{"id":28570,"date":"2020-03-11T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28570"},"modified":"2020-03-11T02:03:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T07:03:04","slug":"montgomery-county-announces-adult-and-youth-governors-volunteer-stars-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/03\/11\/montgomery-county-announces-adult-and-youth-governors-volunteer-stars-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County announces Adult and Youth Governor\u2019s Volunteer Stars Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MontgomeryMontgomery County, TN<\/strong> – Two Montgomery County residents were recognized in Franklin, Tennessee in February and again at the formal March County Commission meeting, because they were selected as the Montgomery County recipients of at the Governor\u2019s Volunteer Stars Awards (GVSA).<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s Volunteer Stars Award is a statewide recognition program that was instituted by former Governor Phil Bredesen to honor and publicly recognize citizens in the adult and youth category from each county for their exemplary volunteer service to their community.<\/p>\n

\"2019<\/a>

2019 Adult GVSA recipient Gary Norris.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gary Norris was selected as the 2019 Adult GVSA recipient for his long-time commitment and passion to help families in our community obtain affordable, decent homes through his long- time support of generous donations and service to Habitat for Humanity as a business owner and a board member.<\/p>\n

Norris also worked to institute the Clarksville Home Builders Association and served in several different capacities on the board throughout the years, working to establish scholarships for Austin Peay State University students and provide donations to Clarksville-Montgomery County School System.<\/p>\n

Norris has been giving back to Clarksville, Montgomery County for nearly four decades by volunteering his time and talents to many local non-profit and civic organizations.<\/p>\n

He has also served on the City Board of Zoning Appeals, Montgomery County Historic Zoning Commission and Common Design Review Board, Clarksville Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission, Montgomery County Board of Zoning Appeals, the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce and as an elder at First Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n

“I believe everyone should become involved in their community. Why not give back to the place that has done so much for us,” said Norris.<\/p>\n

In 2019, he chose to continue giving back to the community by accepting the appointment of the vacant Ward 11 City Council seat as another way to serve Clarksville, Montgomery County.<\/p>\n

\"2019<\/a>

2019 Youth GVSA recipient Taylor Genee Albertia.<\/p><\/div>\n

Taylor Genee Albertia was selected as the 2019 Youth GVSA recipient for her active volunteer experiences throughout Montgomery County.<\/p>\n

Albertia was recently recognized with The President\u2019s Volunteer Service Award for having completed more than 300 hours of volunteer service within a calendar year. She has been an active member of Junior Civitan International for approximately six years.<\/p>\n

[320left]Albertia currently serves as a Valley District Junior Governor, and in 2019 led her district in making Blessing Bags for local police officers after hearing about the 21st officer shot and killed in uniform. Under her direction, 40 Junior Civitans made 150 Blessing Bags full of snacks, first aid items and personal notes of encouragement, for local law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Albertia also serves as an ambassador for Lead United with Clarksville United Way and a Montgomery County Mayor\u2019s Emerging Leader, makes the time to volunteer as a music camp leader, a mentor for those with special needs, visits the elderly in nursing homes and participates in food and clothing drives while maintaining high academic standards and serving on her school\u2019s yearbook staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI give because it\u2019s something we do in my family. I\u2019ve never known anything but volunteering and I think it is important that we show compassion to others,\u201d said Albertia.<\/p>\n

Anyone who would like to nominate an individual or anyone who would like to self-nominate can find information about the GVSA at https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/volunteer-tennessee\/vt-events\/vt-gvsa.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Nominations for this year\u2019s honorees are due to manewell@mcgtn.net<\/a> by November 17th, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montgomery County, TN – Two Montgomery County residents were recognized in Franklin, Tennessee in February and again at the formal March County Commission meeting, because they were selected as the Montgomery County recipients of at the Governor\u2019s Volunteer Stars Awards (GVSA). The Governor\u2019s Volunteer Stars Award is a statewide recognition program that was instituted by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[198],"tags":[262,1675,30617,23433,34621,9731,34622,4097,3748,19976,4432,33884,160,26398,5710,1756,34623,12682,5890],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-7qO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28571,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28570\/revisions\/28571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}