2008 GALA ATM WNY HEROES AWARDS

Time Warner Cable and the United Ways of Western New York are thrilled to congratulate the following 2008 ATM WNY Heroes Awards winners!  They were chosen by you - Western New York - who submitted over 85,000 online votes to decide who was most worthy of the honor in each category. 

In case you missed the live broadcast of the 2008 Gala ATM WNY Hereos Awards, you can watch it again on November 19, 20 or 21 at 3 P.M. on channel 13, or view it anytime on WNY On Demand, channel 997.

Do you know of anyone else who deserves to be named a WNY Hero?  Well, stay tuned...next spring we'll announce how you can nominate individuals for the 2009 ATM WNY Heroes Award.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2008 ATM WNY HEROES!!!

  

Advancing Art

SYLVIA ROSEN Burchfield Penney Arts Center

Sylvia Rosen is the embodiment of a lifelong commitment to art and education.  A one-time teacher, Rosen established an endowment at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, which was instrumental in helping the center create a bi-annual arts and craft media exhibit.  Currently in her late eighties, she is also instrumental in the capital campaign of Burchfield-Penney and supporting expansion efforts in the Arts department at Buffalo State College.

Community Crusaders

PATRICIA EVANS Niagara Hospice, Inc.

Patricia Evans founded Niagara Hospice, Inc. in the 1980s.  Evans grew the program from a small group of volunteers to a state of the art health facility caring for over 150 Niagara County patients.

Cultivating Children

PASTOR STEPHEN ANDZEL New Creation Fellowship Church

Since his service in Vietnam, Pastor Stephen Andzel has dedicated his life to serving hundreds of local children and their families through his Church’s annual holiday meal, toy distribution, back-to-school clothing distribution and free tutoring programs.  Pastor Andzel also runs a daycare and school for K-12th graders.

Guarding the Greater Good

OFFICER CATHERINE ONIONS Amherst Police Department

Officer Catherine Onions, of the Amherst Police Department, was appointed as Amherst’s first female police officer in August 1980, and has become a role model for women police officers. Officer Onions also helped to develop and implement a Family Offense/Domestic Violence Squad that has helped countless families and victims of domestic violence.

 

Medical Miracles

EMERGENCY MEDICAL & OPERATING ROOM TEAMS AT BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL (Dr. Sonya Noor pictured)

The Emergency Medical & Operating Room Teams at Buffalo General Hospital is being recognized internationally for the outstanding, life-saving care provided to Richard Zednik, member of the Florida Panthers, who last season was critically injured during a game against the Buffalo Sabres when a skate blade nicked the carotid artery in his neck.  The team acted quickly and provided world-class care saving Zednik’s life, despite the fact that he lost nearly one-third of his blood.

ABOUT WNY HEROES

Time Warner Cable cares about our local community and is proud of the people who live, work and play here.  Our local origination Channel 13, Time Warner Cable Sports Net, has a show called "All That Matters" (ATM) that airs week days at 3 p.m.  Each week ATM will feature a WNY Hero someone who exemplifies greatness, creativity or profound dedication to a cause.  One person can move mountains.  These WNY Heroes will then be featured on ATM.  Time Warner Cable is asking you to tell us about the hero you know.  Please share with us a story or an example of why this person is a hero.  ATM will interview the person and also you about your hero.  This is all about sharing with your neighbors and the community those people who are the unsung celebrities or “diamonds in the rough.”  Together We Can (TWC) make a difference.