Volunteers Rene and Marilyn Grace check in with Carol Cribbs (seated) for Volunteer Appreciation Night festivities held at the Cedar Point Officer's Club on the Patuxent River NAS, Lexington Park, MD. Volunteer Appreciation is presented by the Friends of the St. Clement's Island and Piney Point Lighthouse to acknowledge and thank the hundreds of hours of volunteer service for both museums.

Volunteers enjoyed a slide show prepared by the Museum Division's Chris Barbour entitled "Volunteers Are Our Gold."

Friends president Sheila Hiebert (far left) presented the "President's Award" to the Chesapeake Bay Running Club for the annual donation to the Piney Point Lighthouse from proceeds made from the Lower Potomac River Marathon every March. Pictured with Sheila are members and officers of the club: Liza Rector, race director, Paul Serra, treasurer, Sierra Schenk, secretary, Vic Pagnano, president, and Travis Priest, vice president.

Ann Davis, center, was chosen as the St. Clement's Island Museum "2007 Volunteer of the Year." Pictured with Ann are Jean Hoffman, far left, the volunteer coordinator and Chris Barbour (far right) the site supervisor for the St. Clement's Island Museum.