September’s Community Champion is Dr. Bill Gordge.
Dr. Gordge, a former pediatrician, took his love for hiking and the outdoors and created a wonderful...
101.5 Community Champions
August, 2011
If you have waited with bated breath for the announcement of our August 101.5 the music place Community Champion, breathe easily--because we've chosen a worthy nominee for our prestigious award.
Mary Edna Thompson, also known as The Soup Lady, is a selfless community leader whose...
July, 2011
Our Community Champion for the month of July is the unofficial “Mayor and Angel of Grandin Village,” Mr. James Hunter Tarpley. He considers his neighborhood to be his responsibility. You can see Mr. Tarpley, planting flowers, pulling weeds, picking up trash, offering directions to those in need...
June, 2011
This month's Community Champion recognition belongs to Patricia Gillin-Furr, volunteer at Literacy Volunteers of the Roanoke Valley.
Literacy Volunteers of the Roanoke Valley is an organization that teaches “English literacy skills to adults and raises literacy awareness throughout the...
May, 2011
This month's Community Champion recognition belongs to Norm Mason, the founder of Angels of Assisi and Harmony Farm Sanctuary.
Angels of Assisi is the area’s local no kill animal shelter. Since 2001, Angels of...
April, 2011
Our first Community Champion award goes to Jim Haynes, a local contractor and resident of Old Southwest. Jim was nominated by his neighbor Tim Taylor. Tim’s e-mail describes all the great deeds Jim has done for their neighborhood in Old Southwest.
Jim and his wife have lived in the...
March, 2011
Generously
Sponsored by The Fork Restaurants:
Fork in the City and Fork in the Alley...
