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08/25/2015 04:00 PMOnce again, the winners of the 2015 Beacon Awards have exceeded expectations. The event itself, to be held Thursday, Oct. 8, will for the third year honor shoreline Samaritans nominated by their peers.
A multitude of residents from across the shoreline nominated dozens of worthwhile candidates, making for a very difficult task for the Beacon Awards Selection Committee. The Beacon Awards are a way for the Harbor News and its sister publications to recognize a few of the outstanding individuals who selflessly step up to help fulfill the shoreline community’s promise as a place of wellbeing, opportunity, and safety for all.
While we have again selected just 15 of these generous individuals for the Beacon Award, the gala event itself, held at presenting sponsor Water’s Edge Resort & Spa on Thursday, Oct. 8, has grown significantly.
“We started the Beacon Awards because we are constantly talking to people who are so inspiring. We wanted a big way to say thank you to the people that make our towns so great,” said Harbor News/Zip06 Publisher Robyn Collins. “Now in our third year, we are grateful to witness how many people our readers want to recognize. The Beacon Awards are the type of event that you attend to say thank you to these people in person, and you leave inspired and full of hope for what can be done for the world within our small communities.”
Tickets ($55) for the red carpet gala, which includes dinner, music, silent auction (to benefit the awardees’ organizations of choice), and a video presentation honoring the recipients, go on sale Monday, Aug. 31 at www.beaconawardsct.com.
Sponsors to date are Presenting Sponsor Water’s Edge Resort & Spa, Award Sponsor Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Guilford Savings Bank, Advanced Office Systems, Swan Funeral Homes, Kia of Old Saybrook, Tower Labs, Vein Center of CT, V.F. McNeil Insurance, Shumack Construction, Big Prints, Riggio’s, Vista Vocational, Middlesex Primary Care, and Essex Savings Bank.
Sponsorships are still available; for more info email beaconawards@shorepublishing.com or visit www.beaconawardsct.com.
2015 Beacon Award Winners
Patricia Andriole, Branford
Judy Bannon, Northford
Mary Caruso, North Branford
Wendy Cowles, East Haven
Margaret & Vinny Diglio, Madison
Joe Goldberg, Guilford
Matt & Mary Hally, Branford
Patricia Kral, Guilford
Lisa LeMonte, Old Saybrook
Judy McCusker, Madison
Bill O’Brien, Branford
Theresa Ranciato, North Haven
Miner Vincent, Clinton
Joe Wollack, Old Saybrook
Robert Worrell III, Guilford