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Awards

2006 VECA Margaret Dichtel Award Winner

On January 22, 2007 Jan Kirby received VECA's Margaret Dichtel Award, presented to a "Vollintine-Evergreen resident and VECA member who embodies the principles of neighboring and community action.   Jan has been an area resident the past 37 years.  She has been on the Greenline board since its inception, helping to organize special events such as the bridge and station house dedications; assists with Greenline cleanups; coordinates the annual yard sale; among other duties.  She frequently walks the Greenline with her husband, Mike, and dog, Sunny.  Jan is pictured with all award winners for the night. 

On the same evening, the chair-person of Greenline Committee, Renate Rosenthal, was awarded The Martha Heinemann Award, given to the a "board member who has rendered exceptional service to either the VECA Board or VECA CDC Board."    

 Pictured are the nights winners:  Renate Rosenthal, Andre Glenn, Marci Hendrix, and Jan Kirby.

2004 VECA Margaret Dichtel Award Winner

Craig Jordan and  Len Cobb received the prestigious Dichtel Award at the annual 2004 VECA meeting for their work on the maintenance of the V&E Greenline. 

Len Cobb is often seen on the Cut section of the V&E Greenline mowing the trail with a commercial lawn mower.  He then heads to the "pie" lot at McLean Boulevard to finish the job. He worked closely with an Eagle Scout project to landscape the lot so the lot could be better maintained. Craig Jordan is seen on the Springs section of the V&E Greenline, maintaining and mowing. His work includes leading groups of volunteers, including the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, in periodic cleanups of this section. He also worked with the fraternity to rebuild the retaining wall that has suffered significant erosion.

Previous Greenline Winners of the Margaret Dichtel Award Winner

Bill Rehberg and Pete & Charlotte Swailes are previous Dichtel award winners for their work on the V&E Greenline.

Recognizing Contributors

The V&E Greenline depends upon funds received from a variety of contributors--users, residents, members of various organizations, and others. The Contribution Campaign is one of the primary sources of income for the V&E Greenline. The Greenline could not exist without this support.

Recognizing the Volunteers

Our volunteers would be happy to share their work with you!!!!

A BIG thanks to our volunteers who mow the Greenline, including Tom Kirby, Chris and Brian Floyd, Len Cobb, Craig Jordan, Andrew Mitchell, Mike Kirby and Maureen Holland.  Also a big thanks to volunteers such as Kent Overturf who maintain sections of the Greenline, by planting and trimming trees. 

Our volunteers are happy to share their work duties, so please email us if you are interested in assisting in any of these duties. 

The Springs Section of the V&E Greenline has been adopted by the Rhodes College Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. An appropriate sign is being designed to recognize this thoughtful and important contribution. 

A picture of the fraternity members at work and an article about tree planting appeared in  the Commercial Appeal Neighbors section on November 27, 2003.

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