Janie Rodriguez Award

Each year the Village of Lake Odessa presents an award to an outstanding citizen and community volunteer, entitled the “Janie Rodriguez Award.”  This will be the Village’s 29th year in presenting this coveted award.

 The winner of the award will be chosen from the Lake Odessa Area.  The winner will have been nominated by an individual or group who submits a brief personal profile using the given criteria below which also includes an explanation why the individual deserves this award. 

Criteria for selecting a winner is based on the way Janie lived her life, and values she placed upon faith, family, friends, and community.  The nominee should be a caring, giving, loving, community-minded person who often places others needs before their own.  The winner of this award is a person who goes above and beyond the call of duty in the spirit of giving, in the spirit of Janie Rodriguez.

This award will be presented to the new winner during Depot Day, July 27, 2019.  The winner will receive a plaque as a keepsake, and have their name engraved in a permanent plaque which is displayed in the Page Memorial Building.  The winner will also serve on the Janie Rodriguez Committee to take part in the selection process of future award winners.

Nomination applications must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on June 27, 2019, at the Page Memorial Building, 839 Fourth Avenue, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849. 
For an award nomination application please click on the pdf file below.
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Award Recipients

2018 - Mary Sutton
2017 - Leona Rayner
​2016 - Carolyn Mayhew
2015 - Kay Tischer
2014 - Evelyn David
2013 - Elizabeth Carey
2012 - Manuel Rodriguez
2011 - Brian Haskin
2010 - Marian Durkee
2009 - Betty Soule
2008 - Pat Bordner
2007 - Ardene Lackey
2006 - Sandy Johnson
2005 - Elaine Garlock
2004 - Don Eckman
2003 - Delos Johnson
2002 - Larry Dye
2001 - John Waite
2000 - Peg Faulkner
1999 - Dawn Galaviz
1998 - Ruth O'Mara
1997 - Frederick Wiselogle
1996 - Janet Thomas
1995 - Marie Pickens
1994 - Merton Garlock
1993 - Mary Fran Armstrong
1992 - Julie Maurer
1991 - Reine Peacock