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The 60th annual Tidewater Humanitarian Awards Celebration takes place on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Under the leadership of Celebration Chair, Sandra Porter Leon, the following individuals and organization will be honored:

HUMANITARIAN AWARDS 2024

Humanitarian Awards

Thomas Brandl
Don Comer, Jr.
Susan S. Goode
Laura Geringer Gross
Iris J. Lundy
Michael R. Toliver

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 2023 Humanitarian Awards Supporters:

Humanitarian Level Supporters

Benefactor Level Supporter

•S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.

Corporate Level Supporters

• Birdsong Corporation

• City of Norfolk

• Ann Nusbaum

• Operation Smile

• Palace Shops and Station

• TowneBank

• Virginia Wesleyan University

Ambassador Level Supporters

• Cape Henry Collegiate

• Checkered Flag

• Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters

• Chrysler Museum of Art

• Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
THE Car Crash Experts

• Dominion Energy

• The George & Grace Dragas Family Foundation

• Eastern Virginia Medical School

• Hampton Roads Community Foundation

• Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

• Sandra & Miles Leon

• Norfolk Academy

• Norfolk Airport Authority

• Norfolk Collegiate School

• Norfolk State University

• Ohef Sholom Temple

• Old Dominion University

• The Port of Virginia

• Rose & Womble Chandler Property Management, LLC

• S L Nusbaum Insurance Agency Inc. & Charles S. Nusbaum | Beth Nusbaum Curtiss

• Smithfield Foods

• Southern Bank

• Tidewater Community College

• Virginia Arts Festival

• Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay

• Williams Mullen / Bill & Sharon Nusbaum

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

2024 Invitation

To make a reservation:

By check or invoice: print out the Reply Card (TBA), complete all information, and mail it to VCIC
Online: Use the form below or visit our registration site Note: all fees are passed on to registrant