City of Cupertino, CA / Civic Service/CREST Awards Ceremonies

The annual Cupertino CREST Awards Ceremony, honoring the outstanding contributions of community members, was held on May 25, 2023 at the Cupertino Community Hall. This year's winners include Jim Walker (Lifetime Achievement); Fari Aberg (Volunteer of the Year); Adhya Kasamsetty (Rising Star); Fari Aberg (Public Safety Champion); Friends of the Cupertino Library (Organization of the Year).

Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards Ceremony, honoring the outstanding contributions of community members. This year's winners include Sharon Fong (Lifetime Achievement); Rosalind Schiros (Volunteer of the Year); Sumeeta Kirtane (Rising Star); Rhoda Fry (Public Safety Champion); Gary Latshaw (Sustainability Champion); We Love STEM and Cupertino Senior Center Needlecraft Volunteer Group (Organizations of the Year).

This event was held on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the Cupertino Community Hall.

Each year the City of Cupertino presents its CREST Awards, “Cupertino Recognizes Extra Steps Taken,” to honor the outstanding contributions of Cupertino community members. The City of Cupertino is proud to announce this year’s winners of the 2021 CREST Awards:

* Lifetime Achievement, Jim Oberhofer
* Rising Star, Kelly Tung
* Volunteer of the Year, Joan Chin
* Organization of the Year, Harker Key Club
* Public Safety Champion, Leigh Stevens
* Sustainability Champion, Cupertino Youth Climate Action Team

This event was recorded live on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at the Cupertino Civic Center Plaza.

Coverage of the first annual Cupertino CREST Awards, recorded May 27, 1993. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

The video posted here is a compilation of the vignette segments that appeared during the awards ceremony.

Award recipients include Telephone Ministries, Jim Harrah, Agnes Locher, Henrietta Marcotte, Barbara Rogers, Jane Shifferd, Lauri Steel, David Voss, and Linda Walker.

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Coverage of the third annual Cupertino Civic Service Awards recognizing the contributions of volunteers in the Cupertino community. Recorded May 3, 1985. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Richard Arbuckle, Astras Service Club, Sally Brennan, CBHU 19 Soccer Club, Cupertino Federated Women’s Club, Holiday Basket Project, Tessa Ennals, Friends of the Library, Ted Griggs, Gene Hocutt, Cindy McArthur, Judy Meyer, Dave Obenour, Georgie Peterson, Richard Shively, Marta Sonnenblick, The Better Part, and Lois Woodruff.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

Full television coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards Ceremony, honoring the outstanding contributions of community members. 2019 award recipients include Steve Hill (Lifetime Achievement), Audrey Cui (Volunteer of the Year), Knights of Columbus (Organization of the Year), Fabrizio Vitagliano (Rising Star), Sidharth Rajaram (Public Safety Champion), De Anza College (Sustainability Co-Champion), and Grassroots Ecology (Sustainability Co-Champion). Recorded May 30, 2019.

Host Laura Domondon-Lee introduces the 1991 Cupertino Civic Service award winners in this special program produced by the Cupertino City Channel. 1991 Civic Service Award winners include Jack Hubby (Business), the Apple Professional Women's Organization (Education), Gerald Mantranga (Education), Therese Ducharme (Community Service), Brian Lau (Community Service), Vauna Pipal (Community Service), Cathey Edwards (Community Service), Nori Kondo (Cultural Arts), Don McClean (Cultural Arts), Katherine Tobin (Cultural Arts), Bob Yee (Recreation), Mary Lou Lang (Volunteerism), Donna Lawler (Volunteerism), Wayland Lim (Volunteerism), Francis O'Brien (Volunteerism), and Michele Schulein (Volunteerism).

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 16, 2007. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Mary Lou Caldwell, Mary Ellen Hennig, Helen Ho, and Shawn Poirier.

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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 28, 2008. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Stuart Chessen, Amanda Cuva, David Greenstein, Michael and Vivian Hurley, Gail and Howard Jensen, Frances Ota and the Aloha Nani Hula Dancers, Krishi Pedadda, Kay Roberts, Jack and Donna Van Schaack, and Chuck Worley.

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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 10, 2006. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Steve Ting, John Giovanola, Mark McKenna, Cookie's Quilters, and the Organization of Special Needs Families.

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Coverage of the ninth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 17, 2001. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Diana Argabite (Euphrat Museum), Peggy Hamilton (Friends of the Library), Jo Harper (Flint Center), Ken McKay (Flint Center), Sandy Zander (CEEF), and Faith in Action.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the tenth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 16, 2002. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Don Allen, Gail Fretwell Hugger, Richard Knock, Orrin Mahoney, Janice Miyatake, Katherine Stakey, Robert Yee, and the CCS Board of Directors.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the eleventh annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 16, 2003. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Fari Aberg, Chuck Corr, the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation (CEEF), Fusako Hoyrup, Linda Rios, Joe Tembrock, the Toyokawa Sister City Committee, George Tyson, Victor Wong, and Ann Woo.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the twelfth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 16, 2004. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Donna Austin, Jack Birkholz, CARES, Barbara Hill, Hema Kundargi, Msgr. Joseph Milani, Mahesh Nihalani, and Laverne Swanson.

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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 18, 2005. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Catherine Wong and Alice Jarrett, Alan and Marge Taniguchi, Gilbert Wong, Frances Seward, Diane Benedetti, the Cupertino Library Volunteers, the Friends of the Cupertino Library, the Cupertino Library Foundation, and the Library Commission.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the fifth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 15, 1997. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Jean Ahern, the Asian American Parents Association, Cupertino Host Lions Club, Dick Eade, Nancy Harper, June Lathrop, Nicol Lea, Kathy Nellis, Darryl Stow, and Dorothy Stow.

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Coverage of the seventh annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 13, 1999. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Phil and Frances Bush, Andy Chung and Mike Masunaga, Roberta Hollimon, the Senior Center Case Management Volunteers, Deputy Sheriff Janet Shannon, and Joyce Yee.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the eighth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 18, 2000. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Chaoming and Wanyu Chang, Fernando Chen, Debbie Dougherty, Jean Gallup, Jim Oberhofer, Chuck Thompson, and the Rotary Club of Cupertino.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the sixth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 14, 1998. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Sharon Blaine, the Cupertino-Fremont Council of PTAs, Cupertino Senior Desk Volunteers, Vera Ketchum, Trish Klein, Virgil Klein, Otto Pleis, and Katherine Waugh.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

The 2018 CREST Award recipients are Alysa Sakkas (Lifetime Achievement Award), Larry Dean (Individual of the Year), inAtalent (Organization of the Year), Sarang Deshpande (Rising Star), Bob Zeidman (Innovator of the Year), Deputy Jonathan Lau (Public Safety Champion of the Year), and Kristin Jensen Sullivan (Sustainability Champion of the Year). The CREST Awards ceremony was recorded May 30, 2018 at the Cupertino Community Hall. (55 min.)

Coverage of the second annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 20, 1994. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Steve Andrews, Eunice Cox, David Lee, Richard Lohmiller, Joe Maddigan, Art Petersen, Helen Riisberg, Mathilda Sousa, Barbara J. Stoplman, and Eleanor Watanabe.

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Coverage of the third annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 18, 1995. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Jane Asher, Dick Blaine, Lucille Honig, Gregory Jow, Charles Liggett, Betty Nelson, Barbara Nunes, Dale Satterfield, Dorothy Schmid, and Elizabeth Vestal.

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Coverage of the fourth annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 16, 1996. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Linda Bentson, Chris Capener, Lynne Capener, Sandra James, Terry Mullen, Carol Rakish, Curtis Woodruff, and Lois Woodruff.

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Coverage of the eighth annual Cupertino Civic Service Awards recognizing the contributions of volunteers in the Cupertino community. Recorded November 2, 1990. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include H Allan Bidwell, Project HELP (Hewlett Packard), Cupertino De Anza Lions Club, Levent Ersoy, Mike Farrell, Harry Greenwood, Mary Ann Wallace, Collette Van Duyne, Vicky O'Brien, Genevieve Ziegler, Ron Lamar, James Paul, Sharon Colman, Andrea Harris, Bob Hopkins, Vera Ketchum, Mary Nelson, Louise Nolette, and Ann Sinnott.

The video posted here is a compilation of the vignette segments that appeared during the awards ceremony.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the sixth annual Cupertino Civic Service Awards recognizing the contributions of volunteers in the Cupertino community. Recorded October 27, 1988. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Leonard Batchelor, Marge Best, Kristen Burke, Charles Dexter, Ted Gagne, Donald Gaubatz, Vincent Laporta, Elliot Margolies, Elizabeth Mulford, Richard Popejoy, Jane Reed, Jan Rindfleisch, Louise Roberts, Marc Roth, Dean Skeels, and Joyce Snow.

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This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the Cupertino City Channel's digital video archive project.

Coverage of the seventh annual Cupertino Civic Service Awards recognizing the contributions of volunteers in the Cupertino community. Recorded October 12, 1989. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Rich Abdalah, James Bright, The Chordettes, Don Colley, the Cupertino Host Lions Club, Wally Dean, Polly Gilbert, Robert Gomez, David Hennington, Phyllis Ishida, Betty Mann, Gary Mashtare, Tommy Shwe, Ken Stevens, Richard Skip Stevens, and Curtis Woodruff.

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Five individuals and five organizations are honored for their outstanding community volunteer work. The CREST 2017 recipients are Kay Lohmiller, Stan Barkey, Quota International of Cupertino, Cupertino Host Lions Club, Claudio Bono, The Kiwanis Club of De Anza, St. Joseph of Cupertino Parish, Liang Chao, Hidden Treasures Volunteer Committee, and Monica Tong. This ceremony was recorded May 31, 2017.

Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards Ceremony, honoring local volunteerism. The 2013 recipients include Fari Aberg, Alberto Boleda, Diane Heckman, Thersy Lorenzen, LaWanda Moore-Khorsand, Beverly and Jerry Tallinger, and Don Van Buren. Recorded May 29, 2013. (50 min.)

On June 14, 2012, the City of Cupertino awarded 10 people and groups an award appreciation for volunteering in the Cupertino community. The live television show, Cupertino Recognizes Extra Steps Taken, or "CREST", brought these volunteers together to show its appreciation.

The recipients for the 2012 CREST Awards are:
Harvey & Celia Barnett, Lynn Ching, Cupertino Kiwanis Club, Cupertino-Hsinchu Sister City Association, Helene Davis, Patrick Kwok, Beverly Lenihan, Dolly Sandoval, Don Staub, and Judy Wilson.

Congratulations to all!

Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded June 1, 2011. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Bob Adams, the Cupertino Senior TV Production Group "The Better Part," Fran Ellis, Gladys Maiden, Hung Wei, Janet Hedley and Anna Weber, Nancy Coss-Fitzwater, Pat Pecko, and Vicky Tsai.

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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded May 27, 2010. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Lynne Capener, Catherine Chen, the Cupertino Senior Desk Volunteers, Faith in Action Board, Wallace Iimura, the Operation Awareness Planning Team, the Rhythmaires Band, Isabel Rodriguez and Andy Huang, Susan Wong and David Wong, and Crystal Yan.

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Coverage of the annual Cupertino CREST Awards ceremony, recorded June 17, 2009. Produced by the Cupertino City Channel.

Award recipients include Bob Cloke, Buck Cox, Tom Dyer, the Friendly Visitors Program Volunteers, Michael Gottwald, Marilyn Howard, Barbara Juhl, Diane Keng, Susan Kwok, and Eno Schmidt.

This video is one in a series of programs presented as part of the City of Cupertino's digital video archive project.