Tinton Falls South First Aid Squad To Commend Volunteers For Service Hours

The Tinton Falls South Volunteer First Aid Squad has announced the winners of the President's Volunteer Service Awards.

"The members of the Tinton Falls South First Aid Squad receiving this award are among the finest examples of our Nation’s most valuable resource, our citizen volunteers, Squad Captain Gary du Bois said. "These volunteers, while holding down regular jobs still find the time for our community to respond any hour of the day or night when a citizen is injured or ill."

"Hundreds of hours of formal and continuing training to retain their certifications as Emergency Medical Technicians keeps them on their toes," Captain du Bois added.

On Monday, Sept. 10, the squad will present the following awards during its regularly scheduled monthly meeting:

• Walter Cobb: President’s Call to Service Award
• Woody Purdon: President’s Call to Service Award
• Cary Costa:  President’s Call to Service Award
• Robert Harvey: GOLD
• Colleen Connelly: GOLD
• Jerry Donlon: GOLD
• Mark Goldberg: GOLD
• William Katz: GOLD
• Mike Zorner: GOLD
• Capt. Gary du Bois: GOLD
• 2nd Lt. George McBride: GOLD
• 1st Lt. Scott Goldy: GOLD
• Sgt. Mow Chu: GOLD
• John Mack: GOLD
• John Shotliff: SILVER
• Kurt Gibson: SILVER
• Joe Rosamillia: BRONZE

Capt. du Bois said the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation established the award system in 2003 to "recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making in our nation's communities.

Awards are measured by the number of hours of service over a 12-month period or cumulative hours earned over the course of a lifetime of service. The levels awarded are Bronze (less than 249 hours) Silver (more than 249 but less than 500 hours) Gold (500 hours or more) and the ‘Presidents Call to Service Award’ (4,000 hours or more of volunteer service over a lifetime).