NOVEMBER 2023
NEWSLETTER
Congratulations to the 2023 Volunteer of the Year and Tommy Austin Award Winners
Our volunteers are some of the strongest pillars of Make-A-Wish. In November, we were pleased to welcome volunteers to our Houston office for the fall meeting and awards. This was our fourth in-person volunteer event of the year! After wish alum Kay Kay and her mother shared the impact of her wish with the crowd, Kay Kay helped us with the surprise announcement of her own volunteer, Angie French, as our 2023 Volunteer of the Year! Click here to watch Kay Kay thank Angie for bringing her wish to life! In addition, we celebrated 15 incredible volunteers for earning the prestigious Tommy Austin Award this year. Many of them were at the event, and all of them had the opportunity to visit with Tommy and receive their award from him at previous meetings in Houston and New Orleans. We are grateful for the countless hours and boundless energy that our volunteers spend in service to our mission and wish families. As Tommy often says, outside of wish kids, our volunteers are the most important people of Make-A-Wish! Congratulations to: Claudia Behm, Colleen Clifford, Robbie Durham, Kenny Horowitz, Philip Hurlston, Collin Keller, Michelle Keller, Holly LeBlanc, Michelle Ritter, Mara Romo, Sanda Evans Short, Tamra Strano, Janice Thigpen, Brenda Thomas-Nero, and Marilyn Uptmor!
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