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Union County Honors Jefferson Award Recipients

Union County Freeholder Chairman Sergio Granados and Freeholder Angel G. Estrada present resolutions to recipients of the Jefferson Award by the Jefferson Awards Foundation congratulating them on receiving the honor.

The Jefferson Awards Foundation is a nonprofit organization that recognizes, inspires and activates volunteerism and public service in communities, work places, and schools across America. The institute was founded in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft Jr., and Sam Beard; and

The Jefferson Awards are a prestigious national recognition system honoring community and public volunteerism in America.  Among the many past recipients are Oprah Winfrey, Bill and Melinda Gates, Lance Armstrong and Steve Jobs. The Jefferson Awards Foundation is a nonprofit organization that recognizes, inspires and activates volunteerism and public service in communities, work places, and schools across America. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)