Progressive Agriculture Foundation® Presents Inaugural Volunteer Milestone Awards Recognizing 20 Years
Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® coordinators celebrated during National Volunteer Month.
[April 24, 2023; Birmingham, Alabama] – The Progressive Agriculture Foundation® (PAF) has named 19 recipients, who have served as a volunteer Progressive Agriculture Safety Day (PAF Safety Day) coordinator for 20 years, with the inaugural Bernard Geschke Volunteer Service Award.
The following individuals have been awarded the Bernard Geschke Volunteer Service Award:
Lynne Alder, Star City, Arkansas; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Susan Alexander, Brookville, Pennsylvania; 23-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Cherrie Curtis, New Boston, Texas; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Shirley Ewing, Bladen, Nebraska; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Julie Ferry, Lakota, North Dakota; 21-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Owida Franz, Clayton, New Mexico; 23-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Tyrone Gentry, Greensburg, Kentucky; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Jane Graves, Olney, Illinois; 23-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Kayla Hinrichs, Ord, Nebraska; 24-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Suzette Jetton, Kiln, Mississippi; 21-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Shari Kuther, Nezperce, Idaho; 22-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Nancy McGrain, Onawa, Iowa; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Sherrie Nestor, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado; 23-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Sharry Nielsen, Minden, Nebraska; 27-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Minnie Posey, Franklinton, Louisiana; 21-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Amy Rademaker, Urbana, Illinois; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Tim Roberts, Brownsville, Tennessee; 20-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Tony Rose, Columbia, Kentucky; 21-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
Cynthia Wilkinson, Meadville, Mississippi; 21-Year PAF Safety Day coordinator
“On behalf of the Foundation and its Board of Directors, it is an honor to award this group of exceptional individuals with this prestigious award for their unwavering commitment in helping to carry out the Foundation’s mission for 20 or more years,” said Brian Kuhl, president and CEO of PAF. “It is most fitting that this award was named in honor of Bernard Geschke – an individual who often shared that working with the volunteers had remained the best part of his job.”
This award was established in honor of Bernard Geschke, upon his retirement from the Foundation as program specialist in March 2022. Geschke was a farm safety trailblazer who played an integral role in the development of today’s PAF Safety Day program since 1995.
About Progressive Agriculture Foundation®
The Progressive Agriculture Foundation® (PAF) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to provide education, training and resources to make farm, ranch and rural life safer and healthier for all children and their communities. PAF builds partnerships to secure resources for the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day® (PAF Safety Day) program, which is recognized as the largest rural safety and health education program for children in North America.
Since the inception of the Foundation's program in 1995, millions of individuals have been reached in 45 states, two territories, and nine Canadian provinces. For more information about PAF and the PAF Safety Day program, visit: http://www.progressiveag.org.