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Senior Volunteer of the Year Award: honors individuals age 65 and older who have taken action to make their community a better place to live through service.
WILLIE DECHAVEZ of Sterling Heights is dedicated to preserving Filipino heritage and traditions, as well as supporting the arts and culture. He has served to provide grassroots mobilization, civic engagement, leadership development and coalition building to involve members in the community and generate understanding. He emigrated from the Philippines to Michigan in 1982 and has served on the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, as the state chairperson for the National Federation of Filipino American Associations and as a member of the Sterling Heights Ethnic Community Committee. He is the current state chairperson of the United States Pinoys for Good Governance. He has helped build homes for the homeless in the Philippines and serves as the current Filipino Veterans deputy director, helping World War II soldiers receive medals for their service. “Through his efforts in multicultural education, Willie has improved the climate of communication and understanding amongst different races in Michigan,” said Maria Middleton, a fellow volunteer. “He has an inherent spirit to volunteer and serve humanity.”