Award Season Is Here: If you
have nominations for Federation Awards please contact your chapter president.
Your North Carolina Federation makes two awards each year recognizing member who have made a significant service contribution during the year.
The Charles R. Patton
“Good Egg” Award
The purpose of the
award is to recognize NARFE members who have made significant and sustaining
contributions to the federation, chapters and its members. Recognition will be in the form of a “Good
Egg Plaque” presented at the annual federation convention. The award is given to the nominee who is
judged by committee to have made the most outstanding contributions in support
of NARFE’s goals and objectives.
Criteria for
selection will be based on achievements and contributions that go beyond
general expectations and reflect quality, excellence, and innovation and makes
significant contributions to some aspect of NARFE’s mission.
Lyle V.
Storch Award
Lyle V. Storch,
who lived in Durham, NC, was an ardent member of the National Active and
Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) and worked tirelessly at all, levels of
government: city, county and state, for those issues he felt strongly about.
Yet, only a few knew of his efforts
outside of his family, friends, and associates.
He worked effectively behind the scene and on the stage. The few examples noted below outline how he
made a difference in his community, area, state, and other organizations he
served along with NARFE.
While no formal criteria exists for
selecting a candidate from the nominees for this award, the nomination form
uses the example set by Lyle V. Storch as a guide in
the selection process. “Service to NARFE
and the member’s local community will be considered in the selection process”.
The City of Durham was fortunate to
have him as a citizen, as well as serving its citizens. He was a member of the Council for Senior
Citizens, taught defensive driving for AARP, and worked to establish Center for
Seniors in Durham.
He served on many boards and committees in and around the Research
Triangle Area and North Carolina, including the Triangle J. Council of
Governments’ Aging Advisory Committee and the state Attorney General’s Senior
Fraud Task Force.
As a young man, he served his nation
through military service, first serving in the Army during the Berlin Air Lift
and then transferring to the Air Force.
His military experience led to a civilian career with the Federal
Aviation Administration.
His passion for fairness and openness
in government put him at the center of the Bailey Settlement action. He worked tirelessly lobbying the state
legislature and generation grassroots support for tax equality. Eventually, the court directed settlement
returned illegally collected state income taxes on the annuities of many
retired federal employees in North Carolina.
His service to NARFE included serving
as Durham’s Chapter President, NC Federation of NARFE chapters Executive Vice
President and President.
More than anything else, Lyle Storch’s consistent work on behalf of state, local, and
organizational issues and concerns confirmed his commitment and also reinforced
his “can do and will do” attitude that is so necessary to getting things done.
While no formal criteria exists for
selecting a candidate from the nominees for this award, the nominating form
uses the example set by Lyle V. Storch as a
guide in the selection process. “Service to NARFE and member’s local
community will be considered in the selection process”.
Deadline for submission to the Federation Area Vice Presidents is March 1, 2012.
Links to the forms and documents: