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welcome
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today we are celebrating and recognizing
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the students
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employees and community members who
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exemplify
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outstanding citizenship and community
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service
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this program highlights one of the three
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leaves
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on our college seal which is service
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service is a hallmark of what a suny
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delhi
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education and student experience are all
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about
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this year's program theme is having the
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courage
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to care and connect as community
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the theme truly reflects the critical
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issues
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that have one way or another impacted
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each of us this year let me say thank
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you to each award recipient this year
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for understanding the significance and
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importance of serving
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and engaging in both small and big ways
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that have impacted others in beneficial
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ways
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many times you did not even realize
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how much your work made a difference
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in other people's lives suny delhi
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students your actions speak volumes
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i want to share some of the things about
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the events and projects
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you have been involved with
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serving as volunteer fire department
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and ems people eop
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virtual volunteer projects blood drive
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volunteering
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storytelling to children making mass
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together to fight suicide experience
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virtual community service earth day
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experience
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food pantries soup kitchens
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fundraising for your philanthropies
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such as the puerto rico disaster
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tutoring siblings during covid
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suny delhi students employees and
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community residents
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continue to regularly display
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resilience concern and strength in their
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commitment to our
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college service pillar
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whether serving near or far servant
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leadership was never
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put on hold i am proud to be
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part of recognizing such incredible
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individuals making an impact
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in the community reside in that we
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reside in
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was not cancelled celebrating you
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and recognizing you for your selfless
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dedication
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and engagement with others is what this
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evening's program will be celebrating
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before we move to the awards i would
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like to introduce
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john padavani assistant vice president
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for student life
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to share a message and elizabeth hoyt
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assistant to the vice president for
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student life
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and chief diversity officer who will
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provide us with an
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overview of the student citizenship
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awards
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hello my name is john patavani assistant
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vice president for student life
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i want to welcome you and thank all of
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you for attending our award ceremony
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today
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the o'connor center continues its over
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20 years of service to suny delhi
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and the delhi community i want to thank
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michelle defries
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miss d for all her work this past year
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and for her dedication with helping our
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students
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and community partners to fully realize
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their community engagement opportunities
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and of course their success
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i also want to thank all the award
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winners who you will hear about
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shortly for their dedication to the
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well-being of
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others they all embody this year's theme
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having the courage to care and connect
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as community
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this has certainly been a challenging
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year
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but as you will see over the next few
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moments suny delhi
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not only has a history of service
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citizenship
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and community engagement but that the
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individuals today
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despite all obstacles and hardship
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persevered with a mission
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of service to the community and its
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people
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citizenship can be described in many
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ways
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in its most literal form it describes
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the nation
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to which an individual belongs
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in these trying times of a health
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pandemic
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social unrest and the pursuit of equity
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it describes so much more
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in the words of muhammad ali service to
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others
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is the rent you pay for your room here
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on earth
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the individuals honored today have shown
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that through local action
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care and empathy we can all live
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and thrive in our community their
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courage is inspiring
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they held firm to the belief that one
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person can make a difference
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or that a group of determined
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individuals can really make that
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difference
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we find in their commitment and work in
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our communities
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the hope that things will get better
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that together
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we can all work for positive change and
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for communities
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where all are welcome are safe
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and are supported thank you again
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and please continue to be well and safe
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and wear your masks good night
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now for the awards the first award
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is the club organization of the year
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areas that were considered include
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community service our data
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the club organization's follow through
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accountability and the relationship
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building
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with their communities both on and off
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the campus
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this year's award goes to
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upsilon delta epsilon udi
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some of the things that they've been
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involved in include
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the andes new york library cleanup for
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their major renovation
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greek week champions the suny pride
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conference presentation
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march for disabilities in albany new
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york
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and the asian cultural club fall
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festival event to name just a few
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congratulations udi brothers and sisters
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hi i'm sitting here with sebastian ruras
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the president of upsilon delta epsilon
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udi as we all know them throughout the
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campus
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has been selected as this year's
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club of the year sebastian would you
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like to share
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just a brief um overview of yourself
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yes um so my name is sebastian ruiz i'm
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a senior in the culinary arts management
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track here at suny delhi i
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am in eop i've been heavily involved on
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campus and i'm
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a part of just about everything
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everybody knows me
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sebastian i'd like you to share about
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udi
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what about it that makes it such a
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special co-ed fraternity
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so what makes us very special to the
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daha community is because we are co-ed
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so that means that we accept both males
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and females
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non-binary whatever your agenda is does
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not matter okay we will accept you
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simply because we
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look for quality we're in an individual
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and so that's what we pride ourselves on
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being inclusive we have people from all
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over the world we have a korean we have
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mexicans we have spanish it doesn't even
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matter that's not what we're looking for
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we're looking to build an environment
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where everybody's included
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they feel welcomed and loved so ude
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quite literally means united diversity
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eternity
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and so that's what we stand for can you
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tell me
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why it's important for greek
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organizations
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to be involved with community service
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it's very important for us to get as
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involved as we possibly can
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so speaking of our community in general
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in delhi we do have an elderly
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population
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um so just on main street there's our
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residential area specifically for the
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elderly
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and so like amazon that's absolutely has
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done a community service event there
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where we
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mulch the ground we put implants and
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we've done a bunch of ramping that they
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simply cannot do themselves
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so that's one of the situations where
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community service really does benefit
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our community
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and even then like if you go out and do
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simple events like cleanups
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which is something you could do whenever
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you want to literally
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and that helps the way the environment
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looks it makes it healthier for us to
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live here it's better for when people
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pass by
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and they can just see that it's a
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beautiful little village that's true
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out of all the activities this past
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year covid you know 2020
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what is udi most proud of so one of the
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events we are most proud of is an event
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we
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hosted um with safe against violence
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it's a domestic violence awareness film
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and so what we did was
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we simply had a film show in centennial
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center
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and all we did was watch it and then
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talk about it like what were the key
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points throughout the movie that showed
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like how serious can domestic violence
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be
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how hard can it be to detect it and what
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can you do to save a life
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how can you do to save your own life if
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you're in that situation so it's about
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like
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educating our environment especially
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with such young people who can easily be
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in these situations
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that's true whether it's an individual
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a club an organization or all of us as
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you know a community why
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should we do community service what
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would you say
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i say that no matter what you can always
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build in time for community service and
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it definitely benefits more than
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not only yourself but the people around
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you i think it's also
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it always benefits to give as much as
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you possibly can to people around you
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because you never know when you're gonna
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need to help yourself
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yeah because there could come a time
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where you simply can't do those simple
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things like clean in front of your house
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and you might need somebody to do and i
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would personally love if somebody could
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help me in that situation
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tell me about it and um i know that
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i do presentations all the time about
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those
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essential skills that people need
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because
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you can take a community service project
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and develop
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skills whether it would be in technology
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communications
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to make yourself ready for the workforce
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or your the community you live in
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so um you're right on target
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but i want to congratulate you and your
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brothers and sisters again i'm very
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proud of you
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it couldn't have been awarded to a more
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active
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organization thank you so much mr you're
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welcome
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next is a community program of the year
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this is the first year for this award
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this award will be given annually
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to an event or program in the greater
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delhi communities
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that made a significant impact to their
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respective community
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this year's award goes to the dairy
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distributions
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in delaware county which was led by
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jacqueline oliver
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drive-thru dairy program provided much
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needed relief to our community
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last spring during the covid 19 shutdown
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the initiative was spearheaded by
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jacqueline oliver
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a field supervisor for a dairy farmer
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cooperative called agramark
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because of the closings of restaurants
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and schools due to coven 19
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farmers had a surplus of dairy products
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jackie collaborated with local dairy
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businesses and grocery stores to
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distribute the
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extra dairy products to the community
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instead of simply dumping it
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for two weeks in a row jackie her family
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friends and other community members
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passed out hundreds of boxes of dairy
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products
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to the community for free approximately
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700 cars drove through the distribution
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site on the suny delhi campus and
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received free products
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during the two drive through events they
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handed out thousands of gallons of milk
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as well as cheese sticks whipped cream
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yogurt cottage cheese and sour cream
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jackie oliver says that her parents
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taught her to make an effort to help
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people and her in-laws always reminded
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her that it takes a village
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the village of delhi as well as the
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surrounding community
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is thankful for jackie and the
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drive-through dairy programs
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for coming through during a difficult
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time
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to help the dairy industry as well as
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local
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residents we are glad to recognize your
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effort
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with the community program of the year
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award
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congratulations
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next is the community partner of the
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year
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this individual is chosen for the years
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of service
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and active involvement with the students
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faculty
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staff and their community in addition
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the positive impact that the community
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partner displays
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in everyday life this year's award
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is presented to will outson
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owner of main street cards and gifts
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in delhi will has put his mark
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on the village of delhi and community at
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large
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let me now introduce mr will outson
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hi my name is will outson business owner
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main street cars and gifts in delhi
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first i would like to say thank you that
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i am honored
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that i have been recognized and selected
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to be community partner by the o'connor
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center for community engagement
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at suny delhi as
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business owners and community members
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my wife maureen and i always realized
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how important it was
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to give back to community whether we
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were fundraising
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having a sale here at the store
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or perhaps joining an organization
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as a complement to that i joined the
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delaware county
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community action network whose primary
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goal
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is to create opportunities for youth in
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our community
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it was here that we first met members of
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the o'connor center
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for community engagement and
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the greater suny delhi student body
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sororities and fraternities together
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we arranged fundraisers through
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breakfasts
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and dinners had pumpkin painting
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and scarecrow making on the courthouse
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square
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and even arranged for creating tree
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ornaments
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for our local humane society's
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raffle in december to name a few
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as an individual i've always felt
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that it's creative critically important
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to be part of a community whether it was
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[Music]
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coaching softball or soccer or baseball
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being the business representative on the
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local mayor's task force
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or creating opportunities for community
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appreciation day
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and of late joining the delhi pool
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advisory council
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this year has been a tough year we'll
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all agree
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but i think when we get back on track
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there'll be lots of things to do
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and no doubt new opportunities to
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explore
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thank you once again
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hello everyone my name is elizabeth hoyt
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and i am the assistant to the vice
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president for student life and chief
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diversity officer
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i am honored to present this year's
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citizenship awards
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these special awards are given to
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outstanding students who demonstrate
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characteristics of being a good role
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model
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this can be through positive
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interactions with others being a good
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neighbor
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serving as an active community member or
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helping others without desire of
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recognition
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citizenship award recipients in
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particular or students who act out of
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kindness
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not as part of a job or course
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requirement but because they believe
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that acting for the benefit of others
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is the right thing to do
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the first award goes to dennis almeida
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dennis is from port chester new york and
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majors in architectural design
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and building the college has seen him
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rise to become one of the top students
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academically but also with regards to
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his participation
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assistance to others and leadership
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among his peers
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dennis was nominated by architecture
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professor janet ho
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who says that other students seek him
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out for mentorship
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and how to succeed with the rigorous
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required coursework
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it was only a natural progression that
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dennis would start as an official peer
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mentor
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but his reach volunteer efforts and
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support go far beyond what is written
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and expected of the position
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dennis demonstrates unwavering
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positivity and energy
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and takes the time to make sure all new
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students acclimate and feel welcome
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his individual contributions make the
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academic and campus environment a better
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place to be
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i am honored to present dennis with the
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2020 citizenship award
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the next award goes to samuel irion
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sam is from arlington vermont and majors
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in nursing
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he joined the delhi fire department as
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soon as he arrived at suny delhi
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sam has been an active member running
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ambulance calls assisting with
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administrative duties
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and is currently enhancing the fire
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department's electronic documentation
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platform
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his nominator dan enders an adjunct
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nursing instructor
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stated that sam has a true eagerness to
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help
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gives his time freely to assist others
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and volunteers to make the campus and
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the community safe
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sam has responded to many easy and some
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tough emergencies and is always
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described as professional
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and authentically good-natured sam
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embodies the qualities of service and i
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am happy to present him
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with the 2020 citizenship award
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we have reached the end of our virtual
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awards ceremony
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a shout out to suny delhi students
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employees and community residents who
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have
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shown their continuing support of the
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o'connor center for
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community engagement and regalia
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the college's student ready store
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these individuals have donated
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food clothing and toiletry donations
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as well as their time talent and
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treasures
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special thanks to this year's committee
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members
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which include elizabeth hoyt
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rika olsen nick preston
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and sarah poole for their time
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collaboration and commitment in bringing
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this event
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to fruition finally
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congratulations to all this year's
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student citizenship award winners
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and o'connor center for community
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engagement
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recipients keep safe
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be well and remain broncos strong
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[Music]
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you
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