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
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 2019 Humanitarian Award Dinner Supporters:
Humanitarian Level Supporters
Benefactor Level Supporter
Corporate Level Supporters
Table Level Supporters
• The Abbitt Family Foundation
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula and United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
• 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
• Ashby C. Kilgore
• KPMG LLP
• Langley Federal Credit Union
• Muslim Communities of Hampton Roads
• Patten, Wornom, Hatten, & Diamonstein, LC
• Bill Saunders
• Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Temple
• Thomas Nelson Community College
• Thomas Nelson Community College Educational Foundation, Inc.
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
