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Kameron Hodgens
Norma Savin, Gail Welch
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The Collaboration Celebration awards
Kameron Hodgens, Bernard Sussman
Claudia Malecki, Dianne Lawrence, Kathy Cestaro
Bruce and Amy Zeitlin, Bob Coppenrath
Brandon Bellows, Rita Smith, Edward DeMarco, David Moore
Nelle Miller, Kelly Trautwein
Nora Patterson, Suzanne Atwell, Mary Beth Bos
Jackie McNeil, Tina Divello, Jeanette Altman
Heather Mackey, Michael Johnson
Isabel Anchin-Becker, David Lipton, Enid Kuschner
Merrell Dickey, Justin Creel
Tom and Debbie Shapiro
Mark and Jeanne Thompson
Deon Miller, Heidi Brown
Jennifer Rust, Jennifer Steube
Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch, Karen Hamad
Renee Hamad, Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch
Liz Alpert, Sandra Moser
John DeVries, Megan Micale
Jennifer Wright-Huck, Chris Gross
Susan Schuchat, Marisol Violette
Washington Hill, Kameron Hodgens, Shon Ewens
Especially given recognition were Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County, More Too Life and the Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness.
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