Each February, Child Advocates of Fort Bend celebrates its incredible volunteers with a beautiful dinner and tribute. Volunteers are recognized with special awards including CASA Volunteer of the Year, CAC Volunteer of the Year, Event Volunteer of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award and many others. The capstone of the evening is the Child Advocates of Fort Bend’s Volunteer of the Year. All volunteers are recognized for their hours and years of service. Always a wonderful evening, join us this year to pay tribute to those special everyday heroes who do so much to change the lives of children who have been abused and neglected.
Volunteer Recognition
We hold our Volunteer Appreciation Banquet annually to recognize volunteers and thank them for their service. At our dinner on February 14, 2017, we recognized the following volunteers for exceptional service in 2016.
The 2017 Child Advocate of the Year is Carrie Fix.
Other award recipients included:
H-E-B
Community Partner of the Year
Dorothy Huang
CAC Volunteer of the Year
Margie Adolph
CASA Co-Volunteer of the Year
Sue Crookson
CASA Co-Volunteer of the Year
Jamayne Carter
Professional of the Year
Colleen Fox
Event Volunteer of the Year
James Steenbergen
Voices for Children Ambassador of the Year
Suzy Morton
Mariel Barrera Champion for Children
photos courtesy of Sue Lockwood
Volunteer Award Recipients
Child Advocate of the Year
2017 Carrie Fix
2016 Dana Clement
2015 Sylviane Hoare
2014 Sue & Jim Lockwood
2013 Tom & Kathy Brauen
2012 Geri Brecker
2011 Pat Somers
2010 Joan Soland
2009 Pam Collins
2008 Pat & Janice King
2007 Ruthanne Mefford
2006 Doug Mueller
2005 Bob Bennett
2004 Bob Brown
2003 Peggy Jackson
2002 Tom & Christine DeLay
2001 Connie Van Dyke
2000 Richard Early
1999 Dee Koch
1998 Judge Thomas Stansbury
1997 John Healey
CASA Volunteer of the Year
2016 Gillian Cooke
2015 Karen Jordin
2014 Mattie Ford
2013 Jennifer Montgomery
2012 Susan Davis
2011 Cathy Barrett
2010 Justine Spath
2009 Mary Allen & Shirley Brown
2008 Paula Gibson
2007 Arleen Kluepfel
2006 Pam Collins
2005 Kathy Eyring & Anne Davis
2004 Kathy Brauen & Rosanne Boczar
2003 Tom & Bobbie Sherrill
2002
2001 Louise Ramsey
2000 Beverly Stegall
1999 Kathy Turner & Dawn Meador
1998 Beth Camacho, Linda Schmidlin & Cheri Zarzecki
1997 Michelle Camilli & Georgie Roenigk
1996 Marsena Alley & Dianne Wuensch
1995 Linda Schroen & Donna Gilmore
1994 Shirley Cross
CAC Volunteer of the Year
2016 Jenny Joseph
2015 Louie the Poodle & Margaret Proctor
2014 Steve McDonough
2013 Rebecca Deal
2012 Susan Prickett
2011 Jenifer Williams
2010 Mary Alice Grover
2009 Patsy Carpentar
2008 Justine Spath
2007 Nancy Hockaday
2006 Kira Halcarz
2005 Shelia Boyt
2004 Gerri Brecker
2003 Janice King
2002
2001 Margie Bodemuller
2000 Beverly Stegall
1999 Nancy Hockaday
1998 Gerri Brecker
Community Partner of the Year
2016 Knights of Columbus – St. Angela Merici
2015 Del Webb
2014 Charles & Candy Leigh
2013 Fort Bend Junior Service League
2012 Sugar Land Exchange Club
2011 Brian Covault, Texas Community Referral Network
2010 Pamela Printing
2009 Fluor
2008 George Foundation
2007 Fort Bend Junior Service League
2006 St. Laurence Catholic Church
2005 Judge Bass
Professional of the Year
2016 Jarrett Nethery
2015 Stacey Mitchell
2014 Lisa Gregg
2013 Mike Hartman
2012 Donna Quackenbush
2011 Carolyn Childers
2010 Rose Mary Schulze
2009 Kathy Black & Marshia Cox
2008 Marjorie Hancock
2007 Carol Thesing
2006 Suzy Morton
2005 Kathy Johnson
2004 Mary Spilman
2003
2002 Cathy Fisher
2001 Diana Adams
2000 Kevin Brownlee
Event Volunteer of the Year
2016 Lori Renfrow
2015 Mimi Zaybak
2014 Jenny Joseph
2013 Pam Collins
2012 Mary Favre
2011 Robert Wolter & Paul Yasilli
2010 Irene Wisner
