Its that time of year to select the July 4th “Patriot Award” Recipient. This award is presented to Individuals in Pawleys Island and the surrounding communities who have demonstrated distinguished service to our Country and Community.
Here is a list of past Recipients to give you an idea of the type of people who have won in the past. In addition to their fulltime careers, these Individuals have a solid history of community service.
| PATRIOT AWARD WINNERS | ||
| 2011 | Roy Elemendorf | Dep Director CIA |
| 2012 | COL Jim McMahon | US Army |
| 2013 | ADM Rich Milligan | Last CPT of Battleship New Jersey |
| 2014 | Gabe Timpano | DDay Landing |
| 2015 | Fr Pat Stenson | US Army |
| 2016 | GEN Bob Plowden | USAF Pilot |
| 2017 | Phil Brice | US Marine Korea |
| 2018 | Rock Grey | Firefighter |
| 2019 | Mike Fanning | NYPD |
| 2020 | No Data | No Data |
| 2021 | Len Vercellotti | July 4th celebration Founder |
| 2022 | Steve Olenchuck | US Public Health |
| 2023 | Mak Kelliher | FBI |
| 2024 | GEN Jack Welde | USAF |
| 2025 | SSG Rich Duff | USMC |
Im sure you all know worthy Individuals that we can consider for this award. Please send Ferg Foley (xfoley@aol.com ) your recommendations by April 5th and as much information you have on them. I will summarize all the submissions, and then we can prioritize the list.
TIMELINE:
April 5th – All submissions recieved (from you to me).
April 15th – List will be shared within this group to Prioritize
April 20th – I will contact recommended award winner and confirm availability to attend the ceremony.
April 25th – I will purchase award from same place we have used for last few years.