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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19-20, 2015
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Kristen Leonard
Co-Owner, Origins Cafe, Cooperstown
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RIBUTE Harold ‘Bud’ Lippitt
Teacher, Coach, Cooperstown Elementary School
born gym teacher (at Cooperstown Elementary), coach and – in the words of Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, “a pleasant dude� – Bud’s enthusiasm, energy and sportsmanship are infectious with the kids in his classrooms and on the field well beyond the workday. When government funding for the playground programs dried up, he connected private funding with village management to resurrect the “Red� Bursey summer playground program, serving as the point person every year to make sure kids have a place to play. He serves as the village’s commissioner of youth baseball, organizing T-ball and rookie leagues.
Sarah Manchester
Heather Mann
Financial Adviser, Edward Jones, Oneonta
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Proprietor, Soda Jerks/MannMade Cakes, Oneonta
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n 2009, Sarah opened the Oneonta Edward Jones Investments office, providing financial services around the globe, and which she continues to manage today. “Service, service, service,� a nominator wrote. In addition to a commitment to helping clients there, she is on the boards of the Oneonta Family YMCA and Catskill Area Hospice, and is president of the United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties board. She is an active Rotarian, and a member of the Oneonta Running Group.
eather opened one of Oneonta’s last real diners at Action Lube in the West End. But unlike other diners’ desserts, her MannMade cakes come in gluten-free and vegan options, making sure that everyone at the table can enjoy something sweet. In addition to running her businesses, Heather has been an active community member for years, serving as the president of the Oneonta Businesswomen’s Club for two years, doing props and costumes for Orpheus Theater and Konstantine Productions. The former program director for the Boy Scout summer camp, she was also a pack leader and ran the concessions at the Doc Knapp Little League field, and helped in the fundraising efforts to send Oneonta middle schoolers to the Grand Canyon.
Andrew Marietta
Shannon McHugh
Regional Manager, New York Council of NonProfits
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qually at home behind the counter of the Origin’s CafÊ food truck as she is working an organic farm halfway across the world, Kristin, along with her sister, Dana, serve as great members of the community: active, outgoing ambassadors of goodwill wherever they go to. Serving locally sourced food all summer long, she and her sister have embraced local farmers and cheesemakers to create seasonal culinary delights. And in the winter, they travel across the world to learn new recipes, discover new spices and volunteer with organizations helping to better the lives of people in third world countries.
student in the Cooperstown Graduate Program in Museum Studies, Andrew was already making a difference, staying late at The Farmers’ Museum to clean up, or helping retired the state Museum director, Dr. William Fenton, set up his computer. And that commitment remained strong after his graduation. For 11 years, at NYCON, he has helped entities ranging from the Oneonta Family Y to the Cooperstown Art Association and Smithy Center for the Art chart their futures. He served on the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee and is presently on the Board of Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network. He is past president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and serves on the CCS school board. He and wife Melissa have two daughters.
Teacher, L’il Ladybugs Daycare, Oneonta
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hannon is more than a daycare provider – she’s a lifeline for the families in her care. When a mother living in a shelter was struggling to keep custody, Shannon watched the children, and helped the mother find a job and a home, and sign up for social service programs. But the support didn’t end there – she sent the kids home with extra food, warm clothes and gifts for the holidays, and helped provide transportation to and from the woman’s new job. When another family experienced car trouble, she picked up the parents, dropped them at work and drove them home at the end of the day for three months. It’s not just day care – she helped all the families in her care to get better so that they knew they were not alone in struggles.
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