A huge THANK YOU for all the employees who keep things running regardless of the weather outside! Solid Waste, Highway Department, Buildings & Grounds, and Tourism Promotion.
Shout Out to Kim Stanzione in HR - Kim is absorbing most of my duties while I am on medical leave. It has been a whirlwind of 3 weeks of data overload for Kim. We both leave with our heads spinning at the end of the day. I so appreciate you, Kim! You got this!!!
The team at Public Health deserves a shout out for their first ever Youth Health Fair. It was a wonderful, well-organized event. The Public Health staff is a great example of teamwork!
Shout Out to Robert Story! Thank you for your service!!
Shout Out to Krista Kline at the DA's Office for always being there for her colleagues and pitching in!
THANK YOU to the Tourism Department, Patty, Erin, and Melissa, for all your help with the 3rd Annual Ray Brooks Vet's event.
We're grateful to the Buildings & Grounds team for helping us with the epic move to the new Visitor Center. We appreciate all your work (and muscles)!
Shout Out to the Prevention team: Shauna, Nijea, Travis, Grace, Holden, Sam and Larkin. They come to work every day with a smile on their face and ready to take on any challenge presented to them with professionalism and compassion because they care about the families that they serve. They are a great team and are always willing to help each other out.
Shout Out to Steve Smith & Jen Whittaker from Buildings & Grounds for going above and beyond to maintain the County's properties in Cairo. Additionally, they are truly appreciated for always assisting for any events taking place in Cairo. Your hard work & dedication do not go unnoticed!
Shout Out to Craig Seaburg, Richard (TJ) Thurman, Nick Martin, John Cernak and Ian Castle from Buildings & Grounds for assisting the Cairo Historical Society in hanging American flags and 368 Hometown Heroes banners throughout the Town of Cairo. Your help and support are greatly appreciated.
I want to give a shout out to Holly Pavlin and Kelly Kircher for the extraordinary job they did with our 1st youth Health Fair. It was a great success and they did an awesome job! Many, many hours went to this event and they truly went above and beyond! Good job, girls!!
Shout Out to Buildings and Grounds Craig, Nick and your team for all of your help for the Public Health's Youth Health Fair. You are awesome!
Shout Out to Holly Weed in HR - Thank you Holly, filling in for me on other tasks.
Shout Out to Melissa Penate, Tourism for her support and help with the first annual Youth Health Fair that Public Health Children's Programs hosted on May 31, 2025. Melissa was extremely helpful in securing the venue, transporting attendees to the event, and answering all our questions immediately. She was a pleasure to work with!
Shout Out to Holly Weed for her hard work in completing a project that involved digitization of all training records in Human Resources. Thanks to Holly's dedication, we have completed this long standing project and are closer to our department's goal of going paperless!
Shout Out to Shawn Rose! Thank you for your service!!
Shout out to Public Health Youth Health Fair committee. Holly, Kelly, Laura, Kerry, Barbara, Christy, Moshi, Jillian J., Mina, Sandra, Jillian F., India, Jennifer & Chloe for an amazing job on our first annual event. you all were outstanding. Your teamwork, enthusiasm and dedication to this event was incredible. Despite the monsoon, everyone was positive and welcoming to our vendors and attendees. Without all of your help, it wouldn't have been as successful. We look forward to working with you annually on this event.
Thank you to the entire Veteran Service Agency, Karen S. from Blue Star Mothers Organization, Don Rion, Mike Ferretti, Meeghan Darling, Department of Tourism and Legislator Jim Thorington for all their efforts in assisting with the Ray Brooks Memorial Fishing Derby on 6/20/2025. It was truly humbling to see everyone working together for a common cause in a selfless manner.
Thank you to the Greene County Legislature and Administration for supporting the 3rd Annual Ray Brooks Vet's event.
Shout Out to Nicole and Maria in HR - I appreciate your understanding and flexibility surrounding my medical leave.
Shout Out to Rachael Cornell in HR - Rach, thank you for picking up some of my minor, yet important, tasks to alleviate stress in our office.
Danielle McIntosh is a major asset to the DA's Office & thanks to her unwavering dedication to justice, the people of Greene County can sleep safely! Thank you ADA Danielle.
The world needs more child welfare workers like my team - I can't thank you all enough for the dedication and commitment you show to our youth and families on a daily basis - thanks for continuing to show up even when its hard!! Thank you: Cassidy Spitz-Connell, Terri Shafer, Sylvia Alvarado, Renetta Washington, Melissa Shillinger, Kathy Elting. Much appreciation, from one of the team - Maureen Anshanslin.
Thank you Vet2Vet, Anthony and Arin for helping the vets at the 3rd Annual Ray Brooks Vet's Fishing event.
Shout Out to Zach Halperin. Thanks for making the PD Office the best place to work. You are kind of a big DILL!! Zach is an asset for the Public Defender's office. He always tries to help everyone when needed & a great team player. Zach made every day a training day at the Public Defender's Office!
Wendy Johnson is the kindest & most approachable healthcare provider I've ever had!
The Greene County Veterans Service Agency would like to give a shout out to Buildings & Grounds Craig and Crew. Thank you for setting up for the 3rd Annual Ray Brooks Vets Event.
Shout Out to Zach Halperin for his wise words of wisdom, "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime." Byeeeeeee. "Locked up...they won't let me out, Locked up...they won't let me out. Nooooooo, they won't let me out. Ohhhhhh." "If work were a TV show, you'd definitely be the star. Thanks for all your hard work!"
Shout Out to Brandon Gabrielle! Thank you for your service!!
Shout Out to the Greene County Prevention Team: Shauna, Nijea, Travis, Holden, Grace, and Sam. They come to work every day with a smile on their face and work diligently to help and support each other and the families that they serve. They are a great team!
On behalf of the department and all the veteran community, we would like to recognize the dedication and hard work done by Vee Carl for this year's Ray Brooks Memorial Fishing Derby for the veterans in long-term care. Vee always goes above and beyond the call of duty and it shows in every single detail. She really made the day a wonderful experience for everyone there. The veteran community would be lost without her.
Thank you, Wes and Bruce for helping set up for the 3rd Annual Ray Brooks Vets Event.
Shout Out to Matt Gaebel, Highway & Solid Waste. Matt is always friendly & professional. He always has a smile! Thank you, Matt for making visits to Solid Waste pleasant.
