AWARDS: Mayo Lester Community Service AwardThe Mayo Lester Community Service Award was the first annual program established by the Chamber of Commerce. Given annually to an individual who has excelled in community services to Putnam County, the award was named after one of the Chamber's founding members and the first Chairman, the late Mayo Lester.
To receive the award an individual's personal attributes and contributions to the community may include, but not be limited to:
- Personal involvement in county-wide or local civic improvement projects.
- Active participation in community organizations.
- Support of a community project(s) and/or organization(s). (Support may include personal involvement or financial contribution, but not necessarily membership in a particular organization.)
- An example of what a citizen and community leader should be in donating time, energy and personal resources for the betterment of their community.
- Showing some degree of personal sacrifice for an organization or toward the accomplishment of a community project.
Current Recipient: Jacquelin Chaney
PAST RECIPIENTS
1979 Mayo Lester 1980 Paul Jackson 1981 David Hofstetter 1982 Leff Moore 1983 Sally Holliday 1984 Bill G. Deel 1985 J. A. McClanahan 1986 Florence Sprouse 1987 Irene Ghiz 1988 Dr. Roy Alford 1989 Jack Kessler and Laeuna Erwin 1990 Norma Gatens 1991 Frank Addington, Jr. 1992 Robert O'Dell 1993 Ernest Page 1994 Raymond Peak 1995 Gayle Vest 1996 Pat & Lovell McDonald 1997 Karen Lilly 1998 Bobbie Hill 1999 Franklin Gritt, Jr. 2000 Steve & Diane Parks 2001 Martha Cook Carter 2002 Leff Moore 2003 Greg Eiler and Sally Blessing 2004 Wayne Bennett 2005 Tim and Melissa Meeks 2006 Oshel Craigo 2007 Jacquelin Chaney
Current Mayo Lester Award Recipient
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