2018 GIVE Honorees Announced

SALTILLO, Miss. (WCBI)- Some local volunteer groups are in the spotlight after receiving the 2018 Governors initiative for Volunteer Excellence Award, also known as GIVE.

Annabelle Bunch out of Saltillo received the Outstanding Advocacy by Youth award.

Annabelle, and the Annabelle bunch work to raise awareness about juvenile diabetes.

The CREATE Foundation, Toyota Wellspring Fund in Tupelo is also taking home an award as well as Susan C. Tomlinson, for Outstanding Humanitarian Service.

A ceremony is set in April to recognize the winners at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Below is a full list of the honorees.

Mary Louise Shaw, Jackson

The Marsha Meeks Kelly Award for Lifetime Achievement in Volunteer Service

Annabelle Bunch, Saltillo

Outstanding Advocacy by a Youth

CREATE Foundation, Toyota Wellspring Fund, Tupelo

Outstanding Achievement by a Community Partnership

Richard D. deShazo, MD, Jackson

Outstanding Achievement in Health Advocacy

Delta Hands for Hope Youth Leaders, Shaw

Outstanding Volunteer Leadership by a Youth Group

Jaby Denton, Marks

Outstanding Service in Community Revitalization

Ryan E. Jarratt, Vicksburg

Outstanding Youth Leadership

Betty Lou Jones, Meridian

Outstanding Servant Leadership

Mississippi Department of Archives and History Volunteers, Jackson

Outstanding Volunteer Achievement in Promoting Public History

David Schommer, Madison

Outstanding Service in the Arts and Humanities

Denise Dimes Toles, Gulfport

Outstanding Service by a National Service Participant

Susan C. Tomlinson, Starkville

Outstanding Humanitarian Service