USAREUR announces German-American Friendship Awards

By U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs

Jan. 31, 2011

HEIDELBERG, -- U.S. Army in Europe announces the winners of the 2010 USAREUR Outreach-KONTAKT awards competition.

The competition honors Outreach-KONTAKT groups and individual members, as well as non-member Soldiers, Family members, civilian employees and host nation supporters throughout Germany, for their outstanding contributions to the program.

This year’s winners were selected by a panel of five board members, including representatives of the Federal Association of German-American Friendship, Outreach-KONTAKT Germany and the USAREUR Office of the Chief of Public Affairs.

The awards will be presented June 11 at the 26th Annual Outreach-KONTAKT Awards Banquet.

The Outreach-KONTAKT program gives Soldiers, Family members and civilians an opportunity to learn about Germany and its culture. In return it also provides information about the American way of life to Germans and citizens of other countries. It serves as a bridge to overcome cultural differences. Outreach-KONTAKT has been an official USAREUR community relations program since 1969.

The Group High Achievement Award (by category) goes to the local Outreach- KONTAKT group in:

Community Support at a Community with Military Presence – Heidelberg Community Support at a Community without Military Presence – Education at a Community with Military Presence – Vilseck Education at a Community without Military Presence – Fuld a

Cultural Awareness at a Community with Military Presence – Hohenfels Cultural Awareness at a Community without Military Presence – Fulda Community Relations at a Community with Military Presence – Stuttgar t Community Relations at a Community without Military Presence – Darms tadt Special Single Event at a Community with Military Presence – Grafenwöhr Special Single Event at a Community without Military Presence – Fulda Special Programs at a Community with Military Presence – Vilseck Special Programs at a Community without Military Presence – Fuld a Publications at a Community with Military Presence – Publications at a Community without Military Presence – Darmstad t Webpage at a Community with Military Presence – Hohenfels Outstanding Community Relations Award – Federal Associatio n of German- American Friendship, Federal Association of German-American Friendship, BDAF, Outreach-KONTAKT Germany

The Volunteer Award (by category) goes to:

G roup at Community with Military Presence – Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck, for volunteering a total of 14,260 hours in 2010 Group at Community without Military Presen ce – Outreach-KONTAKT Fulda, for volunteering a total of 39,028 hours in 2010 Volunteer at Community with Military Presen ce – Daniel König, Outreach- KONTAKT Vilseck, for volunteering a total of 1,210 hours in 2010 Volunteer at Community without Military Presence – Winfried Jäg er, Outreach- KONTAKT Fulda, for volunteering a total of 3,910 hours in 2010

The Outstanding Civilian Service Award for non-members goes to:

Erwin Maisch, Fulda Norbert Wittl, Hohen fels Michael Nazar, Darmstad t Tobias Janowitz, Darmstad t Akram El-Rikabi,

The Individual High Achievement Award for members goes to:

Carrie Haub, Outreach-KONTAKT Amberg Rafaela Bielecki-Weyenberg, Outreach-KO NTAKT Wiesbaden Spc. Gregory Hamilton-Sang Clarke, Outreach-KONTAKT Wies baden Jörg Forst, Outreach-KONTAKT Wiesbaden Spc. Brad Garland, Outreach-KONTAKT Wies baden

Timothy Geary, Outreach-KONTAKT Wiesbaden Oliver Licht, Outreach-KONTAKT Wiesbaden Barbara Kirchhof, Outreach-KONTAKT Bamb erg Capt. Carlos R. Rivera, Outreach-KONTAKT Bam berg Erika Breitenstein, Outreach-KONTAKT Bamberg Sibylle Schmitt, Outreach-KONTAKT Bamberg Susanne Stedtfeld, Outreach-KONTAKT Bamb erg Christina Ruggles, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Capt. Arvind Dayal, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilsec k Capt. Ryan Tallant, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Daniel König, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Eugen Neubauer, Outreach-KONTAKT Vils eck Jennifer Hoover, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Katherine Kilpatrick, Outreach-KONTAKT Vils eck Lt. Col. David McCulley, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilsec k Maria Scherf, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Sgt. James Butler, Outreach-KONTAKT Vi lseck Spc. Irvin Brubacher, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilsec k Staff Sgt. Lonnie Silk, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Thomas Esch, Outreach-KONTAKT Vilseck Maria Nebenführ, Outreach-KONTAKT Stut tgart Ulrich Plein, Outreach-KONTAKT Stuttgart Charles Eplin, Outreach-KONTAKT Fulda Karl-Joseph Bohl, Outreach-KONTAKT Fu lda Gisela Heller, Outreach-KONTAKT Fulda Lars Scheer, Outreach-KONTAKT Fulda Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey B. Worden, Outreac h-KONTAKT Hohenfels Robert Neumeier, Outreach-KONTAKT Hohenfels Priscilla Fleischer, Outreach-KONTAKT Hohenfels Nicole Ceterski, Outreach-KONTAKT Hohenfels Edith Vogl, Outreach-KONTAKT Hohenfels Charles Fleischer, Outreach-KONTAKT Hoh enfels Annelore Spengler, Outreach-KONTAKT Darmstad t Sebastian Mettenheimer, Outreach-KONTAKT Darm stadt Yvonne May, Outreach-KONTAKT Darmstadt Birgit Thomas, Outreach-KONTAKT Heidelber g Marko Friedrichs, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenw öhr Stefan Goetzl, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenwöhr Dr. Adolf Pöllmann, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenw öhr Evi Mandl, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenwöhr

Christian Kraus, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenwöhr Anni Zeitler, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenwöhr Manuela Mehrländer, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafen wöhr Gloria Roberto, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenwöhr Aldo Maldonado, Outreach-KONTAKT Grafenwöh r 1st SGT Fernando A. Marquez, Outreach-KONTAK T Grafenwöhr