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Cindy Kocher Named 2013 'Citizen of the Year'
The director of Human Resources at Northside Mental Health Center accepted the Greater Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce award Aug. 27.
Congratulations were in order Tuesday evening for Cindy Kocher, who was named the Greater Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce's 2013 Citizen of the Year.
Kocher said she moved to Temple Terrace on her birthday in 1976. She's been involved in the community ever since.
"How could you not give back to the greatest city in Hillsborough County?" she asked when she accepted the award.
Listen to her remarks in the video above.
Other finalists included Maryrose Owens and Sherrill Tomasino.
Kocher has been employed at Northside Mental Health Center for 29 years and serves as director of Human Resources.
She was one of the founders of the Northside Mental Health Auxiliary, a group of individuals dedicated to raising money for the “Phone Friend” program, which provides individual telephone contact for children who are home by themselves after school.
Kocher has co-chaired the Temple Terrace Relay for Life and was an honorary chair as a cancer survivor.
She is active in the Temple Terrace United Methodist Church and chaired the Staff Parish Relations committee twice. She is currently the chairperson for the Executive Leadership Council.
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Cindy is president of the Board of Directors of the Life Center of the Suncoast Inc., an organization that provides assistance to those suffering the death of a loved one, victims of traumatic crime and those suffering with serious illness.
She served on the chamber’s Board of Directors for 12 years and was recently re-elected to the Board. She was president of the chamber in 2000-01. She has received the chamber’s President’s Award, the Bob Woodard Award and, in March, she was recognized as the 2013 Public Citizen of the Year by the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for outstanding service to the community.
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