It’s certainly tough to highlight just a few volunteers when we had 1,700+ this year! However, the following recipients stood out for their creativity, their commitment, and endurance in less than ideal situations!
The 2011 Thanks for Giving awards & recipients were:
1. 2011 AGAR Youth Leadership and Service Awards
Hannah Gluckman
Connor Feeley
Amanda Lambert
Zoe Lincoln
Sean Townsend
Tess Pecina
2. Biggest Community Service Group – Key Clubs of Hunterdon County
3. Biggest New Farm Picking Award – Lilly/Imclone (10,000 pounds of winter squash!)
4. Wettest Weather Outing – Akzo Nobel
5. Hottest Day/Earliest Time to Pick on Record – (6:00 am 105 degrees!!) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
6. Off the Field Gleaning Lifetime Achievement Award – Nancy Hara
7. Lifetime Achievement for Overall Company Support – (over four years and hundreds of volunteers, and $60,000 in support) – Johnson & Johnson
8. Website Impact Award – Jeff Kurek
9. Most Supportive School – Crossroads Christian Academy
10. Most Company Visits in 2011 Season – ExxonMobil
11. Most Creative Donation –Internal Farm Market – Lauren Haggerty
12. Most Volunteer Hours Donated – Bonnie Netschert
The youth award recipients received a certificate and an AGAR water bottle. The adult award recipients were given a beautiful crystal bowl designed by Healey Designs of Clinton, NJ. Congratulations again to all of the award recipients! Our 1,700+ volunteers are the heart of AGAR, and thanks to all of their hard work we have now donated over 1.4 million pounds of fresh food! THANK YOU to each and every volunteer!
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Here’s a sampling of the 2011 groups who came out to harvest fresh produce for those in need:
AkzoNobel * ARC of Hunterdon County * AT&T * Blair Academy * Camden Youth * Camp YDP from Paterson * Clinton Church of Jesus Christ * Crossroads Christian Academy * Del Val Football Team * ExxonMobil * Girl Scout and Boy Scout Troops of Western NJ* Highland Presbyterian Church * Hunterdon Young Professionals * Hunterdon Youth Services * Jewish Center of Northwest NJ * Johnson & Johnson * Lily of Imclone * Mars * Merck * Merck Child Learning Center * NJ Freeze Hockey Team * North Hunterdon Kiwanis and their 4 sponsored Key Clubs * NYLife * The Pennington School * Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township * Seth & Jackie Flaxman’s Wedding Party * St. Paul Lutheran Church * United Healthcare * Verizon * Zoe Lincoln’s Birthday Crew
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See more of our Volunteer Spotlight pages here:
Aleta Lambert and Barbara Westgate