GOLDEN PLATE AWARDS – LIST OF HONOREES
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24th Annual GPA – 2023
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIANS
Donald and Maria Schweitzer (see bio)
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS COMMUNITY AWARD
Mountainside Communion (see bio)
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS YOUTH SERVICE AWARD
Assisteens of Arcadia (see bio)
CARL FOOTE LEGACY AWARD
Ms. Lois Gaston (see bio)
23rd Annual GPA – 2022
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIANS
Rao and Indira Yalamanchili (see bio)
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS BUSINESS AWARD
Donna Baker (see bio)
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS YOUTH SERVICE AWARD
KIWIN’S Club of Pasadena High School (see bio)
CARL FOOTE LEGACY AWARD
David Steinmeier (see bio)
22nd Annual GPA – 2021
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIANS
Mickey and Lee Segal (see bio)
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS BUSINESS AWARD
Air Tro (see bio)
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS YOUTH SERVICE AWARD
Fruit 4 Homeless (see bio)
CARL FOOTE LEGACY AWARD
Mr. Alan Story (see bio)
21st Annual GPA – 2020
40th Birthday Celebration
Celebrating Foothill Unity Center, Inc.
CARL FOOTE LEGACY AWARD
Roberta Preskill (see bio)
20th Annual GPA – 2019
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Posthumously Awarded to Ms. Jaylene Moseley
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS BUSINESS AWARD
Pink Transfer Inc.
CARL FOOTE LEGACY AWARD
Ms. Janet Wall and Laurie Orvis
19th Annual GPA – 2018
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Gaetano D’Aquino
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Toyota Financial Services
Food Forward
Villa Esperanza Services
18th Annual GPA – 2017
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Lois Gaston
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Minuteman Transport
Volunteer Center of San Gabriel Valley
Foothill Workforce Development Board Youth Program
17th Annual GPA – 2016
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
David Steinmeier
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Arcadia Association of REALTORS®
Pasadena-Foothill Association of REALTORS®
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden
City of Duarte Public Safety Local Harvest Program
16th Annual GPA – 2015
35th Birthday Celebration
Celebrating Foothill Unity Center, Inc.
15th Annual GPA – 2014
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Cynthia Kurtz
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Colleen McEvoy
Simplicity Bank
Temple Beth David
Pasadena Jewish Temple Center
Weizman Day School
Jewish Federation of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys
14th Annual GPA – 2012
HUMANITARIAN OF THE DECADE
Joan Whitenack
Ray Wheeler
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Lorraine Bernstein
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Wells Fargo
Bruce Laughton and Gary Harrigian
13th Annual GPA – 2011
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Bob Bartlett, Monrovia
Robin Salzer, Pasadena
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Henry and Lou Thedinga
Southern California Edison
Monrovian Family Restaurant
12th Annual GPA – 2010
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Jeff and Patti Patton Bader
Les Peterson
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Marshall’s
Monrovia Reads
Kathey Valentine
11th Annual GPA – 2009
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Bernard Melekian
Betty Sanford
Sandra Thomas
10th Annual GPA – 2008
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Peter Hoffman
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Worley Parsons
Jan Noto
Citrus College
Carl E. Wynn Foundation
National Charity League, Ticketockers
9th Annual GPA – 2006
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Leo Stallworth
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Bob Howlett
Bill Sadler
The Center for Community and Family Services
Santa Anita Park
Driftwood Dairy
Patton/Faith/Sandford
La Canada Kiwanis Club
Vons Foundation
8th Annual GPA – 2005
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Reyna Diaz
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Jim Sano
Ethel Weber
Holiday Inn, Monrovia,
First Baptist Church of Monrovia-Arcadia
Key Club Arcadia High School
Linda Taubenreuther
Lorraine Bernstein and Chuck Searls
Assembly Member Carol Liu
The California Impression
7th Annual – 2004
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Glen Coleman
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Irene Yamagata-Bermudez
Trader Joes
Sierra Auto Cars
First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia
Duarte Youth Works Duarte Public Safety Dept.
Mimi Liu
Liz Lincoln
Mark and Diane Versaggi
Congressman David Dreier
6th Annual GPA – 2003
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Jillaine Harkema, R.N.
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Fred Vogelsang
Linda Arena
Marvel Newton, Arcadia Association of Realtors
ABC Eyewitness News Team
L.A. Party Work
Boy Scout Troop 185, Duarte
Maryknoll Sisters
5th Annual GPA – 2002
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Joe Santoro
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Miller Brewing Company
John and Yvonne Jorgensen
Tina Aluzzi
Daneisha Ross
The Dollmakers
Aztec Hotel-Brass Elephant
Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist, Arcadia
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
4th Annual GPA – 2001
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
James Kirchner
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Thelma Mosley
Connie Motander
Anita Oaks School
The Seider Family
Oneonta Congregational Church, South Pasadena
Little Stuga Gift Shop (Joan Sheets)
J.P. Paper Shredders (Donna and Gideon Leiby)
L.A. Regional Food Bank (Michael Flood, Executive Director)
3rd Annual GPA – 2000
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Lisa Magno
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Jan Noto
Melissa Morales
Pacific Bell
Albertsons, Monrovia
Bob Wight
Altrusa Intl. Inc. of Arcadia
The Rose Hills Foundation
2nd Annual GPA – 1999
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Viola Kentner
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
H.N. and Frances Berger Foundation
Kathryn Andrade
Mathew L Stern
Assemblyman Bob Margett
Vons Pavilions, Monrovia
The Buddhist Compassionate Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, U.S.A.
City of Monrovia Employees We Care Foundation
Santa Anita Family Services
1st Annual GPA – 1998
HEART IN HAND HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Louise Hewitt
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AWARD
Dr. Fred Loya
Howard Sears
Barbara Garett
Josephine Anderson
Jeanette Crocker
James Wilson
Boeing Corporation
KGEM
Immaculate Conception
Arcadia Monrovia Soroptimists
Mike Antonovich
State Senator Richard Mountjoy