Monmouth County Park Volunteers Honored

COLTS NECK, NJ — Monmouth County park volunteers were honored Sunday at Hominy Hill Golf Course in Colts Neck.

Throughout the year, 997 people volunteered a total of 23,294 hours assisting the Park System with recreation programs, special events and park facilities. At the Sunday event, the Park System staff honored 152 volunteers who gave over 40 hours in the past year.

Gerry Lingner of Long Branch and Alex Osnato of North Middletown each gave over 3,000 hours and James Henry of Lincroft crossed the 9,000 hours mark. Henry is a dedicated volunteer who gives his time freely, gardening in several parks, helping lead the Trails Team, and assisting with volunteer training and at numerous event throughout the year. Pictured above are, from left to right, Park System Coordinator of Volunteers Tracy Shiffman, Alex Osnato, Gerry Lingner, Park System Public Information Officer Karen Livingstone, and James Henry.

Volunteers act as historic interpreters and demonstrators at Historic Longstreet Farm and Historic Walnford, serve as leaders on bus trips to sporting and cultural events, and assist in offices. They are invaluable to the Park System’s therapeutic horseback riding program by assisting riders during individual lessons. Volunteers can also be found acting as docents, participating in beach clean ups, gardening, maintaining trails, and serving as educators in the Beach Nesting Bird Monitor program. They help make special events and races such as WinterFest, the Wind & Sea Festival and the Woods Hollow Bike Race run smoothly as well as assist with programs and camps. The Park System is grateful to each and every one of its volunteers for his or her service.

Volunteers who gave more than 40 hours in 2016 are:

Werner Aehlich, Holmdel
Jodee Anderson, Point Pleasant
Andrew Antoniolli, Brielle
Alyssa Austin, Colts Neck
Jane Banahan, Fair Haven
Catherine Bannon, Lincroft
Paula Belem, Edison
Joan Berg, Lincroft
Paige Biebel, Middletown
Denise Bixby, Howell
Janice Blake, Freehold
Pamela Bluish, Upper Freehold
Sara Bonardi, Middletown
Amanda Bossert, Holmdel
Christine Bremseth, Tinton Falls
Janet Breslin, Jackson
Mitchell Bundschuh, Freehold
Sandy Burn, Red Bank
Mary Byrne, Middletown
Stephanie Camp, Neptune
Monica Cantor, Morganville
Barbara Carroll, Colts Neck
Anne Caruso, Long Branch
Hanna Ceppaluni, Freehold
Elizabeth Clarke, Tinton Falls
Shayna Cohen, Holmdel
Helen Cole, Freehold
Kathleen Culver, Red Bank
Judy Curry-Phipps, Atlantic Highlands
Cody Dalton, Oakhurst
Bethany Darby, Brick
Denise Day, Holmdel
Radhamani Dayanidhi, Tinton Falls
Darlene DeBarba, Fair Haven
Louise DelCollo, Colts Neck
Emma DeSantis, Fair Haven
Barbara Duggan, Freehold
Deborah Elsinger, Shrewsbury
Harvey Evans, Tinton Falls
Kathleen Evans, Tinton Falls
Barbara Finazzo, Jackson
Carol Fornwald, Long Branch
Harden Fowler, Tinton Falls
Kathleen Freeman, Hazlet
Cheryl Fulmer, Freehold
Ruth Gariepy, Hazlet
James Gault, Hazlet
Loma Gault, Hazlet
Trevor Golusinski, Red Bank
Cheryl Greenfield, Freehold
Angelo Grimaldi, Red Bank
Dolores Grimaldi, Red Bank
Erin Gross, Holmdel
Judy Hands, Red Bank
Donna Hansen, Freehold
Kathleen Harbort, Fair Haven
James Henry, Lincroft
Susan Henschel, Neptune
Hope Hershman, Colts Neck
Liz Hespe, Middletown
Amanda Hintelmann, Rumson
Catherine Holler, Holmdel
Lucy Hopkinson, Colts Neck
Karen Kacani, Metuchen
Katie Kalfayan, Morganville
Nadide Karacay, Wall Township
Mary Kardauskas, Arlingtone
Laura Kavanagh, Colts Neck
Roberta Kilduff, Middletown
Kristen Kircher, West Keansburg
Maya Konefal, Lincroft
Sherry Kosberg, Shrewsbury
Michael Kranis, Shrewsbury
Arthur Lackner, Eatontown
Belen Lacosta, Hazlet
Katie Lasko, Morganville
Linda Lawton, Eatontown
Brooke Lichter, Holmdel
Elizabeth Lilleston, Atlantic Highlands
Jeanette Lingelbach, Navesink
Daniel Lingelbach, Navesink
Gerry Lingner, Long Branch
Ulrike Lirosi, Little Silver
Lois Lyons, Tinton Falls
Joy Malysko, Neptune
Gayle Mancari, Long Branch
Ralph Maratea, Lakewood
Nicholas Marrero, Fords
Danielle Martinez, Holmdel
Susan Mazur, Port Monmouth
Alice McCaddin, Ocean
Elaine McColgan, Middletown
Emily McNeill, Colts Neck
Kelly Meade, Clark
Nancy Meagher, Middletown
Amy Meechan, Wall
Anna Meechan, Wall
Catherine Meechan, Wall
Riana Melillo, Lincroft
Richard Merker, Middletown
Catherine Merker, Middletown
Robert Moe, Atlantic Highlands
Benedict Montalbano, Middletown
Bonnie Muir, Long Branch
Eileen Murphy, Red Bank
William Murphy, Red Bank
David Nass, Red Bank
Les Neiman, Belford
Frank Nofi, Manalapan
Madelyn Oliveira, Lincroft
Alex Osnato, North Middletown
Deborah Palumbo, Monmouth Beach
Martha Pineda, Holmdel
Stewart Prince, Matawan
Thomas Puskar, Howell
April Qin, Holmdel
Eileen Reed, Matawan
Anna Maria Riccio-Mandala, Long Branch
Patricia Richter, Red Bank
Joseph Rossi, Long Branch
Linda Rovder, Monmouth Beach
Diana-Lee Salerno, Little Silver
Walter Salzmann, Sea Girt
Ben Sammarco, Colts Neck
Brea Saunders, Laurence Harbor
Kara Sayre, Tinton Falls
Elizabeth Scharmann, Navesink
Patricia Schoenfelder, Keansburg
Alexa Setteducati, Brick
Mary Jeanne Shaughnessy, Ocean Grove
Regina Sieben, Long Branch
Elyse Spinelli, Middletown
Noel Stoll, Aberdeen
Christina Sundt, Red Bank
Margaret Swan, Bricktown
Eleanor Swanson, Long Branch
Dianne Swenson, Highlands
Ellen Terry, Millstone
Shayla Thompson, Cliffwood Beach
Nora Thomson, Lincroft
Margo Thornton, Tinton Falls
Patricia Thul, Eatontown
Michaela Tovar, Lincroft
Daniel Tutler, Belford
Ann Tvaroha, Fair Haven
Anna-Marie Van Brunt, Jackson
Barbara Venanzini, Matawan
Gerald Vernon, Jr., Fair Haven
Elaine Weigl, Barnegat
Nicholas West, Colts Neck
Lewis Whitaker, Howell
Christine Yovnello, Red Bank

To learn about Park System volunteers, please visit www.MonmouthCountyParks.com or call 732-842-4000.