Murray Roberts

Southfield, Michigan

Mr. Murray Roberts maintains a very well-kept yard in the Magnolia neighborhood. He demonstrates his community pride by picking up litter along Eight Mile Road and mowing the grass weekly in the public right-of-way on Hollywood Street and along Eight Mile.

Suetta Clevinger

Pikeville, Kentucky

Suetta Clevinger is a person who goes the Extra Mile every day. She willingly dedicates her time and passion to the development of downtown Pikeville by serving on the Pikeville Board of Directors. She serves on several committees and is a champion at recruiting volunteers for the projects she oversees. Suetta unequivocally exemplifies the power to make a difference through thoughtful, selfless, and kindhearted deeds. Her unbounding energy, passion, and commitment to volunteerism embodies the heart of humanity of our City. Her involvement has elevated our city’s spirit of community engagement as her dedication is truly inspiring to others.

Martha Maywalt

Syracuse, New York

Ms. Maywalt has managed a group of city employees within a department that deals with the public on an everyday basis. She is one of the employees who arrives first thing in the morning and is often one of the last ones to leave. Her work recently leading and overseeing a huge initiative that required her team to field thousands of calls and emails has resulted in added revenue through recovered debts owed to the City of Syracuse.

Ruthnie Angrand

Syracuse, New York

Ms. Angrand displays hard work and dedication to the City of Syracuse municipality and Syracuse residents on a regular basis. She juggles a lot for the City and has managed multiple projects on her own that could easily need a team of 2-4 people. She oversees a number of individuals, processes and events that are technically not under her purview, and she shoots to be and do her best which includes working late and on the weekends to make sure everything is completed.

The Local Bee

Draper, Utah

Draper locals Shawna Borg and Natalie Watson founded “The Local Bee” to share their joy for service in the community and unite it with their love for supporting local charities and businesses. Every month, the partner with a local charity to fulfill a specific need, host a simple monthly service opportunity to participate in while highlighting local restaurants, shops, businesses and organizations. Last month they partnered with “For the Kids” and together with Draper friends and businesses, collected and donated 5,860 meals. That amount provided 732 complete weekend meal kits for kids.

Battalion Chief Kevin Holt

Draper, Utah

Battalion Chief Kevin Holt oversees the medical services of the Draper City Fire Dept. He has worked tirelessly to update response protocols and add additional protection to safeguard personnel, patients and their families. He participates in many calls and meetings to discuss COVID infection rates and effective response measures. He is an invaluable member of the Draper City FD and a true EMS professional.

Ken Leslie, founder of Veterans Matter and https://www.1matters.org/

Toledo, Ohio

Veterans Matter is a local nonprofit that works to help homeless veterans get into homes. Since 2012, the group led by local homeless advocate Ken Leslie has aimed to get veterans off the street with a straightforward strategy: Veterans Matter provides first month’s rent and a security deposit for homeless veterans already on their way toward permanent housing through existing Veterans Affairs programs. Mr. Leslie was once homeless himself and understands the struggles of homeless people firsthand and has become a tireless and effective advocate in the Toledo area and in more than a dozen states where Veterans Matter now operates.

NY Geneva Heroes

Geneva, New York

Steve Valentino, Mayor of the City of Geneva, New York, is proud to support “Extra Mile Day” and recognize as Extra Mile Heroes: Henry Farro from Food Justice; Geneva High School student Jacob Rivera; Jeff Cahoon from Pretzel Logic and the Civil Air Patrol Group; as well as the GNRC and City team partnering with Ontario County and Foodlink to provide a community-wide food distribution regularly since the Spring in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Anikait Sota

Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey

Anikait Sota, a Central Middle School student, is an Extra Mile Hero for his efforts in supporting the community by launching “Parsippany Cube Club”, a non-profit organization, that has raised $3700 for the local Food Pantry by teaching classes on the Rubix Cube.

Riya Dadheech

Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey

Riya Dadheech, a high school student, is an Extra Mile Hero for her efforts in helping the COVID-19 impacted community by launching “Classes 4 A Cause”, a non-profit organization, that has raised over $4000 for the community. The funds are used to provide PPE to Front Line responders and food to local food pantries.

Riya Dadheech

Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey

Riya Dadheech, a high school student, is an Extra Mile Hero for her efforts in helping the COVID-19 impacted community by launching “Classes 4 A Cause”, a non-profit organization, that has raised over $4000 for the community. The funds are used to provide PPE to Front Line responders and food to local food pantries.

Mayor Jason L. Shelton

Tupelo, Mississippi

There is phrase we that we use in Tupelo-the Tupelo Spirit. It’s a spirit of community leadership, cooperation and servanthood-in essence, it’s “going the extra mile.” Our city is full of these selfless citizens who are always available to do whatever is needed. We celebrate two citizens who exemplify that spirit-Jason Martin, Tupelo/Lee County Hunger Coalition and Community Outreach Task Force committee member, who has done great work in the way of food insecurity in Tupelo.

He has especially gone above and beyond during the Covid-19 pandemic to reach children and families needing food (specifically children who depended on school meals); and Leticia Gassaway, El Centro and Community Outreach Task Force committee member, she continues to serve as a wonderful liaison and support for the Latina community in Tupelo. I thank them for giving their time, talents, and resources to sustain and enhance the City of Tupelo.

Cherron Jones

Southfield, Michigan

Cherron Jones, director of Urban Unity Community Development in Detroit, extends her concern for community to Southfield where she resides. Ms. Jones has given time and resources to help host the “Kneel to Heal” event in June and helped the Mayor’s office organize 2020 Census events. Her generosity extends to providing a DJ, backpack giveaways, and raffle prizes as incentives to have residents complete the Census.

Ray Westmoreland

Garden City, Idaho

Ray Westmoreland has been the anchor of our volunteer parks committee since April of 2006. His dedication to our park system has been demonstrated year after year for over 14 years.

Susie Vader

Garden City, Idaho

Susie Vader is an Extra-Mile Hero. Susie has served the City of Garden City as a Parks Committee volunteer since August of 2008. Her consistent efforts have provided valuable guidance resulting in a valued resource for our citizens.

William (Bill) Mullane

Garden City, Idaho

William (Bill) Mullane is an Extra-Mile Hero. Bill has served the City of Garden City as a volunteer on our Parks Committee since April of 2008. Bill also represents the city on the Foundation for Ada County Trails Systems. His committed participation and faithful service have benefited the entire region of park and greenbelt users.

Speedy Smith

Canton, Georgia

Speedy Smith is Founder and Owner of Speedy Productions in Canton, and they do sound setups for local and international events, acts and bands. Earlier this year, Speedy was recognized for volunteering his time and effort to our Canton Police Dept by providing the sound system for their events for many years. In addition, our Main Street program and city events could not function without Speedy’s help. Speedy and his team at Speedy Productions have provided the sound setup for countless events, such as First Fridays, July 4th celebrations, the Canton Farmers Market and many others. More importantly, Speedy is often the first to arrive and the last to leave, pitching in to volunteer or help his fellow citizens in any way possible.

Joe Davis

Auburn, Alabama

Joe Davis is an advocate and champion for those who are in need. Soon after Joe became the director of Outreach and Mission at Auburn United Methodist Church, the tornadoes that killed 23 people in Lee County struck our area. Joe was essential in partnering churches, businesses and community so that home repairs could occur and families in need could take steps toward healing and hope. In late 2019, Joe began helping our church and community with conversations and education concerning racial reconciliation. Then in the Spring 2020 when the pandemic hit our area, Joe worked with the Food Bank of East Alabama to set up new outreach of food distribution in the parking lot of Auburn UMC so that those living with food insecurities could have supplies to meet basic needs.

Jani Price

Auburn, Alabama

Almost as soon as East Alabama Medical Center admitted its first patient with COVID-19 on March 16, 2020, the congregation at Auburn United Methodist Church set up a 24-hour prayer chain. One church member, Jani Price, took it a step further by organizing an on-going event dubbed Park and Pray on the top level of the hospital’s parking deck. Through the magic of social media, the parking deck was packed each day at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. This meaningful movement by Price in 2020 follows her actions in 2019 when she coordinated the “Mend the Heart 2019 Tornado Relief Benefit” which raised $78,000 after a rural community next to Auburn was devastated by two tornadoes that left 23 people dead, destroyed 200 homes and caused substantial damage to another 150 homes.

Mayor Jim Kenney

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“The COVID-19 pandemic and the events over the past seven months have highlighted just how strong the spirit of service is within Philadelphia. Volunteers became essential personnel, and Philadelphians stepped up in a way that exemplified what it means for us to be the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. Our volunteers go the extra mile-and beyond, working towards building better and safer communities for all, and they are the reason why Philly is such a great city.” – Mayor Jim Kenney, City of Philadelphia

Eleanor Krusell

Boynton Beach, Florida

“I would like to cite Eleanor Krusell for going the extra mile, without her work informing our residents we would be at a disadvantage.” – Mayor Steven B. Grant, Esq.

Donna Smith

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Donna is our local energizer bunny; she is never still and always working on making our gardens and streetscape beautiful and fresh. She is the driving force behind our beautifully decorated fountain as well as any decorations that are presented in the downtown area and does this as a total volunteer.

She totally represents the saying, “If you want something done, asked the busiest person.”

Jay Shoffner

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Over the last 10 years Mr. Shoffner has taken several buildings in our downtown area and repurposed them to allow for commercial use in the ground floor and apartment use in the upper floors. He has in many cases taken buildings that no one else would buy and thru his own initiative and investment created a place where both businesses and renters want to live and work.

He has moved his personal business to one of the buildings that he repurposed to show his commitment to the downtown area.

Tom Busic

Middlesboro, Kentucky

Mr. Busic served on the Middlesboro Police force for 20 years and just recently retired as Chief of Police. Over his 20-year tenure he provided assistance to all residents of Middlesboro equally and fairly.

He was always available to discuss any issues with the residents of our city and was fair and reasonable with any request. He exemplified what you would expect for an extra mile person.

Linda Sorensen

Dubuque, Iowa

Linda has served as an AmeriCorps for the City of Dubuque’s AmeriCorps Program since 2016. This year marks her 4th and final year of service as an Academic Reading Tutor with the program. Linda has also been active in volunteering separate from her role as an AmeriCorps member- serving with political campaigns and with her church regularly.

During Linda’s AmeriCorps Service, she has worked with hundreds of students at Eisenhower Elementary, helping them improve their literacy and social skills. Linda has been a vital part of our AmeriCorps Program’s success for the last 4 years! Thank you for your service, Linda!

Mayor Jan Kulmann

Thornton, Colorado

“Thornton is always trying to provide the best service possible to our residents and businesses, but we also know that our efforts are often capped at what we can budget for.

It’s then the volunteers who come in and take the efforts and service to the next level – filling needs that many cities just can’t. We celebrate and honor those individuals who commit their time and energy for these efforts.”

Mayor Frank C. Ortis

Pembroke Pines, Florida

“This very difficult year has inspired many to ‘go the extra mile’ in helping others through food distributions, as first responders, working in our health facilities and looking out for others in our community by doing simple, yet impactful, actions like shopping for the elderly or checking in on those who were alone,” said Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank C. Ortis. “Heroes abound in our community, and I am so grateful that we have grown stronger and even closer through these trying times.”

Mayor Gavin Buckley

Annapolis, Maryland

“This has been a tough year and so much of what we have been able to accomplish has been because of volunteers who willingly give of their time, energy, effort and love. There are so many Annapolis residents who go the Extra Mile. I am grateful for all they’ve done in 2020!”

Mayor Christophe E. Jenkins

West Bend, Wisconsin

“The City of West Bend values all of the non-profit organizations and volunteers that rise to the occasion every day to donate their time, talents and funding for worthy causes. As Mayor of the City of West Bend, and a non-profit Board President myself, I want to thank everyone in our community who goes the “extra mile” to serve those in need”.

Heroes from Geneva, NY

Geneva, New York

Henry Farro from Food Justice; Geneva High School student Jacob Rivera; Jeff Cahoon from Pretzel Logic and the Civil Air Patrol Group; as well as the GNRC and City team partnering with Ontario County and Foodlink to provide a community-wide food distribution regularly since the Spring in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Kim Goddard

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Until her retirement earlier this year, Kim Goddard served the Broken Arrow community for many years through Broken Arrow Neighbors, a program that provides emergency services. Kim has a heart for the community and those citizens in need of food, financial assistance, medical care, and clothing.