Newcomers of York County
The Carol Fields Award
2017 Carol Fields Award Recipient.... Gail Soares
In 1978 the membership of the Newcomers Club decided to create an award to honor an individual who had contributed service “above and beyond the call of duty”. The first recipient of this award and the inspiration for it was Carol Fields. Thus, the award became known as “The Carol Fields Award”. This honor is not intended to be given every year, but rather, when an individual is deemed to have earned it through several years of extraordinary service to the club.
Past Recipients of The Carol Fields Award
2005 Jeanne Engle
2006 Cynthia Bottomly
2008 Barbara Rappaport
2009 Brenda Bedi
2011 Sharon Kornberg
2012 Kathy Christy
2013 Nancy Grimm
2014 Jan Webster
2015 Barbara Meighan
2016 Karen Peterson
2017 Gail Soares
After detailing all the contributions that this year’s winner has performed that have been above and beyond the call of duty, Kam announced that Gail Soares has been chosen to receive the Carol Fields award. Gail's husband, John, was also on hand to see Gail receive this honor.
Since its inception, the Carol Fields Award has been presented to:
1978 Carol Fields
1979 Mr. Joe Dukes
1980 Pat Burrows
1981 Lib Allen
1982 Carrington McDermott
1984 Madeline Englehard
1986 Sarah Morgan
1989 Sandi Wardean
1991 Mary Jane Shepard
1996 Joan Musselwhite
1997 Suzanne Kirk
1998 Mignon Eayre
1999 Elly Weiss
2001 Margaret Jefferies
2002 Carol Hostetler
2004 Marianne O'Neill
