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Community Honors Lorrie Wrenn at April 19 Reception

Community honors 2026 NC Governor's Volunteer Service Award recipient, Lorrie Wrenn

Shannon Moretz

Shannon Moretz

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Community Honors Lorrie Wrenn at April 19 Reception
Photo by Shannon Moretz / Local youth and member of Cool Beans, Symhon Boyd, pictured on right, presented Wrenn, pictured on left, with the framed 2026 NC Governor's Volunteer Service Award certificate from the Governor's office.

Family, friends, and neighbors came together at Pelham Community Center on Sunday, April 19 to honor Lorrie Wrenn, who has received the 2026 NC Governor's Volunteer Service Award.

"She's so humble, she doesn't want the focus to ever be on her," explained Wrenn's daughter, Stephanie Tickle, after her mom took the podium, not to talk about her own volunteer service, but to praise those who volunteer alongside her.

Photo by Shannon Moretz / Volunteers with Pelham Community Center, left to right, Sheena Heath-Amoussouvi, Virginia Turner, Emily Durham Beardsley, Bill Bush, Lorrie Wrenn, Ryan Hoskins (behind Wrenn), Sarah Arrington, Bambi Powers, Martha Aldridge, Harriet Culp, and Tonya Nunnally.

"None of this would happen without all of them," Wrenn said of the friends and neighbors who volunteer with her.

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