There is something very special about the service awards handed out to local leaders by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation (MSCF) each year. While many organizations offer similar honors to the area’s very best volunteers, it’s rare to find a bestower who knows more about their recipients than the region’s leading community foundation.
In fact, MSCF makes it their business of knowing what is happening in their five county service area (Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot counties) and who is doing it, as part of their larger mission to improve the lives and health of their residents. And it is with this special perspective that many have come to see the MSCF annual awards lunch as such a great moment for the Mid-Shore.
The Spy, in partnership with MCTV, decided it was worth sharing the awards ceremony at Chesapeake College in its entirety to understand better how important this recognition is for the honorees and the community as a whole.
This year, Albert Gipe, Catherine Poe, JoRhea Nagel Wright, and Rob Collison were acknowledged in Caroline Hall on campus while the a special recognition award was given to Dr. Karen Couch of Kent County Public Schools. MSCF president Buck Duncan served as master of ceremonies.
This video is approximately 40 minutes in length and is produced in cooperation with the Avalon Foundation.
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