Community Award Recipients
Since 1982, the Junior League of Columbus has presented an annual Community Award to outstanding women in the community who, through their volunteer involvement and support of voluntarism, have made a significant impact in our community. The purposes of the awards are to acknowledge the meaningful accomplishments of women in our community and to motivate and inspire Junior League members by presenting outstanding role models of community service.
Our past recipients include:
- 1982
- Mary Bishop
- Dorothy Burchfield
- Cecilia Cullman
- Dorothy Reynolds
- 1983
- Mary Lowder
- Ruth Mount
- Sara Neikirk
- Nancy Strause
- Les Wright
- 1984
- Mimi Chenfeld
- Myrna Kobre
- Diane Poulton
- 1985
- Phyllis Green
- Judith Kitchen
- Carole Williams
- Grayce Williams
- 1986
- Lou Briggs
- Loretta Heard
- Ann Lowder
- Jean Riley
- 1987
- Margaret Frost
- Bonnie Parish
- 1988
- Susan Roy
- Paula Spence
- Gertrude Tyree
- 1989
- Elsie Blount
- Edith Poling
- Catherine Willis
- 1990
- Teresa Dowd
- Mary Evans
- Judith Fountain
- 1991
- Suzanne Fahey
- Janet Fenholti
- Dr. JoAnne Milburn
- Floradelle Pfahl
- 1992
- Patricia Cash
- Sally Ann Davidson
- 1996
- Hope Taft
- 1998
- JoAnn Davis
- 1999
- Yvette McGee Brown
- 2000
- Heather Hague
- 2001
- Janet Jackson
- 2002
- Yvonne Bell
- 2003
- Cathy Nelson
- 2004
- Kathy Espy
- 2005
- Sherry Lyons
- 2006
- Ann Pizzuti
- 2007
- Marcia White
- 2008
- Charleta Tavares
- 2009
- Betsy Owen
- 2010
- Nancy Heller
- 2012
- Maria Durant
- 2013
- Rachel Muha
- 2016
- SON Ministries
- 2017
- AEP
- 2018
- Amy Kavelaras
- 2019
- Katrina de los Santos
- 2020
- Peggy Hedden
- 2022
- Dirty Franks Hot Dog Place
- Keith Shannon
- 2023
- Kim Eckhart