Thoughts From RCA's Citizen of the Year Ceremony, Colin Mills, President, RCA, Reston Patch, February 23, 2012

On Monday this week, I had the honor of emceeing my favorite RCA event: the Citizen of the Year ceremony.  It's always a treat to have the chance to honor a longtime volunteer who has done a lot of good in the Reston community.  And when it comes to volunteering in the community, few Restonians have done even half as much as our 2011 Citizen of the Year, Nick Brown.  As John Lovaas, a former RCA Board member who helped me revive the Citizen of the Year Award in 2008, put it: "I knew you'd find somebody good to give the award to, but I didn't know you'd find someone this impressive."

We had a turnout of about 50 people for the ceremony at RCC Hunters Woods.  Most of them were folks who have volunteered alongside Nick in some of his many activities, or people who had benefited from his help in some way.  When you're a volunteer, sometimes it's hard to remember how many lives you have touched along the way.  An event like this, which brings together people from many different spheres in Reston, shows just how much good Nick has done for so many people. . . .

To read the rest of Colin's excellent post, click here.