Honoree 2015 – Denise Perez

Congrats to Denise Perez for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Denise Perez

Nominating Organization:  Council on Aging – Orange County

Honoree Category:  Human and Community

Why Nominated:  I would like to nominate Denise Perez for the Spirit of Volunteerism Award. Denise has been a volunteer for our Friendly Visitor Program at the Council on Aging-OC for the past year and a half. She began as a student intern providing reassurance calls to lonely seniors in our program. Denise is very quick at listening for potential unmet needs our clients may have and provide them with community resources. After her internship Denise remained as a volunteer providing home visits. By providing these home visits Denise has been able to help reduce her friend’s depression, anxiety, and isolation. Denise’s cultural competence and dedication to help seniors in our community has made her a great asset to our program. I feel privileged to have such a wonderful volunteer in my program. This is why I am nominating Denise for the Spirit of Volunteerism Award.

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Honoree 2015 – Clarise Hoffman

Congrats to Clarise Hoffman for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Clarise Hoffman

Nominating Organization:  Brookhurst Volunteers

Honoree Category:  Human & Community

Why Nominated:  Clarise has been a volunteer at Brookhurst Center for over 21 years. At 90 years of age she now drives from Corona for us. We could not ask for a more dedicated person.
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Honoree 2015 – Andrew Luu

Congrats to Andrew Luu for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Andrew Luu

Nominating Organization:  OneOC

Honoree Category:  Human & Community

Why Nominated:  Andrew’s determination and dedication has been an amazing asset to OneOC’s Disaster Cadre. There is no doubt in my mind that, with all of his hard work, he will leave a legacy here at OneOC! He is an innovator who spearheads big ideas and sees them through! He keeps the team dreaming; yet he keeps us focused and motivated!

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Honoree 2015 – Terry Waldon

Congrats to Terry Waldon  for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Terry Waldon

Nominating Organization:  OneOC

Honoree Category:  Human & Community

Why Nominated:  Over and over, Terry goes above and beyond the call of duty in his volunteer work with the Disaster Cadre. Not only has his expertise helped to guide me in the right direction, but he provides the rest of the Cadre with incredible training and expertise guidance, as well. The Cadre wouldn’t be the Cadre without Terry! His dedication is unwavering – even when challenges or difference of opinions arise! He is sometimes a rock in a raging river and we can always count on him.

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Honoree 2015 – Noah Daniels

Congrats to Noah Daniels for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Noah Daniels

Nominating Organization:  Wells Fargo Dealer Services

Honoree Category:  Law Enforcement

Why Nominated:  Noah has been involved with the Explorer program since he himself was an Explorer starting at age 13. Now a full-time Police Officer with the LaHabra police department, Noah volunteers his time with their Explorer program. As a leader in the Explorer program, Noah volunteers over 200 hours a year to help train and mentor young men and women as they explore a career in law enforcement. He is dedicated to these young people and encourages them to strive for excellence in all that they do. Noah is also a member of the Friends of North County SWAT team and a newlywed. Even though he has a full plate, he is commited to the LaHabra Police department and the programs that they support.

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Honoree 2015 – Evan Zepfel

Congrats to Evan Zepfel for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Evan Zepfel

Nominating Organization:  PAAMCO

Honoree Category:  Corporate

Why Nominated:  Evan led PAAMCO’s volunteer day last summer at Second Harvest Food Bank. Over 140 employee volunteers and their families, packaged food in the warehouse and in Izzy’s Corner. Through his leadership and planning, PAAMCO employees gave back to the community and helped Orange County families in need.

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Honoree 2015 – Angela Tindall

Congrats to Angela Tindall for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Angela Tindall

Nominating Organization:  PAAMCO

Honoree Category:  Corporate

Why Nominated:  Angie has been a valuable contributor to all of PAAMCO’s volunteer events and food/fund drives. She started PAAMCO’s successful annual volunteer day, an event which all employees look forward to giving back to the community every summer.

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Honoree 2015 – Ernesto Rodriguez

Congrats to Ernesto Rodriguez for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Ernesto Rodriguez

Nominating Organization:  PAAMCO

Honoree Category:  Corporate

Why Nominated:  Ernesto has played a large role in the success of PAAMCO’s annual food and fund drives. This past year he lead a team to a record-breaking donation total. He goes above and beyond, bringing employees together and helping provide food and personal items to Orange County families in need.

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Honoree 2015 – Nikki Dao

Congrats to Nikki Dao for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Nikki Dao

Nominating Organization:  PAAMCO

Honoree Category:  Corporate

Why Nominated:  Nikki has gone above and beyond in helping plan and coordinate the logistics for PAAMCO’s annual employee volunteer day. Her assistance helped employee volunteers make a big impact at a local food distribution warehouse.

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Honoree 2015 – Jennifer Barlow

Congrats to Jennifer Barlow for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Jennifer Barlow

Nominating Organization:  PAAMCO

Honoree Category:  Corporate

Why Nominated:  Jennifer spearheads several of PAAMCO’s volunteer and non-profit fundraising efforts. She organizes and rallies volunteers to participate in community-wide service projects throughout the year, from beautifying local parks and schools to picking up trash on beaches along our coast.

She also leads PAAMCO’s annual giving efforts towards food banks, clothing drives and holiday gift giving.

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Honoree 2015 – Donna Bustos

Congrats to Donna Bustos for being honored as an outstanding community volunteer!

Name:  Donna Bustos

Nominating Organization:  Greenberg Gross

Honoree Category:  Human & Community

Why Nominated:  SELF, a program designed to help underprivileged high school students become motivated for college and which prepares them for professional jobs through a paid summer internship.

Donna is also a mentor is the Hispanic 100 program since 2014. The Hispanic 100’s objective is to provide a conduit for young, goal-driven Latino’s between the ages of 18 and 24 to become successful business and civic leaders by establishing mentoring relationships between them and Hispanic professionals.

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