year we have fifteen awards that are recognizing a total of one thousand members of our community good evening everyone and welcome mr hannigan said we are excited for tonight's ceremony in recognizing people that have shown great character in our community as nominees or are named if you could please come up and stand off to the stage  along with the people that have nominated you will get your ward pretty presented after the blurb after the board has read as to why the why you were nominated and we will present you with your certificate so we're going to start with our first nominee this is margaret dieter margaret was nominated by chris keds of and carla mchugh both of which are principals at peter's township middle school of respect responsibility and honesty in an individual within any community while working at the peters township public library margaret treats each patron with respect regardless of age race gender or ethnicity margaret feels at ease to talk with any patron help in any area tease with a gentle smile even share an edible treat she was always willing to help no task is too big or too small she has tackled daunting tasks like helping organize a world war two seminar featuring veterans and applying for grants that can help the community yet equally dedicates herself helping someone log on to the computer if needed without hesitation margaret is always willing to stop what she is doing to help someone often without them even asking if there's any question or task that is asked of margaret that she cannot perform she is more than willing to research the topic and always remembers to get back to you with an answer she will also reach out to her colleagues to ensure the question is answered or the task is done with the highest level of integrity are good deeds or meets the criteria of is an eighth grade student who serves as a role model for her peers as exemplary academic marks and also as a caring and responsible person she manages to juggle her school work and her passion for volleyball and golf with a commitment to being o earned if she wasn't already busy enough elle is participating in track this spring to add their athletic undertakings l is the type of student and person that the middle school and i will surely miss but i know certainty that we will continue to hear about all of her great academic and athletic accomplishments at p t a h s and beyond element robert the very first friend i made when i moved to peter's township school district five years ago we both had children in the pleasant valley p m kindergarten that year and my daughter had befriended her son who sat at the same table camille turn be friended me we became good friends when we realized we were interested in the same things and our children were the same ages i later found out that we were also going to the same church in which she had been very involved has been the church council president has worked in the office of the church preschool and has been an integral and has been integral in restarting the church fellowship committee now she spends her time split between taking care of her and that is in assisted living and her father is having some health problems and a pleasant valley as the assistant to the president of the pleasant valley p t a she is invaluable in her ability to stay organized and optimistic she would do anything she can to help she wants peter's township to be the best place for her children and her family and works very hard to make sure that will happen i am very glad to be able to call her my colleague and especially my friend i have shane in class with a special student who's very hesitant to participate is very opposed to change shane took this student as a special challenge and work with him to help him adapt to our class rules and regulations he sat with him and always made sure that this student knew what was going on when the first quarter ended this student was adamant about staying in his same seat until shane asked to sit in the set with him because of shane this student is better acclimated to be in spanish too i've taught shane for two school years i find him to be polite person oriented reliable and a good friend to his friends or someone who needs a friend he is a delightful person shan our next nominee is the gratitude committee of our hero elementary school the person making the nomination as kristen seaman p i would like to nominate the founding members of the by our hero elementary gratitude committee jennifer bock specular pinsky hilary eckerd and stephanie tracy for a character counts award these women formed a committee to teach our children the importance of thanking those who deserve it and for teaching our kids the importance of doing good within our community and helping those who are less fortunate big creatively have paired a service project each holiday for the halloween party the children were encouraged to write a note or bring an additional treat in to give to our community helpers such as the fire e m s police and our school helpers these women then assembled the contributions into gift baskets and presented them to each group for the winner excuse me for the winter in addition to spearheading the collection of coats for the township wide co drive they also set up a warm head hands and hearts campaign to collect hats gloves and mittens rather than just the usual donation box these women staffed a drive through in the mornings to provide an exceptionally convenient way for car riders to donate i admire the creativity generosity and initiative these women demonstrate the power hill gratitude committee the values the character counts stands for responsibility respect and honesty the gratitude committee about our hill elementary school snail created a mentor group of high school students to visit mcmurry elementary school on a monthly basis to train and encourage young musicians the group travels after school to mcmurray elementary approximately two to three times per month during this time they sit next to the elementary students and mentor them on their instruments in individual and ensemble performance this is assistance provides valuable support for the teacher in enhanced pedagogy as the high school b the rector i can attest their efforts are having a profound impact as i have listened to the elementary students improvement they also happens to be a model student academically and encourages students to excel in their class work all of this is purely voluntary and attests to her character as a caring compassionate and dedicated person in addition she has been an encouragement to her peers in creating this opportunity  our next nominee rich maruca being nominated by and bernard a peters township parent my son is a student at peters township high school his driver rich maruca is truly exemplary he pulls up safely waits for the kids to be seated before pulling away and is willing to stop along the way in bad weather or when the kids are running late or when the kids are running late to the bus he's always say rich america next recipient is jonathan donovan nominated by julie frantic our hill assistant principal johnny collecting his own money to make a donation to the washington city mission funds are collected throughout power hill to support the washington city mission joint to surprise his class and teachers by bringing in a large amount of change to a to the city mission this change total to be around seventy five dollars johnny's thoughtful act made a huge impact on the donation made to the city mission johnny's personal donation exemplifies the values of the character counts organization what truly stands out is that as a third grade student joining chose and decided to make this larger nation on his own and uses and money to do so this content thoughtful act makes us so very proud of jo don is a very active rotarian has gone above and beyond the high standards of rhetoric by initiating numerous projects he has our next generation group and is a key participant with the interact most recently identified a family that needed help due to a serious mental can get medical condition and organize numerous projects to assist the family he also works with with the district in organizing numerous opportunities for students including the scholarship program world affairs council and other projects don call any and volunteer their time every friday help collect pop tabs for the wrong mcdonald house and change for hearts of hope they go around the entire building and always have a smile on their face teachers are eager to greet them and and how polite and enthusiastic they are these to exemplify what character looks like and continue to be role models in the k three building is with great honor and i nominate them both for their selfless dedication to helping ray carrie is being nominated by christian less net peters township high school assistant principal our lead custodian the high school carrie rave is an unsung hero she not only cares deeply about the students and faculty of peters township high school because above and beyond her leadership of her department she is quick to respond to any and all situations regardless of regardless of how gross they might be that she is trustworthy and reliable she follows up on the work of her team and sees to it that the high school is in the best condition it can be day in day out for this carrie ra deserves to be recognized for his strong character and work ethic carry ray during the middle school dance with on morgan found a dollar bill on the floor she could have easily slipped it into her pocket or used at the park just something at the event we're going to chose to bring it to the concession stand saying she found it i thanked her for  city and added it to the cash box that contributed to the grand total her small gesture made a big impression on me morgan m of you familiar with one of the newer power hill p t a initiatives the kindergarten welcome mail program buzzer b and many helper bees collect and distribute welcome mail to the incoming kindergarten students about our hill this mail drop occurs about a week before school starts and is intended to welcome kindergarten students and get them excited to start their journey through the halls of power hill what a great tradition from our hill right you may be wondering how does something like this get started after a successfully run neighborhood program chelsea johnston approached power hill p t a with the welcome mail program information power hill p t a assisted chelsea to build a team to be able to offer the program to all incoming kindergarten power hill students chelsea works with the current students and staff to create notes pictures and coloring pages to be included with the mail for incoming kindergarten students through organization and dedication the mail is prepared and delivered to almost two hundred incoming kindergarten students at the beginning of each year the program is loved by all it is such a joy to see pictures posted of children hugging their buzzer envelopes by their mailbox or dragging their inflatable crayons to walk through a night by our hill p t a is grateful for all the time she spends on this initiative but this is not the only program she has helped to bring to life chelsea is also one of the founding chairpersons of homework helpers a program that allows students to stay after school with teachers to get their homework completed before they go home for the day she assist with the yearbook development and helps to maintain the power hill p t a facebook page her positive attitude outlook and drive is very inspiring for other p t a members chelsea is not only motivated to give back to our hill she also is involved in community and church she is an active committee member for the peters township farmer's market she has also raised quite a bit of money for autism related charities this past year she ran the pittsburgh marathon relay on behalf of the charity aboard and was the team's top fundraiser when chelsea has a vision she works to see it in action she is determined to bring joy and excitement to the many students of our hill and those in her community power hill p t a thanks to chelsea for all that you do to  continue to do for our children and for being positive role models in our community we are glad to have you on our team chelsea johnston spencer organized a fund raising campaign for his friend who was recently struggling with a life threatening medical situation his friend was hospitalized for weeks spencer decided to make bracelets to sell for a dollar at the high school and in the community sought approval from the school district and recruited help from the executive council of student leaders at the high school to help sell them during all the lunch periods his courage organization and dedication to helping others qualifies him for this award spencer officer dave is being nominated by the peters township police department dave stan is a thirty year veteran officer of the peters township police department he serves in patrol operations and has taught the drug abuse resistance education dare program for twenty eight years that their curriculum addresses drugs violence bullying internet safety and other high risk circumstances dave is also the facilitator for the railroad club a position he has held for twenty two years the focus of the club is the development of organizational skills planning and task completion among the members although the intellectual ability and social skills of the members vary the focus remains the same each member is taught to work with others towards a common goal while developing friendships that extend beyond the club although davis allotted duty time to teach the dare program he volunteers his time for the railroad club and other community functions dave strongly believes in a statement he learned in bear training a long time ago kids don't care how much you know until they know how much you care dave has dedicated himself to better our students schools police department and community dave's character and respect for his fellow officers was exempt exemplified last year when he was transferred back to patrol operations after the dare program was completed for the year dave saw the move as a positive initiative for both the department and him he enjoys serving the township in many different capacities and red readily accepts any assignment given to him it is our honor to nominate dave stand for a character counts award evening thanks mike good evening my name is brian shill and i'm the executive director for your peers township chamber of commerce and tonight we are presenting the fifth annual carol fully memorial character counts award this time i'd like to ask dr foley to come forward and mr mike sylvester and marcy is our chairman of the board from clearview federal credit union mike sylvester e is our last year's recipient of this award and dr ed foley is carol's husband i'd also like to recognize at this as many of you are aware carol serve this community for over a quarter of a century and her role as the peters township chamber of commerce executive director she was well known and well loved and a true pillar of the community which makes it makes perfect sense then to remember her legacy by choosing those recipients who dedicate themselves not only to the chamber but to this entire community well this year's recipient sing wish yourself by doing just that in her role as the peters township school district communications coordinator she has been our go to person with the district administrative office it may not have even had anything to do with communications but she was always there so i want to share with you one of the top five most used phrases in the chamber office and that is i don't know shelly and there's some other topics responses that are right up there as well like email shelly or talk to shelly or text shelley and and the remaining of the top top five choices are where shelley so ladies and gentlemen gives me great pleasure to present the fifth annual carefully memorial character counts award to mrs shelley bel this time i would like to thank everyone who submitted a nomination as well as all of our nominees let's give them another big round of applause commerce municipal government rotary mysterium and p t a s this initiative has been the catalyst behind many inspirational educational programs and phil philosophical changes in the community the increased attention to character and sportsmanship in youth and interscholastic sports is among the most visible evidence of the initiative meetings are held monthly at different locations around the community all are welcome to attend we would love to see you there this concludes tonight ceremony thank you for attending and have a wonderful