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PRIDE honors Destiny Molden, Southwestern High junior

Destiny Molden, PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award, April 2014

  Destiny Molden, a junior at Southwestern High School, has earned the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award for April. Bobby Clue, Executive Director of the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce, surprised Molden with the award during the chamber luncheon today at The Center for Rural Development. He presented the award on behalf of PRIDE. […]

McCreary County’s Derek Jones is region’s top volunteer

Derek Jones accepted the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award from PRIDE’s Mark Davis.

Derek Jones of Whitley City has been named southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month. Jones, who is a driver for Crete Carrier Corporation, earned the volunteerism award for regularly picking up litter along Hwy. 1651 in Whitley City. He and his mother, Barbara, adopted the stretch of highway in memory of his […]

Wolfe County teen is region’s top volunteer

PRIDE Volunteer of the Month John Henson (front), Eula Gibson (grandmother), Wolfe County Judge-Executive Dennis Brooks, Wolfe County Solid Waste Coordinator Ashley Bowman, PRIDE Field Representative Mark Davis

Wolfe County’s John Henson has earned southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award. Henson, who is 18 years old, has volunteered to pick up litter in Wolfe County for years. Most recently, he volunteered for PRIDE Spring Cleanup Month in April 2013. Henson also became involved with the Wolfe County Recycling Hub […]

Bottom Fork Cleanup Coalition takes care of its Letcher County community

Bottom Fork Cleanup Coalition, Letcher County

A group of Letcher County citizens has been recognized for teaming up to keep their community clean. The Bottom Fork Cleanup Coalition, led by Nathan Polly, earned the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award for October 2013. The award is given monthly to one person or group in a 42-county region of southern and eastern […]

2013 Spring Cleanup T-shirt designed by Whitley City 3rd-grader

Congressman Hal Rogers congratulated Casey Joe Stephens for designing the 2013 PRIDE Spring Cleanup T-shirt

  Casey Joe Stephens, a third-grade student at Whitley City Elementary School, was surprised today to learn he won a region-wide contest to design the 2013 PRIDE Spring Cleanup T-shirt — which will be given to thousands of volunteers across 42 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky in April. Stephens, who is […]

Tina Webb of Van Lear is region’s top PRIDE volunteer

Tina Webb accepted the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award from PRIDE’s Mark Davis (right). They were joined by Johnson County Sheriff Dwayne Price (left), who nominated Webb for the award. Photo by the Paintsville Herald.

In honor of her dedication to the community of Van Lear, Johnson County’s Tina Webb has been named southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month for February 2013. “Van Lear has made a name for itself over the years for its community pride, especially for its volunteer cleanup efforts, and we thank Ms. […]

Corbin’s Lt. Col. Rick McClure is region’s top PRIDE volunteer

Amy Allen, Lt. Col. Rick McClure, Mark Davis

In honor of his dedication to the annual Laurel Lake Cleanup, Lt. Col. Rick McClure has been named southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month for January 2013.Until his retirement in November 2012, McClure was the JROTC Senior Instructor and French teacher at Corbin High School.“Rick has been active in the annual cleanup […]

Friend of Lake Cumberland Patrick Emerson is region’s top volunteer

Patrick Emerson PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Dec. 2012

Patrick Emerson (far left) posed with fellow volunteers at the Pumpkin Creek launch ramp during a past Friends of Lake Cumberland Cleanup. Photo submitted by Debbie Schumann. In honor of his dedication to the annual Friends of Lake Cumberland Cleanup, Russell County’s Patrick Emerson was named southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE […]

Wolfe County’s Ashley Bowman is region’s top volunteer

Ashley Bowman accepted PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award from Tammie Wilson

A Wolfe County public servant was named southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month for September 2012. Ashley Bowman, who is the county’s Solid Waste Coordinator, earned the honor for his leadership as the county’s PRIDE Coordinator, which is a volunteer position. “Ashley, we have been so impressed by your passion for Wolfe […]

July 2012: Paintsville’s Bob Pack is region’s top PRIDE volunteer

PRIDE's Mark Davis, Johnson Co PRIDE Coordinator Lillian Wheeler, Bob Pack, Johnson Co Judge-Executive R.T. Daniel

A Paintsville businessman and civic leader has been named southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month for July. Bob Pack, who owns and manages the Paintsville Automotive Supply Company, received the award June 27 during the meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Paintsville, where he is an officer and board member. “Mr. Pack, we […]

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