Learn About our 2024 Award Winners:

Theodore P. Beasley Distinguished Leadership Award
John Costa

Charles P. Storey Strong Communities Award Recipients 
Dee Ellington

The YMCA also honored volunteers in each community served. The following individuals received the Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year awards:

Sam Winstead Volunteer of the Year Awardees:

• Mike Millican - Camp Grady Spruce
• Zach Goldberg - Collin County Adventure Camp
• Leroy Wilkerson - Coppell Family YMCA
• Jim Mitzel - Cross Timbers Family YMCA
• Terri McCoy- Frisco Family YMCA
• Kimberly Akinrodoye - Grand Prairie Family YMCA
• Eric Stacey - J.E.R. Chilton YMCA at Rockwall
• Kathleen Elliott - Lake Highlands Family YMCA
• Michael Wooton - McKinney Family YMCA
• Chris Burton - Moody Family YMCA
• Jessie King - Moorland Family YMCA at Oak Cliff
• Dr. Demetra Jones - Park South Family YMCA
• Chris Finetto - Plano Family YMCA
• Aaron Gary - Richardson Family YMCA
• John Holt - Semones Family YMCA
• Stephen Sobolevitch - T. Boone Pickens YMCA
• Robert Aday - Waxahachie Family YMCA
• Shelby Angel - White Rock YMCA
• Sarah Berry - YMCA Serving the Irving Community
• Debra Bragg - YMCA Serving the West Dallas Community

Youth Character Awardee:

• Caleb Manickam - McKinney Family YMCA
• Matthew Wooton - McKinney Family YMCA
• Zoila Sanchez - McKinney Family YMCA
• Thomas Gao - Coppell Family YMCA