Preservation PA award for Preservation Organization of the Year, 2011
9/30/11 Preservation Pennsylvania gave Susan the 2011 F. Otto Haas Award at the 2011 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards Dinner. This award also honors No Casino Gettysburg for contributions to historic preservation and recognizes outstanding individual and group achievements.
5/21/2011 Civil War Trust presented No Casino Gettysburg with the Brian C. Pohanka Preservation Organization of the Year Award at the Civil War Trust Anual Conferance. Civil War Trust has preserved over 30,000 acres of Civil War Battlefield.
Jim Lighthizer presenting Preservationist of the Year Award
AWARDS April 2007
Preservationist of the Year, 2007, by Civil War Preservation Trust www.civilwar.org
Peacemaker of the Year, 2007, Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice, Adams County, PA
3/19/08 The National Parks Conservation Association honored Susan with its 2007 Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for No Casino Gettysburg's contributions in the fight to save Gettysburg National Military Park from the ill effects of a casino proposed to be built one mile from the Park. The award included $2,500 which Susan donated to the Land Conservancy of Adams County because of their work preserving Adams County.
2007 Peacemaker Award for work with No Casino Gettysburg
No Casino Gettysburg team celebration
"You ran the best grass roots group I've ever seen"Dave LaTorre, PR consultant for Crossroads Gaming Resort and Spa, told Susan after the Dec 2006 decision by the PA Gaming Control Board denied Crossroads a casino license in Gettysburg due to local, national and international opposition.
Other Nice Things People Have Said :
" I commend you for a great retreat. Excellent planning and completion. It went well and the fact that our agenda got a bit derailed actually made it more beneficial, I think, for the trustees. Susan, thanks for picking up on the core values and relating them to the criteria for new trustees.
Speaking for myself (but I believe also for all the others who participated in the teamwork and AI sessions with you in recent weeks) I am even more appreciative of all the good people at the college. The proliferation of new ideas, new projects, continued focus on students and "what else can we do for them", has such an energizing effect , which brings even more good things about. Thanks for helping us to discover and appreciate that power within us."
Edna V. Baehre, Ph.D. President, HACC, Central Pa. Community College, www.hacc.edu
"It was a pleasure seeing you work and relate to our students this past week, and I also consider it a privilege to have participated in your work. Truly none of us will ever be the same because of the time we have spent with you, and I know the sisters will also be different in their relationships with others because of what they learned from you, from the perspectives on A.I. you shared, and from the positive effect of an appreciative outlook on life in the Church and in their communities and organizations. ... I convey our gratitude for your contribution to the development and future of our program. We look forward to finding other ways to involve you in our program as it unfolds and as God reveals to all of us its true value. Jim Wolford-Ulrich, Ph.D. School of Leadership and Professional Advancement Duquesne University
"You've been a life-saver... Who would ever think I'd come across someone who could be so professionally equipped to help me out, someone that I never even heard about?" N.R., Workshop Organizer
"Thank God we found you!" Manager, Hadco, on the positive results of coaching a previously argumentative team.
