The United Way of Western Connecticut has announce the people who will be honored as Hometown Heroes at its 4th Annual Hometown Heroes Benefit Dinner on December 2nd. New this year are Emerging Hero Awards, which will be awarded to area high school-aged youth who demonstrate strong leadership in volunteerism and community service. Nominees were selected based on several criteria, including achievement, action, commitment, impact and initiative.
HOMETOWN HEROES
Bethel: Mary Korin
Bridgewater: Wendy and Richard Jones
Brookfield: Julie Osborne Blick
Danbury: Celia Bacelar-Palmares, Emanuela Palmares, Angela Barbosa (Tribuna Newspaper and The New American Dream Foundation)
New Fairfield: Noah Alviti
Newtown: Dorrie Carolan
New Milford: Dawn Hammacott
Ridgefield: Ridgefield Thrift Shop Volunteers
Roxbury: Stuart Daly, Alice Daly, Cindy Winton-Bunting, Little Britches Therapeutic Riding
Sherman: Ted Hollander
Washington: Mary Anne Greene
EMERGING HEROES
Alexandra Schulman (Bethel High School)
Ahjeetha Shankar of Brookfield (High School)
Kendra Dascano (Immaculate High School)
Jeremy Perillo (New Fairfield High School)
Gabriel Locke of Newtown (Henry Abbott Technical High School)
Rajinder Kandhari (New Milford High School)
Lucia Gorman of Redding (Joel Barlow High School)
Zoe Butchen (Ridgefield High School)
Avery Putnam of Sherman (New Fairfield High School)
