3 Healdsburg community contributors receive Marie Sparks Memorial Volunteer Awards
Bill Domenichelli, Dorothy Studer, Ray Holley honored before
standing-room-only crowd at Monday's Healdsburg City Council meeting.
Posted by Keri Brenner (Editor) , April 05, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Healdsburg Tribune
Bill Domenichelli, Dorothy Studer, Ray Holley honored before
standing-room-only crowd at Monday's Healdsburg City Council meeting.
Posted by Keri Brenner (Editor) , April 05, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Healdsburg Tribune
Three longtime Healdsburg volunteers took top honors Monday before a standing-room-only crowd at meeting.
Volunteers Bill Domenichelli, Dorothy Studer and Ray Holley were named recipients of the Marie Sparks Memorial Volunteer Award for their outstanding service to the Healdsburg community.
"There are wonderful people in this town," City Councilman Steve Babb said after the award presentations. "Those are the people out there who make our town, our town."
Each of the three recipients has served in multiple volunteer capacities in the community.
Tom Peterson, a 1997 Marie Sparks award recipient, presented Domenichelli's award and listed at least a dozen groups and projects in which Domenichelli played a key role.
"He does 'Relay for Life,' and he's there all day and all night," Peterson said of Domenichelli.
Karen Tappin, 2003 Marie Sparks award recipient, said Studer was the volunteer clock person at basketball games for 30 years -- among many other volunteer activities.
"There are a lot of people who are behind the scenes running things in this community, and they don't get on the front page," Tappin said.
Tappin said Studer also visits people in their homes to help them recover after surgeries.
Jerry Eddinger, 2001 Marie Sparks recipient, presented the award to Ray Holley.
Eddinger said Holley organized the first business trade show for the and went on to help with numerous other business, arts, trades and school projects.
Holley, who said he shared the award with wife Lynn, is the founder of the successful at Healdsburg High School, which teaches students sustainable construction trades skills.
"For many people in Healdsburg, volunteering has become a hobby," Holley said. "It's a great hobby to have -- it's what makes this place so special."
A reception for the award winners at the Healdsburg Senior Center followed the presentations.
Award namesake Marie Sparks, who died in April 1995, was considered someone who epitomizes "the generous and unselfish spirit of service in Healdsburg," according to the city's agenda item report.
"I lived near Marie Sparks for 10 years," said "And every day she got up and did good things for the community -- it was a pleasure to watch her work."
Volunteers Bill Domenichelli, Dorothy Studer and Ray Holley were named recipients of the Marie Sparks Memorial Volunteer Award for their outstanding service to the Healdsburg community.
"There are wonderful people in this town," City Councilman Steve Babb said after the award presentations. "Those are the people out there who make our town, our town."
Each of the three recipients has served in multiple volunteer capacities in the community.
Tom Peterson, a 1997 Marie Sparks award recipient, presented Domenichelli's award and listed at least a dozen groups and projects in which Domenichelli played a key role.
"He does 'Relay for Life,' and he's there all day and all night," Peterson said of Domenichelli.
Karen Tappin, 2003 Marie Sparks award recipient, said Studer was the volunteer clock person at basketball games for 30 years -- among many other volunteer activities.
"There are a lot of people who are behind the scenes running things in this community, and they don't get on the front page," Tappin said.
Tappin said Studer also visits people in their homes to help them recover after surgeries.
Jerry Eddinger, 2001 Marie Sparks recipient, presented the award to Ray Holley.
Eddinger said Holley organized the first business trade show for the and went on to help with numerous other business, arts, trades and school projects.
Holley, who said he shared the award with wife Lynn, is the founder of the successful at Healdsburg High School, which teaches students sustainable construction trades skills.
"For many people in Healdsburg, volunteering has become a hobby," Holley said. "It's a great hobby to have -- it's what makes this place so special."
A reception for the award winners at the Healdsburg Senior Center followed the presentations.
Award namesake Marie Sparks, who died in April 1995, was considered someone who epitomizes "the generous and unselfish spirit of service in Healdsburg," according to the city's agenda item report.
"I lived near Marie Sparks for 10 years," said "And every day she got up and did good things for the community -- it was a pleasure to watch her work."