Awardees: Hometown Heroes 2020
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We honored 17 people and organizations for their generous, brave, selfless contributions to our community during the 2020 wave of challenges: pandemic, wildfires, social injustice, and economic downturn.
Above is a short 2-minute video of 2020 in retrospect. Our gratitude to Shmuel Thaler, Angelica Glass, Amanda Rotella, and Aaron Huang.
Below are bite-sized videos of each Awardee.
By EOD of December 3, all of the videos will be uploaded. We want to thank our entire community, as well as the Nominees who did not make the final cut (see Nominees).
Bonnie Lipscomb / SC Economic Development
Awarding Bonnie Lipscomb and her entire team at Santa Cruz Economic Development
PPE for the Central Coast
Congrats to Bryan Largay, Peter Newton, and the entire PPE for Central Coast team.
Bryan Largay, Peter Newton
Cindy Larive / UCSC
Congratulations to Chancellor Cynthia Larive and her UCSC team of heroes.
Dr. Gail Newel
Hometown Hero of 2020: Dr. Gail Newel and her entire team
Ride Out the Wave
Congratulations to Rex Harris, Drew Meyers, and the entire Ride Out the Wave team
Drew Meyer, Rex Harris
Isabel Bjork / UCSC Genomics Institute
Congratulations to Isabel Bjork and her entire team at UCSC Genomics Institute
Jeremy Sanford / UCSC
Congrats to Jeremy and the entire UCSC COVID-19 team
Susan Nemitz / Santa Cruz County Public Libraries
Congratulations to Susan Nemitz and the entire team of heroes at Santa Cruz County Public Libraries
Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan, Digital NEST
Congratulations to Joanne Sanchez, Jacob Martinez, and the teams of heroes who make up Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Carvan, and Digital NEST
Joanne Sanchez, Jacob Martinez
Paulina Moreno / The Thriving Immigrants Initiative
Ruby Vasquez
Smith Grade Bald Mt. Fire Crew
Ryan Coonerty
Susan True / Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
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Get Virtual
Congrats to the entire Get Virtual team!
Valentina Velasquez
Greg Wimp / Togo’s SV, Cap, Watsonville
Congratulations to Greg Wimp, owner of Togo's Scotts Valley, Capitola, and Watsonville
