
Goddard Riverside’s Good Neighbor Awards celebrate uncompensated community members’ outstanding efforts to help improve the community. The purpose of the Good Neighbor Award is to recognize people who voluntarily build a better community.
Thank you for sending in your nominations for the 2023 Good Neighbor Awards. Congratulations to this year’s winners!
- Emma Justus
- Melissa Elstein
- Dorothy Reiss
- Carolyn Breidenback
- Wilma Lorraine Johnson
- Margarita Curet Osorio
Learn about this year’s winners by reading their bio in the ceremony’s program.

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Blog & News
Goddard Blog: A Celebration of Good Neighbors
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West Side Rag: You’re Never Too Young to be a Good Neighbor
Harlem World: Goddard Riverside Presents Good Neighbor Award To Six Good Manhattan Volunteer Efforts In West Harlem
Previous Good Neighbor Awardees
2001
- Kamilah Austin and
- Shaytel Gustave
- Kathryn Clark
- Anne Cunningham
- DOROT’s Friendly Visiting Program
- Katherine Falk
- David Goldstick
- Bobbie Maniece-Harrison
- Julio Melendez
- Dan Rich
- Robert Woolis
2002
- Aledra Floyd
- National Council of Jewish Women – N.Y. Section
- Mary Alice Osborne
- Maria Reyes
- Julio Rodriguez
- Murray Rothman
- Nancy Stein
2003
- Richard Barr
- Mig Boyle and Bob Hoyt
- Carrie Fair
- Mercedes Gomez
- Victor Gonzalez
- Jay Kranis
- Michael Paradis
- Yusimir Ramirez
- Temple Ansche Chesed Shelter Committee
- Letasha Waiters
2004
- Elena Cruz
- Clare Dockery
- Lauren Flanigan
- Dorothy Holohan
- Norma Lindo
- REACH Returning Volunteers
2005
- Margaret Brown
- Maria Fabian
- Edith Marks
- Ethel Morgan
- Charles Stevens
- Trinity Middle School Community Program
2006
- Patricia Craddick
- Betty Dickstein
- Esther Gross
- Morris Levine
- Joseph Meezan
- Betty Sellers
- Veteran Reach Volunteers
- Edmundo Yearwood
2007
- James C. Freund
- Milagros Lopez
- Bruce Nichols
- Carole Singleton
- Softball Coaches and Umpires
- Susan Susman
- The Guardians of the
- Temple of the Lord
2008
- Victoria Acosta
- Cynthia Doty
- Oliver Fisher
- Rina Garst
- Felicia Lemus
2009
- Marina Araujo
- Namely Holguin
- Milagros Stanley
- Westside Community Garden
- Vonnie Young
2010
- Winifred Armstrong
- Ed Baker
- Beacon Community Service Project
- Book Fair Hospitality Hostesses
- Lucille Michele Donte
- Wade Hampton
2011
- Zoila Estrella
- The Orfeo Duo
- Helen Rosenthal
- Pura Torres
- Evelyn Trowell
- Jane Wisdom
2012
- Sheldon Barasch
- Jackie Gardner
- Harold Jones
- Ana Mercedes Lizardi
- Eric Rosenfeld
- Maria Valdes
2013
- Hudson Warehouse
- Latoya Mitchell
- Lizabeth Sostre
- Francisca Urena
2014
- Lino Alvarez
- Otasimbo Fowors
- Van L. Harriman
- Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness & Housing, Panim El Panim – Life Skills Empowerment Program
- Lynne Sheehan
- Nicholas Steele
- Sharon Wilson
2015
- Amber Batchelor
- Anthony Cooper
- Rosa M. Flores
- The volunteers of the Judith Bernstein Lunch Program hosted by B’nai Jeshurun
- Samantha Katel
- Lenore Richter
- Robin West
2022
- Linda Carter Cooper
- Mark Diller
- LaDreamer Lark (& 8 yr. old daughter Dreamer Daisy)
- “One Block” founded by Ann Cutbill Lenane & Jake Russell
- LeVera Sutton
- Alan Winson
2023
- Emma Justus
- Melissa Elstein
- Dorothy Reiss
- Carolyn Breidenback
- Wilma Lorraine Johnson
- Margarita Curet Osorio