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Honoring Our Community Heroes
The Y Salute award is an annual honor given to an individual or group of individuals in our community who have demonstrated great courage in the face of adversity and continue to impact our community in a positive way. The Salute is a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and congratulates the individuals who rise above to impact the lives of others.
The Salute to Courage event helps the Lawrence County YMCA fulfill our charitable mission: No child or family should be deprived of YMCA programs and services because of their financial or economic circumstances. Event proceeds provide scholarships for youth and families in need so they may have access to services, programs, childcare, and activities offered by the Lawrence County YMCA.
Criteria for the Y Salute Award
The Lawrence County YMCA believes in the community in which we live. Every day, we encounter individuals from our community who represent the core values upon which the YMCA was established – honesty, caring, respect and responsibility – and have demonstrated exceptional passion in promoting positive change in our community.
We believe that these individuals need to be recognized for their outstanding leadership, service, courage, and held up as an example for our community to see.
Hall of Salute Honorees
1992
Anthony Razzano
1993
George Joseph
1994
George Anderson
Joe Seminara
1995
Carl Cialella
Debbie Librandi
1996
Phillip Macri
Pat Mingione
1997
Sue Cox
William McTaggart, Ph.D.
1998
Thomas Andrews
Robert B. Vosburg
1999
Don Stoner
Morris Mitchell
2000
Nancy Flannery
Rev. Jerry Marshall
2001
Faith Hasson
Linton Bupp
2002
Roberta McCreary
Robin McCreary
Vivienne Michaels
Lucretia Fee
2005
Peggy Plonka
2006
Cpl. Albert P. Gettings, U.S.M.C.
2007
Taylor Dettore
2008
JoAnn Esposito
2009
Larry Wilcox
2010
Fred Rentz
2011
SSG. Edward D. Mills, Jr.
2012
Chris Niles
2013
Jim Wherry
2014
Rick Flynn
2016
Jack & Nancy Flannery
2017
New Castle YMCA
Volunteer Leadership
2018
Joshua Lamancusa
2019
Ralph Blundo
2022
Michele Perelman &
Octavia Payne
2023
Pastor David Young Sr.
Salute to Pastor David Young Sr. 2023
Pastor Young has been serving in Christian leadership for over 30 years and has dedicated his life to helping others. Pastor Young founded “Strive for Excellence,” a character development course he has taught in local high school classrooms and student body assemblies. In addition to his accomplishments, Pastor Young is also a Fatherhood Specialist with the Children’s Advocacy Center of Lawrence County, where he mentors men on how to be good fathers. Pastor Young has demonstrated a true spirit of servant leadership by reflecting the Y’s core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
