2022 MRC Program Recognition Awardees

In recognition of National Volunteer Week, the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) announced the recipients of its annual MRCC Recognition Awards on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The MRC Recognition Awards are an opportunity to recognize and highlight amazing contributions of MRC units, volunteers, leaders, and partners over the last year.

There were nearly 200 nominations in 13 categories – covering both response and non-response contributions. As with last year’s awards, there were several COVID-19 specific categories. Since the start of the pandemic over 600 MRC units have contributed over 3 million hours to meeting their local communities’ needs.

Thank you to all the MRC units, volunteers, leaders and partners for all that they do to make the nation healthier, safer, and more resilient.

Category	Awardees	Honorable Mentions
Community Preparedness and Resilience Award	St Clair County MRC, Illinois Greater Richmond MRC, Virginia
Community Response (COVID-19 General)	Livingston County, New York Maricopa County, Arizona	Monmouth County Health Department MRC, New Jersey Middletown MRC, Connecticut Hancock County MRC, Ohio Vashon Medical Reserve Corps, Washington Washtenaw County MRC, Michigan
Community Response (COVID-19 Testing)	Macomb County Health Department MRC, Michigan
Community Response (COVID-19 Vaccinations)	Atlantic County Public Health MRC, New Jersey Medical Reserve Corps of Dutchess County, New York Virginia Beach Medical Reserve Corps, Virginia	Schuyler County MRC, New York LaSalle County Medical Reserve Corps, Illinois Marin Medical Reserve Corps, California
Innovator	Franklin County MRC, Massachusetts
Mentor	Carrie Suns, Tulsa County MRC, Oklahoma
Outstanding Preparedness and Resilience Volunteer	Kat Burgess, Coos County Medical Reserve Corps, Oregon Karen Fritz, Tulsa County MRC, Oklahoma	Aruna Budnikas, MRC of SW Vermont Daniel Garcia, New Orleans Medical Reserve Corps, Louisiana Ron Kemp, Oklahoma County Medical Reserve Corps, Oklahoma
Outstanding MRC Responder	Tom Carson, Tulsa County MRC, Oklahoma Grant Welling, Marin Medical Reserve Corps, California	Diana Barker, Medical Reserve Corps of Greater Kansas City, Missouri Jeff and Melanie Summey, Southwest Virginia Medical Reserve Corps, Virginia Paula Hiatt, Medical Reserve Corps of Greater Kansas City, Missouri Ray Kusumi, Public Health Reserve Corps of Seattle & King County, Washington Robin Lohr, Sacramento MRC, California
Outstanding Sponsoring Organization	Franklin County Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Ohio Mount Rogers Health District, Virginia
Outstanding Partner Organization	Loudon County Office of Emergency Management, Virginia MidAmerica Regional Council, Missouri
Picture of the Year	LaSalle County Medical Reserve Corps, Illinois
Elizabeth Fitch Leadership Award	Nancy Burns, Upper Merrimack Valley MRC, Massachusetts
Outstanding State Coordinator	Julie Petix, MRC State Coordinator, New Jersey