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The 57th Lynchburg Humanitarian Awards Dinner takes place on Thursday, May 22, 2025. 

Dr. Owen C. Cardwell, Jr. is the honorary chair of the 2025 Humanitarian Awards Dinner where we will recognize:

Humanitarian Awards

Chris M. Boswell
James E. Coleman, Jr.
Carl B. Hutcherson, Jr.
Priscilla M. Liggon

Distinguished Merit Award

Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature Center

The Humanitarian Award of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities is presented to those individuals who have demonstrated a personal commitment to the promotion of respect and understanding among people of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds.  On occasion, the organization may bestow the Jeffrey B. Spence Award for Interfaith Understanding to individuals who have conducted exceptional work in the area of interfaith understanding. The Distinguished Merit Award recognizes corporations or community organizations for their humanitarian work.

Thank you to the 2024 Humanitarian Award Dinner Supporters:

Humanitarian Level Supporter

CENTRA

Benefactor Level Supporters

 • Bank of the James

 • BWX Technologies, Inc.

•  Dodson Pest Control

• Richard & Robin Loving

Corporate Level Supporters

• Boyd Family & Friends

Fleet Laboratories

Foster Fuels

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Jamerson-Lewis Construction, Inc.

John Stewart Walker, Inc.

• KVA Foundation

Lynchburg Beacon of Hope

Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation

• Randolph College

•  Truist

Table Level Supporters

Amazement Square

• Bill Bodine & Friends

Central Virginia Community College

First Christian Church

Framatome

• Friends of Chal Nunn

Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation

• Laura Lacy Hamilton – Family & Friends

• George Hurt & Friends 

• Bob & Donna Leveque

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Lynchburg Academy of Medicine

Lynchburg City Schools

Lynchburg Community Action Group

• Muriel Mickles – Family & Friends 

Moore & Giles Inc.

• Chal Nunn – Family & Friends

Park View Community Mission

• Leslie and Kimball Payne

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

• Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Proctor III

• Kathryn and Richard Pumphrey

The Red Chair Group

Roads to Recovery, Inc.

Scott Insurance

• Verna Sellers – Family & Friends

St. John’s Episcopal Church

University of Lynchburg

• The Valentine Family

Wells Fargo

Westminster Canterbury

• Councilman Sterling A. Wilder and Jubilee Center

Wiley|Wilson

• Wonder Women & Friends

YMCA of Central Virginia

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Lynchburg Chapter

 

Past Humanitarian Awards

Past Honorees
a listing of all past honorees with Biographies (as available)

Past Dinner Chairs
a listing of all past dinner chairs

Reservations

To make a reservation:  

  • By check or invoice: print out the Reply Card (available at end of March), complete all information, and mail it to VCIC (address on reverse of reply card)
  • By credit card: Use the form below or visit our registration site Note: all fees are passed on to registrant
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