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DCNR Salutes Employees’ Award-Winning Efforts
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On May 5 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary John Quigley gave out awards recognizing the contributions and achieves of DCNR employees across the state. The event was attended by the recipients, their families and co-workers. “This is a very special day that acknowledges not only the incredible work that advances our mission here at DCNR, but also achievements that go well above and beyond the call,” said Secretary Quigley, keynote speaker at DCNR’s Employee Recognition Program.
“We are about changing the world, and we are doing just that, thanks to the type work and people that are being honored today,” Secretary Quigley said. “This—what we do every day—is the most noble work that I can imagine. Today honors the award recipients, but by proxy, it does in effect honor all the work that we do here at DCNR.
"We are honoring you this day for excellence and it is a very happy day,” Secretary Quigley told the 80 award recipients. “No only do we celebrate your very essential, very critical work, but we honor you, the people, who have a passion for this planet and all those who live on it.”
Officiating at the fifth annual Employee Recognition Program, the secretary presented 21 awards to employees from across the state. Their accomplishments support key department initiatives that included a TreeVitalize public radio partnership; carbon sequestration; DCNR’s website redesign; and development of an extensive trails website, ExplorePAtrails.com.
Honored employees received commendations in recognition of what the secretary said was “uncompromising and unfaltering dedication” to DCNR’s mission, and the resources and people the department serves and protects.
Employees saluted in the ceremony at Harrisburg’s Rachel Carson State Office Building were nominated by their superiors and selected by a screening committee of their coworkers. Honorees represented DCNR’s bureaus of state parks, forestry, facility design and construction, administrative services, and recreation and conservation.
A list of award winners and photos from the event are available online.
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5/31/2010 |
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