{"id":2878,"date":"2014-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/a-night-of-appreciation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:03:20","slug":"a-night-of-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridalternatives.org\/es\/the-current\/a-night-of-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Una noche de agradecimiento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El jueves 11 de diciembre<sup>th<\/sup>, Los voluntarios, miembros del consejo de administraci\u00f3n y el personal se reunieron en El Cholo para nuestro evento anual de agradecimiento a los voluntarios, organizado en honor a quienes hacen realidad la misi\u00f3n de GRID. Este a\u00f1o, nuestros voluntarios trabajaron m\u00e1s de 15.000 horas para completar m\u00e1s de 140 instalaciones, m\u00e1s que en cualquier otro a\u00f1o en la historia de GLA.<\/p>\n<p>Adewale Ogunbadejo comenz\u00f3 la noche agradeciendo a nuestros voluntarios por su arduo trabajo, asegur\u00e1ndoles que sin su continuo apoyo nuestro trabajo no ser\u00eda posible. Tambi\u00e9n present\u00f3 a Isabel L\u00f3pez, quien ahora asumir\u00e1 el rol de Coordinadora de Voluntarios mientras Adewale se desempe\u00f1a en un puesto de Desarrollo de Recursos Humanos dentro de la familia de GRID. \u00a1Felicitaciones Isabel, sabemos que nuestros voluntarios est\u00e1n en buenas manos contigo!<\/p>\n<p>Mientras todos disfrutaban de la comida mexicana m\u00e1s fresca, Adewale e Isabel honraron a nuestros voluntarios con premios. Nuestros supervisores de instalaciones solares, testigos del arduo trabajo de nuestros voluntarios, entregaron a cada uno de ellos un diploma mientras compart\u00edan palabras amables sobre sus esfuerzos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta persona no es solo un voluntario, se ha convertido en mi amigo\u201d, dijo Jos\u00e9 Cardenas, supervisor de instalaciones solares, al entregar el premio a Robert Guzman, l\u00edder del equipo de techos, quien fue un apoyo fundamental en muchas instalaciones y eventos especiales este a\u00f1o. El premio a la Voluntaria del A\u00f1o fue para el joven y prometedor Jorge Valdez, cuyo apoyo incondicional y pasi\u00f3n por hacer del mundo un lugar m\u00e1s amable no pasan inadvertidos. Los ganadores de este a\u00f1o fueron:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premio Persistencia: <\/strong>Lonnie Garner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Capit\u00e1n del equipo de techo<\/strong>: Robert Guzman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jefe de equipo de tierra: <\/strong>Garland Floyd<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premio a la Iniciativa:<\/strong> Angela Carradine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premio Sunshine:<\/strong> Bernie Stafford<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premio de seguridad:<\/strong> William Draper <\/p>\n<p><strong>Voluntario del A\u00f1o:<\/strong> Jorge Valdez<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redes sociales:<\/strong> Wesley Pacleb<\/p>\n<p>El director ejecutivo Michael Kadish tambi\u00e9n se sorprendi\u00f3 al recibir de Jerry Berberian de Apollo Energy un premio al servicio sobresaliente, \u201cen reconocimiento a su compromiso y logros con GRID Alternatives dentro de las comunidades de Los \u00c1ngeles\u201d. \u00a1Enhorabuena Michael!<\/p>\n<p>Queremos agradecer a todos nuestros voluntarios su tiempo y esfuerzo este a\u00f1o. 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