who unselfishly give their time and energy to help others, who always seem to be able to make time to offer a hand or a shoulder,” said John Brewer, PDN editor and publisher.