The American Christian Children's Foundation honors Lew Petzold for fifteen years service to the community. You can now call Lew Petzold one of the "most caring' people in America. He has been called just about everything else: a hero, humanitarian, outstanding senior citizen, and model volunteer director.
On November 21, 1997 in Washington D.C., the 74-year-old Founder of the Human Crisis Center stepped up to the podium to accept his sixth major award of the year. The Caring Institute honored Petzold as one of its ten 'Most Caring People in America' for his work providing thousands. of Central Florida residents with donated food and medical equipment. In 1996 the Human Crisis Center gave three million pounds of food to thousands in crisis.
The Caring Institute award puts Petzold in the big league. For ten years the institute has been honoring such national luminaries as Norman Vincent Peal, Jimmy and Rosalind Carter and Mother Teresa. Help feed the children! Support the American Christian Children's Foundation.
Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary has been dedicated to law enforcement for twenty years. His previous positions include Police Officer and Detective with the Melbourne Police Department, Commander of the S.W.A.T. Team for the Kennedy Space Center, and Captain of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Specialized Patrol Division. He has been with Orange County since 1978.
Since his election as Sheriff of Orange County in 1992, Kevin Beary has been dedicated both to the men and women of his agency, and to the citizens and visitors of Orange county. During Sheriff Beary's first term of office, the Orange County Sheriff's Office became the first law enforcement agency in Orange County to be awarded National Accreditation. In addition, units in the Sheriff's Office such as the Felony Squad, S.W.A.T. Team, Gang Enforcement Unit, and Tourist Oriented Policing Division have received recognitions of excellence at both the state and national levels.
Sheriff Beary is also a dedicated member of the community he serves. He is on the Board of Directors for the Salvation Army, the Children's Safety Village, Crimeline, Orlando Fights Back, Valencia Community College, Central Florida National Safety Council, and the Tangelo Park Project. Sheriff Beary has been recognized for dedicated service by the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, the Military Order of World Wars, and received the Key 3 Award from the Central Florida Boy Scouts of America. In addition, he represents the Florida Sheriffs Association on the National Policy Committee for Gang Resistance Education and Training.
Sheriff Beary is a graduate of Lyman High School, Longwood, Florida; received a Bachelor of Science from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia; and served with the United States Army Florida National Guard. He is an honor graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy, 143rd Class; and a graduate of the F.B.I. National Executive Institute, 18th Session. Kevin and his wife Rebekah have three children, Brittany, Robert, and Johnathan. They are members of New Hope Presbyterian.