Ticktockers start year with awards

COAST CITIES — Every fall, the National Charity League celebrates its successes at the Mother-Daughter chapterwide kickoff meeting, attended by all grade levels of Ticktockers (the girls) and Patronesses (the mothers).
Sept. 19, the chapter gathered to hand out annual awards as well as kick-off the “We Can Drive,” a food drive competition with other chapters. Donations will benefit the San Diego Military Families. Their goal this year is 15,000 cans. Approximately 4,000 cans were donated at the recent meeting and the drive will continue for one month.
Service Awards were also presented to the following Ticktockers:
— Madison Cavanagh, Yellow Rosebud Award for serving 50 hours in combined Philanthropic service, in addition to the required hours.
— Allison Rombach, Yellow Rosebud Award for serving 50 hours in combined Philanthropic service, in addition to the required hours.
— Ashley-Brooke Summerhays, Hourglass Award for serving more than 100 hours in combined Philanthropic service, in addition to the required hours.
— Kristen Witous, Hourglass Award for serving more than 100 hours in combined Philanthropic service, in addition to the required hours.
— Ashley-Brooke Summerhays and Kristen Witous both earned the Merci Award for serving the most philanthropy hours during the year.
The Mother Daughter awards for the outstanding number of onsite philanthropic hours, were presented to Denise and Madison Cavanagh; Teri and Ashley-Brooke Summerhays; Stephanie and Natalie Kourie; Paige and Vicki Minteer; Cynthia and MacKenzie Stroesser; Audrey and Nicole Pleskow; Mary and Lydia Miller; Lee Ann and Alexandra Allman; Mary and Anna Marie Previti; Michele and Avery Van Houton; and Mindy and Haley Scarano.
Other presentations included one to the Ticktocker Class of 2011 on its recently completed Senior Project which benefited the San Pasqual Academy and was called Cottage 3 Project: Warm a Home, Warm a Heart.