The Ohio Valley Chapter has selected Kathryn Martin as the recipient of the Bronze Good Citizenship Medal. The award will be given at the Chapter's Awards Banquet on March 1, 2008 On November 6, 2005, Kathryn lost three family members, including her two-year-old son, C.J., during a nighttime tornado that struck the Eastbrook Mobile Home Park where she lived in Evansville, Indiana.

Kathryn is the founder of CJ's Bus. CJ's Bus is a rapid-response self-contained mobile recreation unit which will be deployed to disaster sites nationwide in order to keep children distracted and entertained in a safe group environment in the immediate aftermath phase of natural or man-made disasters.

Kathryn also initiated the process to pass C.J.'s Law, mandating that every mobile home manufactured in the state of Indiana be equipped with a NOAA weather radio, which would alert residents to impending severe weather threats. Kathryn also spearheaded the building of a memorial park and playground at Eastbrook Mobile Home Park where she once lived and where her family members died.
 

The Bronze Good Citizenship Medal.
The medal was authorized in 1895 and
recognizes persons whose achievements
are noteworthy in their school, community or
state. The medal was originally designed as
a medallion, but a ribbon and clasp were
added in 1932 to convert it to a medal.

Youth 4-H Awards
The Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (INSSAR) named Andrea Bittner as the Vanderburgh County 4-H winner of the INSSAR Outstanding Citizenship Award for 4-H Youth.

Miss Bittner received the SAR Lapel Pin for Outstanding Citizenship from Compatriot John West, the INSSAR State 4-H Awards Chairman. The award was presented November 2, 2007 at the 66th Vanderburgh County 4-H Achievement Banquet at the Vanderburgh County 4-H Center. Chairman West said that Miss Bittner was active in many community service projects and the county 4-H Junior Leader Organization.

The criteria for award selection are based on Citizenship, Leadership, and Community Service. The INSSAR Outstanding Citizenship Award for 4-H Youth is a recent program initiated by Compatriot West. West's goal is to present an award to each Indiana Countys 4-H program.

Meeting Notice

The next meeting will be held at 10 AM on February 2, 2008 in the Bayard Room, 2nd Floor of Willard Library, Evansville, IN. The program will be "Civilian and Military Flintlocks" presented by Dr. T. Rex Legler II.