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Upper Delaware Council Presents 2026 River Valley Awards
The Upper Delaware Council presented the 2026 River Valley Awards during its 38th annual banquet held on September 13 at Central House Family Resort in Beach Lake, PA.
Honored were: seated: Nadia Rajsz, Distinguished Service Award; New York State Budget Director Blake G. Washington and New York State Assembly Member Paula Elaine Kay, Partnership Award; Town Historian Kristina Snedeker for the Cochecton Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary Committee, Outstanding Community Achievement Award; Frank Guzman, Volunteer Award; and Dee Florance for the Fort Delaware Fife and Drum Corps, Cultural Achievement Award.
Row 2: Nathaniel Whitmore, Recreation Achievement Award (jointly with Laura Chavez Silverman); Justin Gombita and Emily Grillo for Bold Gold Media Group, Community Service Award; Melissa Benzinger-McGlynn and Anthony McGlynn, National Canoe Safety Patrol, Robin M. Daniels Memorial Lifesaving Awards; Reagan Myers, Madison Balmos, and Chiara Theodore (Lifesaving Awards).
Row 3: Jerry Donati, Andrea Alboretti-Colman and Tom Candela, National Canoe Safety Patrol, Lifesaving Awards; Jenna Waligroski and Anna Maley, Lifesaving Awards.