Jefferson Awards

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2023 Jefferson Awards honor community’s best

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Do-gooders gifted ESL Jefferson Awards

Jefferson Awards: Karen Iglesia empowers student athletes across Section V

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ESL Jefferson Award winner Tam Spitzer is providing a gateway to a lifetime of learning

Jefferson Awards: Diana Pryntz helps refugees in Rochester who are deaf

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‘It’s my purpose’: Jason Jipson helps veterans live better lives

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‘Someone had to step up’: Meet Volodymyr Pavlyuk, 2023 Jefferson Award winner

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Meet Jason Jipson, 2023 Jefferson Award winner

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Meet Tam Spitzer, 2023 Jefferson Award winner

Meet Diana Pryntz, 2023 Jefferson Award winner

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Meet Volodymyr Pavlyuk, 2023 Jefferson Award winner

2022 ESL Jefferson Awards Show

2022 ESL Jefferson Awards: Helping LGBT people ‘live vibrantly at every age’

ESL Jefferson Award Winner: Steve Ball and the Dawgs

2022 ESL Jefferson Award Winner: Teaching kids through robots

2022 ESL Jefferson Awards: Rochester man helping RCSD students realize his childhood dream

2022 ESL Jefferson Awards: 9-year-old leads playground effort

Greece girl helps in push for handicap-friendly playgrounds

2022 ESL Jefferson Award Winner: Anne Tischer

Local lawmaker pushing to bring accessible playgrounds to state parks

2022 ESL Jefferson Award Winner: London Booker

2022 ESL Jefferson Award Winner: Santii Patel

2022 ESL Jefferson Award Winner: DaTwan Dixon

Job fair organizer says ‘When you get these jobs, people can stop robbing, stealing, killing’