The purpose of this award is to recognize a person or persons who have contributed to the STAR Event program to make it successful each year. Recipients can be any person who has worked closely with the program by contributing time and their talents at the State and/or National levels for at least three years. They may have served in the capacity of the overall coordinator, event coordinator, sponsor, room consultant and/or evaluator.

2010 - Ellen Hamilton
Ellen Hamilton taught for 31 years, retiring from Randolph Central. During this time she was an FHA Advisor having state officers, junior leaders, and STAR Event competitors. After retiring she was still committed to FHA/FCCLA and has worked at the state meetings for the past 15 years as a coordinator for various events. She would make sure the members had the folders, posters, etc. needed for the competition. After that part of the day, Ellen would help with the scoring to check for accuracy and help out wherever she could.

Ellen still enjoys working with the student members and advisors. She returns every year to listen to the new projects the students have developed and are presenting. It was not enough to be helping at the local, district and state; she has attended national leadership conventions to evaluate STAR Events. We look forward to many more years of Ellen Hamilton's continues support in STAR Events!

2010 - Gloria Tanderjean (Posthumously)
Gloria Tanderjean was a retired FCS teacher who stayed connected to FCCLA, and remained very involved until her death in 2008. Gloria had an FHA chapter from the time she started teaching in 1960 at Charles Evans Hughes HS through her retirement from Park West High School in New York City. She was part of the Careers through Culinary Arts Program where she helped many students earn thousands of dollars of scholarships so that they would be able to afford to go to culinary colleges. She advised State officers from New York City and had culinary art students participate in STAR events at the state and national levels.

She was involved with FCCLA as the Culinary Arts Event Coordinator for NYS for many years. Gloria also assisted with the Culinary Arts STAR event on the national level making it a point to attend and help evaluate each and every year even though she was not bringing any students. While we wish we could give this award to Gloria in person, we know that she is looking down on us smiling, an wishing she could be here to accept it.

2009 - Janet Stout
Janet Stout has been the STAR Events Coordinator since 1992 and has worked tirelessly to make sure each state STAR Event competition runs smoothly.

2009 - Martha Servian (Posthumously)
Martha Servian had been an evaluator at the state and national STAR Event competitions for a number of years, usually at her own expense.