2015 Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award Winner Toshia Barnett

Toshia Barnett, center, with Cindy Bartholomew, director of our Center at Glastonbury, and Alex Brash, president of the Connecticut Audubon Society. CAS photo by Mike Lauterborn.

Toshia Barnett has been a member of our Regional Board at Glastonbury since 2003, and in that time she has literally volunteered for every special event at the center.

For five years she was co-chair of the annual Earth Fair. She was co-chair of our photo contest in 2010 and 2011. She chaired one of our most important fundraisers, the Banff Mountain International Film Festival, from 2003 on.

But Toshia also gladly helped with the less exalted jobs. Week after week we could count on seeing her for at least five to 10 hours in the Center, doing whatever volunteer work needed doing.

She and her husband Peter are part of the backbone of the Center at Glastonbury, and we are pleased to present her with the Dave Engelman Volunteer Benchmark Award.