Volunteer of the Year Award

Volunteer of the Year is given to a Rhode Island Wild Plant Society member who has unfailingly dedicated their efforts toward the betterment of the Society as a whole.

2005 – Garry Plunkett
2006 – Kim Bothelo & Barney Webster
2007 – Mary Lou Upham
2008 – Patricia Cahalan & Cynthia Gianfrancesco
2009 – Bob & Shirley Anderson
2010 – Christine Kalina
2011 – Marcia Pena
2012 – Graham Laird Gardner
2013 – Roy Jeffrey and Susan Marcus
2014 – Paula Morrissey
2015 – Kevin Alverson
2016 – Helen Drew
2017 – Linda McDaniel
2018 – Sandra Jacobi
2019 – Peggy Buttenbaum & Pat Foley
2020 – Anne Raver
2021 – Sherry Dzamba & Melissa Hughes
2022 – Liz Bardo
2023 – Gayle Anderson & Brenda Woodward

Lifetime Service Award

Lifetime Service Award is given to a Rhode Island Wild Plant Society member who has unfailingly dedicated their efforts toward the betterment of the Society as a whole for a minimum of 10 years

2005 – Betty Salomon, Betsy Keiffer & Dorothy Swift
2006 – Jerry Melaragno
2007 – Lisa Gould, Rick Enser & Jules Cohen
2008 – Dick Donnelly & Judith Ireland
2009 –
2010 – Mabel (Sindy) Hempstead
2011 – Joan Pilson
2012 – Karen Asher
2013 – Sandra Thompson
2014 – Frances Topping
2015 – Bob and Shirley Anderson
2016 – Doug McGrady
2017 – Pat Cahalan
2018 – Helen Lusi & Sigrid Hewitt
2019 – Marnie Lacouture & Carolyn Curtiss
2020 – Kathy Barton & Francis Underwood
2021 – Carl Sawyer
2022 – Marty Fisher & Garry Plunkett
2023 – Nancy Weiss Fried & Mary Lou Upham