The Community Council's Founders Awards
The Irvington Community Council and the Historic Irvington Halloween Festival are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Founder’s Awards. Since 2011, the awards have recognized individuals, organizations and businesses making significant contributions to the overall quality of life in Irvington. The awards are presented during the Historic Irvington Halloween Festival, to be held this year from October 19-26, 2024.
John and Julie Mundell
For their generous support of our community, for their efforts to ensure Irvington and our planet becomes a sustainable place to live and for exemplifying the definition of servant leadership
Eric Wilson (Irvington Insurance)
For his quiet yet tireless and generous support of our community and for championing our local small businesses through his work with the Irvington Business Association
CJ Woods (Weekly View)
For documenting Irvington through journalism, through photography, and through verse
Melany Bellucci, Nancy Boettner, Rosemary Tudor, Pat Brown, and Marcia Doty
For their work in helping to make the Irvington Garden Club into a force of good, for stewarding the Irvington Farmer’s Market and the Irvington Garden Tour into beloved community events, and for their dedication to the greening of our community
Kyla Thompson
For being the very definition of a neighborhood super-volunteer, for her faithful service to the Irvington Community Council, including service as its president, and for her role in so many positive actions in our neighborhood over the last two decades