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Award
Winners
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2008 Award
Winner
Ashley Weinzierl
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information unavailable to date)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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." |
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