Pictured are United Way of Southern Chautauqua County Volunteers of the Year. Volunteers were nominated by United Way partner agencies.

The United Way of Southern Chautauqua County recently honored its Volunteers of the Year during a recent ceremony at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

Volunteers were nominated by United Way community partner agencies and the keynote speaker was Katie Castro, founder and CEO of AllyCo. Each volunteer received a commemorative gift from United Way of Southern Chautauqua County, as well as certificates of recognition from state Sen. George Borrello and U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy.

Volunteers honored were:

American Red Cross — Heidi Harding

CASA of Chautauqua — Julie Ortendahl

CBA Vision Rehabilitation Services — Megan Maynard

Chautauqua Adult Day Services — Tina Pratt

Chautauqua Safety Village — Lois Kibler

Chautauqua Striders Mentoring — Marc Vitantonio

Chautauqua Striders Tutoring — Tom Mawhinney

Child Advocacy Program — Laurel Brown

Community Helping Hands — Tina Glenn

Family Services of the Chautauqua Region — Birgitta Hofert & BJ Buonaiuto

Girl Scouts of Western New York — Debbie Dean

Jamestown Community Learning Council (JCLC) — Jerome Lee Yaw

Junior Achievement of Western New York — Mike Micciche

Meals on Wheels — Cindy Schnelzer

Mental Health Association — Sharon Lawson

Prevention Works — Dr. Laura Geraci

The Relief Zone — John Davis

The Resource Center — Rich Kimball

UCAN City Mission — Calvis Emanuel

United Way of Southern Chautauqua County — Mallory Smith, Chris Tarbrake, Lew Meckley, Kathy Burch, Wayne Rishell, Joe Bellitto and John Felton, Members of the United Way Finance Committee

Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club of Jamestown — Becky FitzPatrick & Yvette Teeter

YMCA Jamestown — Lilly Scarsone

YWCA Jamestown — Alix Sandberg

Event sponsors included The Gebbie Foundation, Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union, Spectrum Eyecare, Blackstone Advanced Technologies, Ally Community Mornings, and Walmart.