Employee Pillar of Character award winners announced

PRESS RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 16, 2009

CHARACTER COUNTS! recently recognized six outstanding employees in Martin County with a Employee Pillar of Character award.

For the sixth straight year, colleagues and employers nominated unsung heroes of the workplace for exemplifying the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.

“CHARACTER COUNTS! established this awards program for employees who consistently set good examples,” CHARACTER COUNTS! Director Holly Laiben said.

“Many employees have strong work ethics and go above and beyond their job description on a daily basis without expecting or receiving adequate recognition and these awards help fill that void.”

Fourteen nominations from the private, public, governmental and nonprofit business community were received this year. A gift package, sponsored by The Firefly Group, and certificate of appreciation were presented the week of Dec. 7 to each award recipient at their place of business.

The 2009–10 Employee Pillar of Character award winners are:

Sylvia Cerda, The Salvation Army of Martin County

Dixie Lee Church, Eventmakers International

Kali deWindt, J D Parker School of Science, Math & Technology

Kim McClain, Martin County Parks & Recreation Department

Debbie Perez, Martin Memorial Health Systems

Kathleen Walker, Alzheimer’s Community Care

Other nominees included Andrea Ascuitto, Grace Castillo, Margie Dotson, Christy Duane, Sylvia Hopkins, Starr Johnson, Candice Keating and Rebecca Morgan.

CHARACTER COUNTS!, a program of United Way of Martin County, has been providing character-building resources, activities and programs throughout our community for 14 years in Martin County as part of an on-going effort to increase public awareness of the importance of core ethical values.

Visit www.charactercounts.net or call (772) 283-4800, ext. 234 for more information.