The 57th annual Peninsula Humanitarian Awards Dinner takes place on Thursday, February 27, 2025.
Under the leadership of Dinner Chair, Robert F. Shuford, Jr. (Old Point National Bank), the following individuals and organizations are to be honored:
Naved A. Jafri
James B. Mears
G. Glenn Oder
Towuanna Porter Brannon
DISTINGUISHED MERIT AWARD
THRIVE Peninsula, Inc.
The Humanitarian Award of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities is presented to those individuals who have demonstrated a personal commitment to the promotion of respect and understanding among people of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. On occasion, the organization may bestow the Jeffrey B. Spence Award for Interfaith Understanding to individuals who have conducted exceptional work in the area of interfaith understanding. The Distinguished Merit Award recognizes corporations or community organizations for their humanitarian work.