Reno woman honored with Jefferson Award
Yi Chen was doing volunteer work in Hong Kong last May when a powerful earthquake struck...
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| Rex Baggett, November 2008
Doctor Rex Baggett is a retired physician who spends his time volunteering at the Ross Clinic in Carson City.
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Pedro Kinner, October 2008
There s one bear who s a welcome sight every day at zephyr cove elementary school and tonight we honor him with the Jefferson award for community service, that s Pedro Kinner underneath the bear costume. He's there to greet students every morning and make sure they get to school safely.
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| Jeff Weitzman, August 2008
Jeff Weitzman is the assistant track coach at Bishop Manogue High School and because he overcomes his pain every day to help out our kids, we honor him with the Jefferson Award for community service.
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Candy Rooney, May 2008
Candy Rooney is the librarian at Scarselli Elementary School in Gardnerville. She s been there since it opened 20 years ago. She's very involved with her students. She teaches them everything from the importance of reading to lessons about Earth Day and the environment. We caught up Ms. Rooney as she was working with some pre-schoolers.. Putting together presents for Mother s Day.
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| Molly Gardner, Feb.2008
Molly Gardner is the February Jefferson Award winner. She is a member of the Great Basin Basket Makers group. Along with making baskets, the group recently made a big donation of clothing and other items to the new women's homeless shelter in Reno...
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Linda Patterson, March 2008
Linda Patterson volunteers 40 hours a week at the Hosanna Home shelter for homeless women. Patterson worked to remodel the home and get it ready to serve women in the Truckee Meadows community.
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| Mary Bonno, Nov. 2007
Lori Mooney was on a kidney transplant list for three years waiting for the right donor to come along who could save her life. That donor turned out to be Mary Bonno, a lab technician at the Reno VA hospital. The two women live thousands of miles apart. Lori lives in Connecticut, and Mary lives in Reno...
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Jefferson Awards
Bill Horn, April 2007
Bill Horn of Incline Village is the Jefferson Award winner for the month of April for his efforts to help young students learn. Every Friday Horn visits Ms. Humasti's third grade class at Incline Village Elementary School and helps them learn to read. Students say they notice a difference when he's there...
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Courtney Bell, April 2008
