2026 VOLUNTEER NEW YORK! VOLUNTEER SPIRIT AWARDS
APRIL 17, 2026 • TARRYTOWN
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VSA Event Sponsors
Brown & Brown, Choose Your Mindset, Her Honor Mentoring, Hilb Group, Hudson Valley Credit Union, Morgan Stanley, PCSB Community Foundation, PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP, Regeneron, SCF Wealth Management Group at UBS, The Kesten Family, Webster Bank, and WMCHealth
VSA Award Judges
Blakely Brodbeck, Sally Cavada, Tom Gabriel, Phillip Ham, Rob Pisano, Alessandra Restiano, Linda Tyler, Susan Warner, Marissa Weidner, Robin White, Lilian Wu, and Chivas Wakuta
VSA Steering Committee
Lydia Kris (Chair), Joanne Kirkpatrick (Chair Emeritus), Dr. Carmen L. Martínez-López, Laura Romeo Sobel, Becky Silverstein, Steve Sonet, and Christine Stufano
About the Volunteer Spirit Awards
The Volunteer New York! VVolunteer Spirit Awardsds breakfast benefit is held annually in April during Global Volunteer Month to honor volunteers in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties. The event is attended by over 550 “who’s who” leaders from the community, including representatives from the business, nonprofit, and public sectors, to recognize extraordinary individuals and groups who have made a significant difference in their communities. Nominations are held for six categories, and an independent panel of judges selects one individual volunteer or nonprofit group for each category. The event is Volunteer New York!’s only annual event fundraiser and is supported through sponsorships, journal ads, ticket and table sales, and individual donations leading up to the event and during our 2-minute pledge, much of which is driven in honor and celebration of the individual volunteer and nonprofit group honorees, and the nominating organizations.
2026 Orange Book
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