The Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club has announced their Community Service Award honorees for 2015. Val F. Nunnenkamp of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Fox and Roach Realtors has been chosen as Voorhees Business Person of the Year, Michael Friedman, attorney, as Voorhees Citizen of the Year, Police Chief Louis Bordi as Voorhees First Responder of the Year and Alexa Grabelle, an Eastern High School student and founder of Bags of Books, as Voorhees Selfless Student of the Year.
Inspired by their motto, “Service Above Self,” the Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club has been formally recognizing others in the community who live by the same credo for the past five years.
”Every year the Club receives nominations for some truly extraordinary individuals,” said Mark Schott, Awards Dinner Committee Chair. “This year, we are so pleased, once again, to honor a few unsung heroes whose dedication to the community enhances the quality of life for so many.”
Award winners will be honored during the Sixth Annual Voorhees Community Service Awards Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Mansion on Main Street.
The awards ceremony will follow a sumptuous celebration that will include hors d’oeuvres, a served, sit-down dinner and dessert, with wine and beer available all evening.
Tickets for the Voorhees Community Service Awards Dinner may be purchased for $80 each or $625 for a table of eight.
Those wishing to order tickets should send a check payable to “Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club Foundation” to the Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club, P.O. Box 1645, Voorhees, NJ 08043.
Tickets will be mailed to the address shown on the check unless a different address is provided.
Program ads are also available for individuals and organization wishing to show their support. Ad prices range from $250 for a full-page (4.5”w x 7.5”); $140 for a half-page (4.5”w x 3.75”) and $75 for a quarter-page (2.25”w x 3.75”).
Ads should be emailed to [email protected] or attached to the check. The deadline for submitting ad requests is Dec. 31, 2015.
This year, the Voorhees Community Service Awards Dinner sponsors include Bowman and Company LLP (Gold Sponsor); Columbia Bank and Virtua (Silver Sponsors); Hardenbergh Insurance Group, Center for Neurological and Neurodevelopmental Health (CNNH) and Tutoring Club of Voorhees/Cherry Hill (Bronze Sponsors); and the Voorhees Sun (Media Sponsor.) Additional sponsorship opportunities are available and organizations are encouraged to contact Event Chairman Mark Schott at (856) 772–3384 or Club Treasurer Nick Colanzi at (856) 435–6200
Proceeds from the Annual Community Awards Dinner benefit the Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club’s numerous local and international service projects. Chartered in 2001, The Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club works with numerous community organizations — Voorhees Elementary and Middle Schools, Eastern High School, Voorhees Pediatric Center, Voorhees Relay for Life, Ronald McDonald House and The Cathedral Kitchen, to name a few, contributing their time and energies to countless community service projects including Thanksgiving baskets, dictionaries, school supplies, an annual Voorhees Easter Egg Hunt and more. Internationally, the Club participates in the Polio Plus program targeting eradication of Polio worldwide; and lends support to an orphanage in Santo Domingo — as well as clean water projects in developing nations.
For more information about the Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club or The Voorhees Annual Community Service Awards Dinner, including sponsorship opportunities, please contact Chairman Mark Schott at (856) 772–3384 or Club Treasurer Nick Colanzi at (856) 435–6200.
