1st annual student Holocaust Essay Contest and City Hall ceremony

Historical photographs are displayed in thirty locations for Holocaust awareness campaign

Florida House of Representatives issues proclamation formally recognizing HERC

Leon County Board of County Commissioners issues resolution for Rita Blank and Barbara Goldstein’s work with HERC

HERC Interfaith Book Club is established

The HERC Resource Office is established at Tallahassee Community College

Teacher Trunks Initiative is created in January to provide to elementary schools books on Holocaust history

HERC Board members and local teachers go to Poland for Holocaust education

HERC supports Chiles High School Museum and a field trip to the Holocaust Museum funded by Leon County Schools Foundation Grant

Linda Davey Educators Award

School board approves the School Outreach Initiative for trained volunteers to teach about Holocaust history in classrooms

Milestone: at least one educator from every Leon County public school has attended a teacher training workshop

Rita Blank Founders Award

Florida Legislature expands Holocaust education requiring teachers to include lessons on anti-semitism

Superintendent Hanna issues Partners in Excellence Award recognizing HERC efforts in the schools

HERC funds Florida Holocaust Museum trip for board members and teachers

Senator Bill Montford Legislative Award

Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum and HERC create a special exhibit of the Holocaust

Local business leader, Ken Boutwell, pledges a $60,000 Challenge Grant with dollar-for-dollar match contribution

Steve Uhlfelder Remembrance Education Award

Florida legislature appropriates $300,000 to HERC for panhandle expansion

The Boutwell Challenge Grant achieves goal of raising $120,000

Sachs Media conducts and publishes a nationwide Holocaust Awareness survey to underscore relevance of HERC mission

Honoree Allan Katz

Ken Boutwell Honored with Humanitarian Award at Annual Remembrance Dinner

Honoree CFO Jimmy Patronis