Green Pond Country Club, Bethlehem, was the festive scene on Thursday, November 15, 2007 for VIABL Services’ Annual Dinner and Volunteer and Community Awards event. Donors, community sponsors, volunteers, clients and staff celebrated the agency’s success of the past year.

Sheila Drummond, who this summer became the first blind woman golfer to make a hole-in-one, was honored with the Helen Keller Award for Independence. She also received a citation from the Pennsylvania Senate supported by State Senators Lisa Boscola, Pat Browne and Robert Wonderling.

Additional honorees included:

Dr. William Fogleman Distinguided Service Award
H. Michael Vecellio

Partnership in Service Award
Ron Horvath, Bethlehem Rotary Club President and Ron Helmuth, Morning Star Rotary Club President

Volunteer of the Year Award
Susan Caronia, Pat Abraham, Birdie Mackary, Joyce McEllroy

Community Service Award
Mary Ann Ferreti, Polly McGarr

Good Neighbor Award
Lion Mike Schmalzer, Don Leiser

Knight in Shining Armor Award
Ross Walsielke

Louis Braille Award
Annette Gozzard

Community Partnership Award
Rick Geho, Bob Gery, Chris Zaia, Paul Lewis, IWA/Barie Pace

All award winners also received “A Certificate of Recognition” from State Senators Boscola and Pat Browne.

Picture of Honorees:

Front, from left: Pat Abraham, Birdie Mackary, Annette Gozzard, Mary Ann Ferreti

Back, from left: Ron Horvath, Susan Caronia, Sheila Drummond, Ross Walsielke, Ron Helmuth, Rick Geho, Mike Schmalzer