Peninsula Chapter Awards

The 51st annual Peninsula Humanitarian Awards Dinner took place on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the Newport News Marriott at City Center.

Under the leadership of Dinner Co-Chairs Bill Downey (President & CEO, Riverside Health System) and Charlie Hill (President & Co-Founder, Hampton Roads Prostate Health Forum; Co-Founder, Community Free Clinic of Newport News), the following individuals and organization were honored:

HUMANITARIAN AWARDS

Joshua M. David
Katherine S. Edwards
Andrew T. “Tom” Olaisen
Jeffery O. Smith
Alexis N. Swann

DISTINGUISHED MERIT CITATION

One Hundred Black Men of America, Inc., Virginia Peninsula Chapter

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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 Citation recognizes corporations or community organizations for their humanitarian work.

Thank you to the 2019 Humanitarian Award Dinner Supporters:

Humanitarian Level Supporters

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Benefactor Level Supporter

• Wells Fargo

Corporate Level Supporters

• Adrian Builders Group, LLC

• Cox Communications

• Ferguson Enterprises

• Hampton University

• Old Point National Bank

• PBMares, LLP

• Pomoco Auto Group

• Riverside Health System

• Sentara CarePlex Hospital

• United Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula

Table Level Supporters

• The Abbitt Family Foundation

• An Achievable Dream

• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula and United Way of the Virginia Peninsula

• Brown Edwards

• City of Newport News

• David, Kamp & Frank, L.L. C.

• DTSV

• Economic Development Authority of the City of Hampton

• Economic Development Authority of the City of Newport News

• ESS

• Friends of Josh David

• Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia

• Gourmet Services

• Hampton City Schools

• Ashby C. Kilgore

• KPMG LLP

• Langley Federal Credit Union

• Mid-Atlantic Commercial

• Muslim Communities of Hampton Roads

• Newport News Public Schools

• Newport News Shipbuilding

• Patten, Wornom, Hatten, & Diamonstein, LC

• Pepsi Beverages Company

• Bill Saunders

• Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Temple

• SunTrust Bank

• Thomas Nelson Community College

• Thomas Nelson Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.

• TowneBank

• Union Bank & Tust

• United & Empowered Care Inc.

• Virginia Air & Space Center

• W. M. Jordan Company, Inc.

• Zel Technologies, LLC

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

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