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Top Outstanding School Volunteers honored at breakfast 

Feb. 28,. 2025

Outstanding Volunteers for 2025

Pinellas County Schools honored volunteers at the annual Outstanding Volunteer Recognition Breakfast. Top awards went to Youth Award winner Isabella Rosado Glasford, who volunteers at Eisenhower Elementary; Adult Award winner Courtney Williams, who volunteers at Fairmount Park Elementary; and Senior Award winner Vernon Bryant, who volunteers at Richard O. Jacobson Technical High. 

The top award winners will represent the district in the state Outstanding School Volunteer competition. 

The awards ceremony was held at the Feather Sound Country Club on Friday, Feb. 28. Spectrum Bay News 9 anchor/multimedia journalist Erin Murray emceed the event.  The event, sponsored by Achieva Credit Union, recognized the top winners from each area of the district, the Transformation Zone and from exceptional and alternative centers. 

Outstanding Volunteer Area Winners

Winners were selected from 75 nominations received across the district. Congratulations to all area winners:

Area 1

Youth: Isabella Rosado Glasford, Eisenhower Elementary

Adult: Stephen White, Cypress Woods Elementary

Senior: Roberta Guilfoile, Palm Harbor Middle

Area 2

Youth: Ainesh Kumar, Largo Middle

Adult: Kasai Waller, Safety Harbor Middle

Senior: Lynn Cadogan, Plumb Elementary

Area 3

Youth: Brayden Bessler, Orange Grove Elementary

Adult: Dara Wilkerson, Thurgood Marshall Fundamental Middle

Senior: Vernon Bryant, Richard O. Jacobson Technical High

Area 4

Youth: Hailey Shockley, Rawlings Elementary

Adult: Lauren Coons, Shore Acres Elementary

Senior: Solomon James, Gibbs High

Transformation Zone

Youth: Nhu’y Tran, Lealman Ave Elementary

Adult: Courtney Williams, Fairmount Park Elementary

Senior: Angela Parker, Lealman Ave Elementary

Exceptional & Alternative Centers

Adult: Abigail Goodwin, Nina Harris ESE

Senior: Gail Parks, Paul B. Stephens