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Horizon Presents Leadership Award to Susan Rosenbaum; Howard High Recognized for Service and Philanthropy
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Tweet
The winners of the Sixth Annual Horizon
Foundation Awards have been announced by
Richard M. Krieg, president and chief executive
officer of the Foundation. The recipients will
be honored at an awards breakfast June 3, 2009
at the Hawthorn Center in Columbia.
The
organization’s Richard G. McCauley Leadership
Award will be presented to Susan Rosenbaum,
Director of the Howard County Department of
Citizen Services.
The award is named in
honor of The Horizon Foundation's first Board
Chair.
"Susan has played a
transformative role in the local human services
arena," said Krieg. "She's turned the
agency into one of the most proactive in county
government. We’ve been impressed by the Human
Services Master Plan she spearheaded, as well
as by her leadership in expanding services
throughout the county." He pointed to
Rosenbaum's role in developing the North
Laurel-Savage Multiservice
Center.
Rosenbaum has spent three
decades in public service, starting her career
in Howard County as a staff member of the
Office on Aging, which she later led before
moving up to assistant director and now
director of Citizen Services.
Rosenbaum
is also a highly regarded community volunteer,
serving on many boards, frequently in a
leadership position. She is well-known
for her support of the American Cancer Society
and as a volunteer for Habitat for
Humanity.Howard High School will receive the
Connections Youth Asset Development
Award. Students Che Brown, Walker Smith
and Alison Spatz will accept on behalf of the
school.
"Howard High is really
distinguished by a culture of service and
philanthropy," Krieg said. "This results
from engaged adults and students who want to
make a difference in the
community."
Brown, Smith and Spatz led a
student drive to buy playground equipment for
homeless children sheltered at Grassroots,
Howard County’s 24-hour crisis intervention
center. The campaign, called "Change Matters,"
involved the collection of coins from students
and school staff. It raised $5,000,
$3,000 of which came from the Student
Government Association.
The Day Resource
Center, which provides refuge and support for
the chronically homeless, will receive the
Foundation’s Health Action Award.
"What is remarkable about the Day
Resource Center,” Krieg noted, "is that
hundreds of volunteers have given their time
and energy to connect with a group that's
nearly invisible in affluent Howard
County."
Since July, when it first
opened, over 300 people have come to the Center
for prepared meals, food and clothing, or case
management, medical or legal services. In
addition, tents and heaters were provided for
people living outdoors over the
winter.
Volunteer Joe Willmott, who has
been involved since the project’s inception,
will accept the award on behalf of the Day
Resource Center.The Community Appreciation Award
will be presented to Malynda Hawes Madzel, a
long time community activist with a history of
business, service and philanthropic leadership.
She is the past chair of the Howard County
Chamber of Commerce and The Columbia Foundation
and served on the Board of The Horizon
Foundation.
The Horizon Foundation,
Howard County’s largest philanthropy,
addresses community health issues through
strategic grants, community programs and
partnerships with private and public
institutions.
Jean Moon &
Associates
CONTACT: Rich Krieg,
410-715-0311
410-730-0316
jeanmoon@verizon.net