Announcing the LFP Stewardship Foundation 2024
Community Service Award Winner:
Diane Hettrick, Editor of ShorelineAreaNews.com
The award will be presented to Diane at the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 29, 7pm at Red Sky Gallery in the upper wing of the LFP Town Center, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way NE.
The evening also includes refreshments, a brief business meeting and a presentation on urban wildlife by UW researcher Dave Stokes.
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| Remove the glasses, turn all the visible hair gray and this out of date photo might look like Diane Hettrick |
She and a few friends created the SAN at a time when local printed newspapers were disappearing all over the U.S. She has continued to produce it, reliably and creatively, for 15 years!
Ironically we are now in a time of online information overload, which makes this “hyper-local” news service more important than ever.
The SAN brings us a variety of news, notices, and events of interest to our communities, plus some fun cartoons and beautiful photos, too. It keeps us involved and connected, in a very charming “small town way.”
Diane is always first to say that she doesn’t do this alone, with a long list of volunteer writers, photographers, and artists who help with content and production.
Hettrick says, "Shoreline and Lake Forest Park are full of wonderful people, working hard to make our community a better place.
"I am grateful that people are willing to take the time to share their stories, events, and activities through the Shoreline Area News and pleased that people find value in what they read there."
Diane is always first to say that she doesn’t do this alone, with a long list of volunteer writers, photographers, and artists who help with content and production.
The technology has changed over the years, and Diane and crew have adapted and kept the SAN delivering reliably into our email inboxes every day.
Because of her volunteer work, Stewardship Foundation projects and events have been well publicized over the years. Founded in 2001, the Foundation is the only local nonprofit environmental advocacy group in Lake Forest Park, and we greatly appreciate Diane!
Diane is also the recipient of the Shoreline PTA Council Outstanding Service Award (2010), Shoreline Community College Foundation's Distinguished Service Award (2014), Third Place Commons' Friends of the Community Award (2018), Richmond Beach Community Association Marge Unruh Award (2020) and was a nominee for the NUHSA Human Services' Champion of the Year (2019), and recognized as a community volunteer by the City of Shoreline (2021)
Diane is also the recipient of the Shoreline PTA Council Outstanding Service Award (2010), Shoreline Community College Foundation's Distinguished Service Award (2014), Third Place Commons' Friends of the Community Award (2018), Richmond Beach Community Association Marge Unruh Award (2020) and was a nominee for the NUHSA Human Services' Champion of the Year (2019), and recognized as a community volunteer by the City of Shoreline (2021)
(Read about how Hettrick and other volunteers created the Shoreline Area News here)
Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation
email: info@lfpsf.org
Thank you Dianne, my husband and I share items from your paper daily and appreciate the good news and straight talk.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Diane; the award is well-deserved. I really appreciate the Shoreline Area News which I read every morning. It helps me feel connected to my community.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on this award, Diane Hettrick, and thank you so much for your work on the Shoreline Area News! I am personally grateful for this local news, and I read every issue "cover-to-cover". 😄
ReplyDeleteWe can always rely on Shoreline Area News to learn the latest going on here in the Shoreline/Lake Forest Park area in addition to reliable information we need to learn, make decisions and understand all aspects of living in a growing city whether political, infrastructure, environmental, community, safety, history….the list goes on and on. Thanks Diane and your great team!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, well deserved, and long overdue, Diane! Glad to see this news got into the publication! Putting together a newsletter is a lot of work, a lot of commitment, I've done a number of them, but I haven't perservered as long as you have. It seems like you've done it for longer than 2009. The picture is how I remember you, that's probably around the last time that I saw you! Diane, the Echo Lake Neighborhood Association has also appreciated your long service there as well!
ReplyDeleteLove SLN! Congratulations Diane!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are receiving this award. So deserving. Thanks Diane
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Diane! This is an incredible service you and your team provide to Shoreline and LFP. So many important things we have learned from SAN, from fun events, to vital local election coverage, to all kinds of offerings and happenings in our government. You connect us! Awesome work.
ReplyDeleteSorry to be late to the party! So grateful for the Shoreline Area News and all of Diane's hard work. Loved reading about the history of the paper. I miss Evan's input into the political news. Thanks for keeping us all connected.
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