Community Service Awards

Congratulations to the 2021 Winners.

Michael Yoshii - Jim Franz Lifetime Achievement Community Service Award
Barbara Price - Volunteer of the Year Community Service Award
Beth Aney - Individual Community Service Award
Alameda Police Reform Steering Committee - Group Community Service Award 
Alysse Castro - Nonprofit Board Member Community Service Award 
Alameda Family Services - Nonprofit Organization Community Service Award 
Dr. Asmita Dharia - Business Person Community Service Award 
Fireside Lounge - Business Community Service Award
Robert & Elaine Kiewlich - Youth Community Service Award 
Sonia Chen - Youth Community Service Award
Venecio Camarillo - Youth Community Service Award 

Nomination Guidelines 

Members of the Social Service Human Relations Board, employees of the City of Alameda, and winners from the past five years are not eligible to be nominated. With the exception of Business/Business Person, nominees must be serving the community without pay or compensation. Submit a separate nomination form per category. Nominators may submit more than one nomination, and nominations may come from anyone in the community.

Nominations were accepted for the following nine categories:

  1. Community Service Jim Franz Lifetime Achievement Award - recognizes extraordinary, long-time commitment and service to the community of Alameda over a period of 25 or more years. 
  2. Community Service Volunteer of the Year Award - recognizes extraordinary service to the community of Alameda over a period of 10 or more years. 
  3. Community Service Individual Award - recognizes acts that involve any activity that made a difference for the Alameda community. 
  4. Community Service Group Award - recognizes acts that involve any activity that made a difference for the Alameda community by a group consisting of two or more people. 
  5. Community Service Non-Profit Board Member Award - recognizes service on the Board of an Alameda non-profit for at least two years. 
  6. Community Service Non-Profit Organization Award - recognizes an outstanding non-profit that has made Alameda a better place to live over a period of three or more years. 
  7. Community Service Youth Award - recognizes the outstanding commitment and contributions made by youth to their community. Two awards will be given. 
  8. Community Service Business Person Award - recognizes the outstanding contributions by a business person in Alameda in support of critical social services (youth, food security, health and wellbeing, employment training, etc.).
  9. Community Service Business Award - recognizes the outstanding contributions by a business in Alameda in support of critical social services (youth, food security, health and wellbeing, employment training, etc.).

For questions, assistance in submitting nominations, or to request a printed nomination form, please contact Eric Fonstein at efonstein@alamedaca.gov or 510-747-6895.

Community Service Awards recipients for the last five years are as follows:

2020

Rosemary Reilly: Jim Franz Lifetime Achievement Community Service Award
Karen Butter: Volunteer of the Year Community Service Award
Alisa Rasera-Holden: Individual Community Service Award
Immanuel Lutheran: Group Community Service Award
St. Vincent de Paul/St. Barnabas: Group Community Service Award
Madlen Saddik: Business Person Community Service Award
Superhero Dessert: Business Community Service Award
Ruth Abbe: Nonprofit Board Member Community Service Award
Alameda Education Foundation: Nonprofit Organization Community Service Award
Noa Joseph: Youth Community Service Award
Serena McIntosh: Youth Community Service Award
Henry Mills: Youth Community Service Award  

2019

John McCahan: Jim Franz Lifetime Achievement Award
Mark Sorensen: Volunteer of the Year Award
David Kiewlich: Individual Community Service Awards
Luzanne Engh: Nonprofit Board Member Community Service Award
Alameda Homeless Network: Nonprofit Organization Award
Antonio Arevalo, Kaia Marbin: Community Service Youth Awards
Cheri Corfey, Faction Brewing: Business/Business Person Community Service Awards  

2018

Joanne Robinson: Jim Franz Lifetime Achievement Award
Jerry Juhala: Volunteer of the Year Award
Linda Juhala, John Knox White: Individual Community Service Awards
Kari Thompson, Nonprofit Board Member Community Service Award
Alameda Food Bank: Nonprofit Organization Award
Michael Chen, Jacqueline Mitchell: Community Service Youth Awards
John Jacobs, Kent Rosenblum (posthumous): Business/Business Person Community Service Awards

2017

Honora Murphy: Lifetime Achievement Award
Don Sherratt, Kari Thompson: Volunteer of the Year Award
Janey Waring: Community Service Individual Award
Nancy Evans: Nonprofit Board Member Award
Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter: Nonprofit Organization Award
Emily Chan, Lily Conable, Ken Der, Ja'Nylah Johnson: Community Service Youth Awards
Lauren Zimmerman Cook, Kelly Lux: Business/Business Person Awards

2016

Joyce Denyven: Lifetime Achievement Award
Juelle-Ann Boyer: Volunteer of the Year Award
Jill Gorman: Community Service Individual Award
Ed Kofman: Nonprofit Board Member Award
Alameda Boys and Girls Club: Nonprofit Organization Award
Derek Au and Mary Carmen Reid: Community Service Youth Awards
Kate Pryor-Tucker’s Super Creamed Ice Cream and Faction Brewery: Business/Business Person Awards