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2024 Governor's Service Awards Recipients

4/16/2024


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​2024 Governor's Service Awards

Volunteer West Virginia is happy to announce​ that the following individuals and groups were nominated for the 2024 Governor's Service Awards. Congratulations to this year's six recipients, and​ to everyone else who was nominated. Your dedication, hard work, and commitment to service have not gone unnoticed, and it is an honor to recognize you for your outstanding contributions to your community.​ Your passion for serving others has helped to make our state a better place, and your efforts are truly appreciated. ​

2024 Recipients

​​Name
​Category
​Location
​Nominator 
​Isabelle Scarlet Smith-Pounds
​Youth
​Hedgesville
​​Teena Hine ​
​Daniel Pan
​Adult
​Morgantown
​Beena Bhanushali
​Kathy Easley
​Senior
​Bluefield 
​Amanda Farley
​Quenton Northcraft
​Senior
​Wheeling
​Tracey Dickerson
​Band of Brothers 
​Group
​Buckhannon 
​Upshur County Commissions Office 
​Bob and Sharon Selbe
​Group
​Rupert
​​Abigail Spangler 


2024 Nominees 

​Name 
​Category​
​Location 
​​Nominator 
​Emily Carothers 
​Youth 
​Meadow Bridge
​Angelica Carothers
​Vinu Chandrasekar
​Youth 
​Dunbar 
​Jessica Woods
Julia Ann Murdock
​Youth 
​Huntington
​Lori Chinn​
Hannah Tager
​Youth 
​Morgantown
​Nancy Beckner
Mattie Vandale
​Youth 
​South Charleston
​Rita Meadows
​Ella Waters​
​Youth 
​Martinsburg
​Payton Shreve
​G. Tommy Charnie
​Young Adult
​Weirton 
​Marilyn E Charnie​​
​Devin Abe
​Adult
​Paw Paw 
​Robert Dugan
​Kristen Goins
​Adult
​Bluefield
​Jennifer Graham
​Megan Mahoney
​Adult
​Morgantown
​Lila Mangus
​Kristy Jo Martin 
​Adult
​Masontown
​Jo
​Tara Mayson
​Adult
​Martinsburg​
​Alana Linaburg​
​Marina Galvez Peralta
​Adult
​Morgantown
​Bob Britten
​Emily Pertl
​Adult
​Morgantown
​Julie Woolwine 
​Kathryn Simmons
​Adult
​Nitro
​Lila Mangus
​Chealie "Chea" Wilson
​Adult
​Mount Lookout
​Ed Helphinstine
​​Sandra Barkey
Senior 
​​Charleston
Karen P Williams
​​Clair Carowick
​Senior
​Elkins
​Hollie Pritt
Jeff Hayes​
​Senior
​Wheeling
​​Mayor ​Glenn Elliott
​Sherri Hughes
​Senior
​Dunbar 
​Kara Prunty
​Debi McCoy
​Senior
​Bancroft
​Lila Mangus
​Charles "Wayne" Smith
​Senior
​​Elkview
Angela Akers 
​Caryle Snyder
​Senior
​South Charleston 
​Jenny Keener
​Larry Stutler
​Senior
​Culloden
​Alissa Stewart-Sparks
​Belinda Toms
​Senior
​Huttonsville
​​Carol Jo Suder-Howes
​Berry E. Weber
​Senior​
​Bruceton Mills​
​Sharon M. Covert​
​Terri Mehling​Lifetime Achievement
​Charles Town 
Stacy McFarland 
​Judy Schoonover Ritchie
​Lifetime Achievement
​Elkins
Peggy Young Ross
​Randy Weaver
​Lifetime Achievement
​Arthurdale
​Mary Linscheid
​​Blue and Gold Christian Center
​Group
​​Cameron 
Charles Sheedy
​Brownton Helping Hands
​Group
Flemington
Leteah Starkey​
​​Faith in Action of the Greater Kanawha Valley
​Group
​Charleston
​Jennifer Waggener
​Friends of Clay Center
​Group
​Charleston
​Kathy Bush
​New River Animal Rescue (New River Humane Society)
​Group
​Oak Hill
​Mary Legg
​Open Hearts Outreach
​Group
​Beckley 
​Debra Dotson
​Public Defender Services Youth Task Force
​Group
​Charleston
​Mallory Thompson
​Roger and Jeanne Caldwell
​Group
​Huntington 
​Sharon M. Covert
​Sierra Sovine & Matthew Broyles
​Group
​Dunbar
​Tiffany Henson
​Sumner-Ramer Heritage Inc
​Group
​Hedgesville
​Jamila  Jones ​
​Upshur County Trails
​Group
​Buckhannon 
​Upshur County Commissions Office
​​​Volunteers with Meals on Wheels of Randolph County
​Group
​Elkins
​Rhonda Coffman & Donna Ware
​WV Land Trust, Friends of Blackwater, Heart of the Highlands
​Group
​Charleston
​Stephanie Chan 

​WVU Hospitals Healing Hounds
​Group
​Morgantown
​Nancy Beckner
​Wings of Hope Food Resource Program 
​Group
​Princeton 
​Melanie Meadows​



Contact Information

Dana Bryant, Dana.a.bryant@wv.gov