George Simones Award
The George Simones Award is given out every year to a Camp Staff Member(s) that exemplifies a heart for service, a passion for Servant Camp, and a love of the outdoors. George was the veteran 5th grade unit leader, who loved to laugh with his campers and show them God’s love through nature.
George Simones was a member of the People of Praise and volunteered as a Camp Staff Unit Leader for many years. George became ill in the beginning of Servant Camp 1994 passed away shortly thereafter.
The following is a list of past George Simones Award Recipients from 1995 to present:
1995 Recipients: Ann Miller, Tammy Krause, John Zimmel, Terry Prevost
1996 Recipients: Ken Kuehn, Jeanne Oberg, Mike Oberg, Margret Wallace, Pat Ficker
1997 Recipients: Ginny DeSanto, Marge Ghostley, Carmen Lee, Ed Schwab, Bev Hermann
1998 Recipients: Ernie Rinehart, Vicki Showalter, Tina (Huebner) LaVergne, Terry Schmidt, Tony Schmitz
1999 Recipients: John Ostby, Bunny Simones
2000 Recipients: Gail Lee, Tom Caneff, Harold & Delores Rolland
2001 Recipients: Tom Kruse, Mary Pat McManmon
2002 Recipients: Julie Krause, John Ryan
2003 Recipients: Jo Zimmel, Jim Ingram, Rosie Tarnowski, Jim Grill
2004 Recipients: Sue & Harold Coulter
2005 Recipient: Emily (Wind) Bowar
2006 Recipients: Gailyn Ryan, Pat Flynn
2007 Recipients: Meg McManmon, Paul Zenker
2008 Recipient: John Krause
2009 Recipient: Dick Stauble
2010 Recipient: Molly (Annala) Kilpatrick
2011 Recipient: Bill Wallace
2012 Recipient: Mike Wacker
2013 Recipients: John & Mary Behrens
2014 Recipients: Tom Staffelbach, Alicia McShane
2015 Recipients: Steve Busk, Beth Couch
2016 Recipients: Juliana Dal Pra, Andy Bowar
2017 Recipients: Anne Varevice, Bradford Elliott
2018 Recipient: James McShane, Laura Rice
2019 Recipient: Claire McManmon
2020 Recipient: Camp at 3 locations— too difficult to choose!
2021 Recipient: Katherine Couch
2022 Recipient: Dan Schwab
2023 Recipient: Annie Oberg, Kristin Heintzelman