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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 6, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3a <br />SUBJECT: North Carolina Governor's Awards and Orange County Volunteer Reco nition <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />List of County Recipients of the N.C. Jerry Passmore, 245-2000 <br />Governor's Volunteer Award Kathy Porter, 968-2054 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize the North Carolina Governor's Volunteer Award Recipients from <br />Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Governor's Volunteer Award Program has existed since <br />1979. This award program showcases North Carolina's most outstanding volunteers across the <br />state. Each North Carolina county selects five individuals, businesses, and/or groups to be <br />recognized for their outstanding contributions to their communities. One of the five recipients is <br />also nominated to receive the NC Outstanding Volunteer Medallion and represents Orange <br />County at the Governor's presentation luncheon. <br />The Department on Aging Director and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Division <br />administered Orange County's awards process for outstanding volunteers for 2008. During the <br />summer, nominations for the awards were advertised and fifteen nominations were received. A <br />panel of judges picked the finalists and nominated one of them for the Medallion Award. This <br />information was forwarded to the Governor's Office for its final selection of the top 20 <br />outstanding volunteers in North Carolina. <br />The Board will recognize the five Governor's Award winners with the reading of a short <br />biography for each regarding their volunteer service. Each winner will be presented with the <br />N.C. Volunteer Award certificate, a congratulatory letter signed by the Governor, and an <br />Outstanding Volunteer recognition pin. <br />The Clerk's Office will update Orange County's "Governor's Volunteer Awards" plaques which <br />are displayed in both southern and northern Orange County throughout the year with the 2008 <br />winners' names. This year's winners in alphabetical order and including their nominating <br />organization are: <br />Sue Battle, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools -Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate <br />Debbie Finn, Orange County Rape Crisis Center <br />Orange County Hummingbirds 4-H Club <br />Lee Pavao, Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau <br />Patricia Taylor, UNC Hospice <br />