Health & Fitness
UNITED WAY OF OCEAN COUNTY HONORS 20 LOCAL INDIVIDUALS FOR EXAMPLARY VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE
On Thursday, April 24, more than 125 people came out to Hemingway’s Café in Seaside Heights in support of 20 local individuals that were honored by the United Way of Ocean County during the 2014 Young Altruistic Professional (YAP) Awards.
The fifth annual edition of the awards recognized area residents ages 18-to-39 for their outstanding work as “Full-Time Professionals, Part-Time Heroes” and their exemplary dedication to service and volunteerism in Ocean County.
The 2014 class of YAP honorees were as follows:
- Natalie Aftanis, Let's Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K
- Amanda Bines, United States Navy
- Adam Boudreau, United States Navy
- Ed Burke, The People's Pantry
- Courtney Chibbaro, The People's Pantry
- Kathryn Colhoun, Ocean Partnership for Children, Inc.
- Danielle DeRosa, CASA of Ocean County
- Daniel Goresh, East Dover Volunteer Fire Company
- Christy Holtzapple, Exelon Oyster Creek
- Lea Impagliazzo, Exelon Oyster Creek
- Jane Kleber, Let's Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K
- Joseph Kostecki, Borough of South Toms River
- Dawn Leiser, CASA of Ocean County
- Jamie Pawlowski, Shore2Recover
- Emily Raleigh, The Smart Girls Group
- Brooke Salvanto, The Tuckerton Seaport
- Catherine Snyder, Let’s Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K
- Chloe Snyder, Let's Get Sandy Run for a Cause 5K
- Joanne Sofield, Pinelands Regional High School
- Dina Vicari, R.C. Shea & Associates
“We were inspired by this year’s amazing group of Young Altruistic Professionals (YAP) winners and thank them for dedicating their personal time to making Ocean County a better place for their neighbors,” said Linda Gyimoty, Executive Director of United Way of Ocean County.
About United Way of Ocean County (UWOC)
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UWOC is an independent affiliate of United Way Worldwide, and is focused on advancing the common good by providing better opportunities for all. Through funds raised in workplace campaigns, fundraising events, foundation grant submissions, and gifts from local community leaders, UWOC funds the network of programs that can best address the education, income, and health-related issues in Ocean County – or provides the leadership to launch new initiatives that will. To learn more, visit www.uwocnj.org. Follow us on Facebook at United Way of Ocean County on Twitter @UnitedWayOcean and on Instagram @UWOcean.
