Park Authority Executive Director Kirk Kincannon holding the Gold Medal Award the agency garnered this year, making it the top park and recreation agency in the country. Photo contributed
Park Authority Executive Director Kirk Kincannon praised the work of the agency’s thousands of volunteers who provided more than 180,000 hours of service in the past fiscal year, noting how important their work was and how it sustains the award-winning park system. Kincannon spoke to 300 volunteers, award winners and officials at the Waterford in Fair Oaks as part of the annual celebration. The Elly Doyle Park Services Award program encompassed all awards provided by the Fairfax County Park Authority Board recognizing volunteer service, and the Eakin Awards presented by the Fairfax County Park Foundation Board. Presenters included Supervisors John Foust and Cathy Hudgins, as well as Congressman Gerry Connolly.
Award Recipients
The 2019 awards recipients include:
Chairman’s Choice Award
Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova
Braddock District Supervisor John Cook
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Catherine Hudgins
Providence Supervisor Lind Smyth
The Harold Strickland Partnership and Collaboration Award
The Earth Sangha founders Lisa and Chris Bright and Sophia Lynn and David Charles Frederick
The Mayo Stuntz Cultural Stewardship Award
Marjorie and Robert Lundegard
Pat Zalubski
The Sally Ormsby Environmental Stewardship Award
John Foong
Eakin Philanthropy Awards
Eakin Properties and the Eakin Family Trust
The Lazar Family Trust
Friends of Frying Pan Farm Park
2019 Outstanding Volunteers
Heidi Allen
LeMoyne Barney Barkhurst
Henrietta Hank Dahlstrom
Richard Eilers
Brian Gritte
Jeanette Hantke
Lauren Hawley
Liam Kellogg
Janice L. Kiley
Lorrie Kirst
Lina Le Faucheur
Joyce Lee
Barbara Mariner-Volpe
Laurel Ann McKenzie
Jan and Gaylan Meyer
Fiona Moriarty
Nick Nahas
Thomas Redmond
Susan Ronkianean
Nancy Spekman
Ann Stat
Ross Weatherly
Pat Zalubski
Elly Doyle Youth Award
Falls Church High School, Office of Career & Transition Services
Isabel Richardson
Special Recognition Elly Doyle Award
Richard Eilers
Tom Harkin
Stephen Johnson
Laurel Hill Park Volunteer Team
Traci Manuel
National Charity League – Virginia Bluebells
Elly Doyle Park Service Award
Connie Cordovilla
Reston Farmers Market – Market Masters John and Fran Lovaas and Keith Strange
Shauna Shapiro