on Saturday May 11th the Members of the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance were able to let their hair down and enjoy a wonderful evening of fun food and dancing. However, there was some business that needed to be tended to prior to all the fun. We installed our leadership for 2024 and recognized some very deserving members
The Operations Board: Chief of Department William Wilkinson, Assistant Chief Jacob Phillips, Captains AJ Rado and Christopher Coscia and Lieutenants Shannon Woodard, Michael Daddona, Bella Hassildine and Jeannette Kindya.
The Board of Directors: President Garrett Lake, Vice President Joseph Oliver, directors Rod Richardson Corinne Kindya and Jeff Carlson
Our Corpsman of the year Samantha Saw who never ceases to go above and Beyond. Whether its a last minute standby or extra district coverage she is always willing and eager to come down and jump on an ambulance.
The Probationary member of the year Taylor Marelli is someone who is always willing to jump in feet first. whether that's EMT school or making the jump into medical school she has never fallen short on her RVAC duties
Our ALS Provider of the year Joseph Oliver not only is this member an excellent Paramedic he is a wonderful teacher to not only new ALS providers but to all members.
Our EMT of the year Jeff Carlson is not just a skilled provider in the back of the ambulance but someone his entire crew looks up to almost like a dad. He is always willing to spread his wealth of knowledge with anyone willing to learn.
TOP 10 RESPONDERS 1 David Gorton 299 calls 2Joseph Oliver 286 calls 3 Mina Sharpe 284 calls 4 James Baglivi 272 calls 5 Diane Birkel 219 calls 6 Jacob Phillips 168 calls 7 Samantha Saw 139 calls 8 AJ Rado 139 calls 9 Bella Hassildine 123 calls 10 Samantha Hartmayer 121 calls
YEARS OF SERVICE AWARDS
5 years of service AJ Rado
10 years of service Martin Mckenna Beth Lescenski
15 years of service Lane Bubka
20 years of service Derek Gerson Joseph Oliver
45 years of active service Charter member Keith Lewin Charter member Jeanne Keillor
OUTGOING LIEUTENANTS Jeremy Ryan Edward Ferger
OUTGOING DIRECTOR Kimberly Pokorny
THE SONNY TURNER AWARD The Sonny Turner award is a special award that is presented to a longtime member of the department, a person who truly embodies the spirit of volunteerism. This member joined the corps at a young age and stayed dedicated to RVAC throughout staring a career as a teacher, becoming a wife and starting a family. Even with all that responsibility outside of the department this member continued to show her dedication to the Riverhead community by setting up and continuing to organize a gift giving program for the children in this town. it is for these reasons that we are proud to award the Sonny Turner Award to Laura Donohue |