Three community leaders,
Lee and Kathy Anderson and Wm. "Red" Lewis,
were recognized and presented The Brian LaViolette Spirit Award at the Valentine’s
Day, Keys to your Heart event at The
Automobile Gallery.
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| Wm. "Red" Lewis, Kathy and Lee Anderson |
Since 2011 The Brian LaViolette
Spirit Award has served as a permanent recognition for a select group of
individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership, commitment and
extraordinary compassion. The recipients selflessly give of themselves to
improve their community.
Lee and Kathy
Anderson are dedicated to honoring all those who serve our great country in
uniform and have a lengthy and widespread history of volunteerism and
philanthropy in the Green Bay Community. They are the sponsors of the
Scholarship of Honor Story film by the Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation
and support today’s Veterans any chance they have.
Lee and Kathy Anderson are proud and excited to
support the Engineering Technology program at UW-Green Bay through an endowed
scholarship established. The two of them are always seen among the avid fans at
UWGB basketball games, or volunteering at the NEW Zoo.
Wm. “Red” Lewis, founder of PDQ
Car Wash, PDQ Manufacturing and The Automobile Gallery, has a driven and quiet
passion of helping others. Red is known throughout
the community for his philanthropic efforts. He was oneof the first car wash companies in the nation to offer scholarships to
employees and feels one of his greatest
accomplishments is the fact that he has been able to give over 20,000 kids their
first job giving them the opportunity to establish a foundation of a lifetime
solid work ethic.
Red is also a supporter of the
Salvation Army’s Coats for Kids Campaign and Notre Dame Academy. More
recently, Red created The Automobile Gallery, a non-profit organization. The mission is to appreciate the automobile
as art. …and to educate, inspire and share that
passion with others so they, too, can truly appreciate the form and function of
the automobile – past, present and into the future.
All three leaders believe in education and the good in people. They invest in the future of our communities
and have a spirit about them that truly makes a positive impact in this world.
