Kickstart Cleveland County Volunteers Awarded

Members of the Kickstart Cleveland County Community Development groups were presented with Volunteers of the Year awards for 2020 and 2021 during Saturday's Rison in the Fall festivities. While awards are typically presented during an annual Kickstart Cleveland County held each spring, the banquets were halted during the COVID pandemic. Saturday's presentations make up for the missed awards banquets. Awards for 2022 are expected to be presented at the banquet next spring. Pictured are Donald and Hallie Mull with daughter Jayme awarded as Wake Up Woodlawn's 2021 volunteers; Celeste Beatty as Rison Shine's 2020 volunteer; Douglas Boultinghouse as Rison Shine's 2021 volunteer; Sharon Gray as Cleveland County Youth Sports Association's 2021 volunteer; Marty Bowlin as the Pioneer Village's 2021 volunteer; Bill Gray as the Pioneer Village's 2020 volunteer; and Diane Fore as the Community Theater's 2021 volunteer. Not pictured is Karen Bell Fox as the Cleveland County Fair's 2021 volunteer. Awards are expected to be presented to Kickstart Kingsland and Re-New-ing Edinburg volunteers at separate events.