Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation Awards: Introducing the Class of 2023

This item was adapted from a News-Gazette article by Jeff D'Alessio on January 31, 2023. See the full article for further details.

The Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation Awards for  2023 will recognize 6 honorees at the Foundation's April 14 annual awards gala on April 14 at  the I Hotel & Conference Center.  The News-Gazette gives a quick introduction (and photos) for the six honorees and, leading up to the gala, will feature more in-depth stories on each person.

One of the honorees, who will receive a "Local Hero Award" is a member of the LWVCC Board of Directors, Kanittha Fay. Below is a photo of Kanittha and the quick introduction of her in the News-Gazette article.

Local Hero Award: Kanittha Fay
You name the local cause, there’s a good chance the 1999 University of Illinois alumna, District 116 mom and Thailand immigrant devotes time to it. She’s a member of the Urbana High PTSA executive team, the League of Women Voters of Champaign County board, the Mayoral Recognition Program committee and the Urbana Parks advisory committee, as well as co-founding the We Love Urbana community building initiative. Said Fay’s nominator: “She believes schools are the heart of the community and always helps to build bridges between people and organizations.”