Award winners
› Corporate Volunteers of the Year: Shaw Industries› Family Volunteers of the Year: Don and Beverly Morris from Family Promise of Greater Chattanooga› Health & Environment Volunteer of the Year: Holly Dieken from Center for Mindful Living› Community Volunteer of the Year: Katheryn Thompson from La Paz, Chattanooga› Young Volunteer of the Year: Chloe Ward from SpiritHorse at Eagles Rest Ranch› Education & Youth Program Volunteer of the Year: Amanda Senentz from Chattanooga Area Foster & Adoptive Care Assoc.-Fostering Hope Kids Closet› Innovation Volunteer of the Year: Chelsea Stephens from Signal Centers
Miss Tenenssee hannah Robison, right, watches students Marshall Green, left, and Mary Haley construct a probe on a simulated mission to Mars at the Challenger STEM Center on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Robison, a chemistry major who has been working to promote STEM education since she was crowned in June, joined students from Harding Academy in Nashville on their trip to the center.Miss Tennessee, Hannah Robison, started volunteering to help build up her resume so she could get into a good school. Then she realized how much fun volunteering was, and now she doesn’t want to stop.
After being crowned Miss Tennessee she became Gov. Bill Haslam’s official spokeswoman for character education and Tennessee’s goodwill ambassador for the five Children’s Miracle Network hospitals across the state. She also serves as an Arthritis Foundation ambassador.
The 22-year-old University of Tennessee at Martin senior spoke at Tuesday’s Volunteer United Celebration at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee presented the event hosted by the United Way. The event was also sponsored by Warren and Griffin and the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Robison told stories to motivate those attending the event to volunteer even more.