The Muskingum Family YMCA Monday announced the 2013 Women of Achievement recipients.
Muskingum Family YMCA’s CEO, Craig Miracle states, “we are proud to be able to present the 25th year of the Women of Achievement recognition program and are very proud of this year’s recipients.
“At the heart of the Women of Achievement program are our current and past recipients”, states Miracle. “Without their contributions in our community and their...
The 2012 YMCA Women of Achievement award recipients were honored Wednesday night at a dinner at Ohio University Zanesville.
This is the 24th year of the program. This year Cynthia Tuck and Sandra Harstine received The Josephine Phillips Health Care Award.
Anna Marie Katt and Cindy Clark were awarded The Aldine Roach Flegal Special Recognition Award. The two winners of The Muskingum County Community Youth Foundation Bright Futures Award are Allison Bradley and Madeline...
The Muskingum Family "Y" is celebrating the accomplishments of exemplary women in our area.
Now through February 19th nominations will be accepted for the 24th annual Women of Achievement Awards. YMCA Executive Director Craig Miracle said the honorees should be role models in the community dedicated to the empowerment of women and cultural diversity.
"I don't think it's about necessarily winning," said Miracle. "It's more about the...
WHIZ is recognizing another recipient of the 2011 Women of Achievement Awards.
Linda Morrow won the Muskingum Family "Y" Lifetime Service Award. She has been a professor at Muskingum University since 1988 and was a former teacher for East Muskingum School District. She said it's an honor to have been recognized for her work in the community.
"I just try to encourage people all the time and try to be consistent about that and support them in any way that I can...
The Muskingum Family Y has announced the 2011 Women of Achievement winners.
With over 30 nominations for eight different categories like public service, education, and healthcare as just a few, Executive Director of the Muskingum Family Y Craig Miracle says they had a great turnout for this year, but says it was no easy task narrowing down the winners.
"Really challenging for the selection committee. There's a lot of quality ladies out there that were nominated and the ones...
The Muskingum Family Y is kicking off its 23rd annual Women of Achievement program for 2011.
The event highlights women's achievements in the community through many different categories of nomination like business, education, and health care. Executive Director of the Muskingum Family Y's Craig Miracle says there are a lot of women in Southeast Ohio that have a lot of talent and devotion in what they do.
"We feel it is our annual and premiere event in recognizing some...
Nine women are honored for their good works in the Zanesville community.
The recipients vary in background as well as age.
"Our Bright Futures Award is Olivia Durant. She's a senior at Bishop Rosecrans," said Craig Miracle, of the Muskingum Family Y. "Two of our young adults are from 25-31. And we have Francis Moore who is our Lifetime Recipient and she is 91."
Miracle said tonight's recipients each gave a small speech, which he says is better than any...
If you're traveling through downtown Zanesville, you can find another YMCA "Women of Achievement" recipient.
Jennifer Agin works at Wolfe, Wilson, and Phillips on 7th Street. She will be receiving the Mary Vashti Jones Funk Business Award. So, she decided to do some research on Jones.
"After I found out all the things that she did, I was thinkingi didn't deserve the award. She had done so many good things, " says Agin.
We now head to the John McIntire Library this week to highlight another YMCA "Women of Achievement" recipient.
Stacey Russell is the library's treasurer and has been a local resident her entire life. She says when Executive Director, Craig Miracle, notified her, she felt honored.
"I was very, very surprised. Craig called me, and I had no idea I was even nominated, " says Russell.
Russell is also serving the community by being involved with Westview...
The YMCA is highlighting another one of its "Women of Achievement" recipients.
Keisha Norris is the second woman to be honored with the Ethel Granger Schultz Young Adult award. She says the honor has slowly been sinking in and she's had a lot of support from her family.
"My mom is quite excited and just about everybody I know is excited, at least the want to see me up on a billboard somewhere, which I am nervous about, but everybody else is in good spirits about,...