SAMMI Award Nominees Announced

The following information was provided by the SAMMI Awards Foundation:

The SAMMI Awards Foundation completed the initial process of determining the 2012 award recipients last week as teams of volunteers interviewed the 46 Finalists over three evenings at Sammamish City Hall. Anh Vo, SAMMI Awards Foundation Board President thanked the numerous residents of our community who volunteered their time to sit down and talk with area nominees about their stories of inspiration that are the cornerstone of the SAMMI Awards Foundation Mission: “Celebrating and Promoting Community Involvement.”

The following Sammamish Volunteers have been nominated in the following categories:

Art: Anne Bruns, Anna Macrae, Denell O'Neill, R. Joseph Scott, Suzanne Tidwell

Business: Rhonda Newton, DDS

Courage: Greg Barton, Court Huston, Ali McKerlich, The Rayan Family

Environmental: Jan Bird, Pauline Cantor, Clare Jenkins, Judy Petersen, Erica Tiliacos

Learning Promotion: Paul Doran, Danielle Maletta, Laura Matheny, Matt O'Rourke, Rhonda Patrick

Spirit of Sammamish: Gene Dales, Susan Evans and Grace Lievens, Kent T. Kiernan, Sandy Marshall, Stacy Wells

Teen Spirit: Jonny Bannick, Mariana Cuevas, Nicolett Dworkin, Jordan Lim, Justin McOmber

Trevor Price: Ryan Brown, Nathan Gelbrich, Allie Murphy

Unsung Hero: Rick Chinn, Nancy Colburn, Jeff Mitchell, Craig Ross, Harry Tehranian

Youth Advocate: Walter Beauchamp, Connor Creswell, Brooke Holland, Janine Kotan, Pat and Kim Parnell

The Board of Directors would like to thank the following volunteers who took time out of their busy schedules to participate in the interview process: Kathy Anderson, Joni Broekmate, Caroline Brown, Barbara Coyner, Prabha Dublish, Sunita Dublish, Anne Ginther, Dino Guzzetti, Sophia Hu, Lisa Kennedy, Cyndy Lazarz, Josue Lopez, Bernie Lucking, Chris Morris, Gemma Morris, Johanna Padilla, Bryan Rawson, Connie Rawson, Dawn Sanders, Deb Sogge, Marianna Steiner, Bob Trask, Mary Trask, Dana VanReeth, Cindy VanWambeck, Corynne Weidiger, Kristina Williams, Cary Young, Skyler Zoppi. 

Please join us for the SAMMI Awards Foundation Celebration Event on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 7 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with a reception) at Eastridge Church.

Ceremony sponsors to date: City of Sammamish, KeyBank, Swedish Medical Center, Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer, Rotary Club of Sammamish, Sammamish Kiwanis, CrossPath Counseling, Friends of Youth, Youth Eastside Services, Plateau Remodel, Dr. Quickstad, D.D.S., Sammamish Citizen Corps. , Dino Guzzetti of Edward Jones, MM Comfort Systems and Rachel Carson Elementary PTSA.

The SAMMI Awards Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate and promote community involvement. Tax ID#61-1436709