Award Winners

2010 Award Winner
Maria Bonitz

Maria Bonitz, is the daughter of David and Rebecca Bonitz of Windber, a member of St. Anthony's Church, All Star Cheerleaders, SADD, numerous other performance and service organizations, and a 2010 graduate of Windber High School. Her service hours consisted of helping with activities at the church, Relay for Life, making and selling hundreds of Hoops for Hope Dream Catchers to raise money for another young person's chemo therapy treatments and organizing a basketball tournament so donations could be made to help with childhood cancer research at Childrens Hospital in Pittsburgh. Some of the events that Maria has organized will continue to be yearly fundraisers to help organization in future years. Maria plans to use her award to help pay for expenses to attend Carlow University and become a nurse.

2010 & 2008 Award Winner
Nicholas Holsopple

Although Nick is just a junior in high school, his list of service and volunteering is extensive. He continues to volunteer time through his participation with the Boy Scouts and his affiliation with St. Anne's Church and has recently added the March of Dimes Walk and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Walk to raise money for those causes. He, also, has been helping a local business man restore his building after it suffered extensive damage after a water line break. Nick is using his award to purchase some of the materials that he needs to make much needed repairs and beautify the very old and neglected Keim Cemetery in his community.

2010 Award Winner
Juliann Hudak

Julian Hudak is the daughter of Edward and Kimberly Roberts Hudak of Windber, a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society, SADD, Windber Research Institute Team, Relay for Life and a 2010 graduate of Windber High School. Her service and volunteering time has been both locally and internationally because she enjoys working with the elderly clients at an assisted living facility, raising money by participating in Crop Walks, teaching Bible School as well as serving on two missions trips to Peru and Haiti. Juliann wants to use her award to help defray costs to participate in another mission trip to Haiti and further her education.

2009 Award Winner
Emily Spinos

Emily Spinos is the daughter of Greg & Karen Spinos of Windber, a member of the Moxham Church of the Brethren and a graduate of Windber High School. Her volunteer service includes numerous hours helping with blood drives at school, serving as an acolyte, helping in the church nursery, social and community functions, assisting with jr. church, visiting nursing home residents, bringing meals or gifts to those in need, and doing chores and running errands for those needing a helping hand. She used her award to become licensed as a nurse anesthetist.

2008 Award Winner
Amanda Ream

Amanda Ream is the daughter of John & Karen Ream of Johnstown and a graduate of Richland High School. She volunteered with Golden Girls Pet Therapy Days at hospitals and nursing homes, as well as numerous fund raising activities. She used her award toward her education in Nursing.

2008 Award Winner
Ashley Weinzierl

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2008 Award Winners
Nickolas Holsopple, Peter Von Lunen and Stephen Ketner

Nick Holsopple, Peter Von Lunen & Peter Ketner scouts of Davidsville Troop 114 who served their community by participating on clean up days at Camp Harmony, volunteering at food drives, Memorial Day services and local fire department fish fries, as well as performing maintenance, up keep and restoration at Union Cemetery in Davidsville. They used their awards toward the purchase of a new trailer for the storage and transportation of troop equipment and supplies to and from their many outings and service projects.

2007 Award Winner
Michael Muir

Michael Muir is the son of John & Sally Muir of Hollsopple and a graduate of Conemaugh Township High School. He served as a counselor at Camp PARC and was a volunteer for Special Olympics, Comemaugh Twp. elementary basketball camp, Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army. He used his award for college expenses in the field of Architectural Engineering.

2007 Award Winner
Angela Nealen

Angela Nealen is the daughter or Theodore & Susan Nealen of Nicktown and a graduate of Bishop Carroll High School. She volunteers by coaching basketball, mentoring through the Outdoor Odyssey Program, serves as a member of the diocesan youth ministry committees and participates in numerous other school and church activities. She used her award to further her education in the field of chemical engineering.

2006 Award Winner
Eric Wentz

Eric Wentz is the son of Mark & Pamela Wentz of Johnstown and a graduate of Ferndale High School. He served countless hours of missionary work throughout California, Philadelphia, DC, Indiana and locations in Johnstown. Eric sent us this note of how he used his award. "I just wanted to thank you once again for setting up your foundation and allowing me the honor of receiving your funds. . . I will be leaving for a five week trip to Germany. Thanks to you I was able to afford a plane ticket for this trip. This is truly a dream come true for me. I've always wanted to go to Europe. . . I will be staying with our former exchange student and his family. He has many relatives and friends living around Europe so I will have the opportunity to see many things. . . We will be going to the Alps to visit his aunt and celebrate her 50th birthday and going to Paris for a couple of days. I'm so excited about Paris because I'm going to Millersville University to major in French Education. Thank you so much for granting me the opportunity to see the world and improve my German and French skills. It will greatly benefit my future."