Awards Event
Join us for the 8th annual DoGood-er Awards event highlighting up to 9 award winners, guest speakers, and our beneficiaries. This event will be held in person at the Arc of Frederick County.
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Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Location: The Arc of Frederick County, located at 555 South Market Street, Frederick, MD 21701
Time: 6:00-9:30pm
DoGood-ers in the Frederick community will be honored at an awards reception to be held on Thursday, October 12, 2023. Barbara Kershner Daniel, Retired Pastor, Community Advocate and 2022 Non Profit DoGood-er Nominee, will be our keynote speaker. Our 2023 8th Annual event will be an in-person presentation.
DON’T MISS IT! — We will be randomly selecting an individual in attendance to WIN our $500+ door prize. It comes with a $100 VISA gift card (donated in honor of Trey Starks and his battle with addiction) and another $400+ in local gift cards and certificates. Join us to be eligible to win!
Keynote Speaker
Barbara Kershner Daniel retired in June of 2023 after 17 years of ministry with Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ on July 1, 2006 after 23 years of service to congregations in Pennsylvania. She graduated summa cum laude from Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., and holds both Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Lancaster (PA) Theological Seminary. Pastor Daniel has been awarded the Distinguished Alumna Award from Catawba College and served on many United Church of Christ boards as well as a trustee of Catawba College.
She is recognized as a leader in the Frederick community for her efforts to advocate for social justice. She has lent her compassion and tireless desire for change to organizations
Barbara Kershner Daniel
2022 Non Profit DoGood-er Nominee
Retired Pastor, Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
such as the Frederick LGBTQ Center, the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs, the Frederick Area Ministerial Association, and led the Frederick City School Supply Drive, which provided more than 2,000 students with needed school supplies in 2021. She is chaplain to Frederick’s Junior Fire Company and active in Rotary Club International, having earned its prestigious Service Above Self award in 2006. She received the Wertheimer Award from the Community Foundation in 2022.
Pastor Daniel and her husband, Rev. Kenneth Daniel, president and CEO of United Church Homes of Ohio, are the proud parents of sons Mark (married to Stephanie) and Christopher.
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