2020 Giving Back and Community Impact Awards Reception

By: Coastal Virginia Magazine
November 23, 2020

On Nov. 4, Coastal Virginia Magazine honored our annual Giving Back and Community Impact Awards winners, celebrating area nonprofits and businesses that make a difference in our community, at a special reception at Virginia MOCA in Virginia Beach.

For our 2020 awards, we made the process more selective than in previous years, narrowing down winning organizations to just 10 in each category. We also selected a single top honoree for Nonprofit of the Year, Norfolk-based Survivor Ventures. Our staff was particularly moved by Survivor Ventures’ unique approach to helping victims of human trafficking.

Guests enjoyed a delicious spread of foods from The Twisted Fork, along with drinks from our wine sponsor Sonoma-Cutrer, before heading into the museum’s theater for a socially distanced awards presentation recognizing the Giving Back and Community Impact Awards winners.

Special thanks to our Giving Back Awards sponsor Old Point National Bank for their support of this event and the organizations it honors.

Guests check in at a registration table beneath string-lit trees, beside a Coastal Virginia Magazine "Giving Back" sign.

A table draped in black displays Coastal Virginia Magazine copies and a sign reading "Mask must be worn over mouth and nose" beneath a donor plaque.

Indoor reception with cocktail tables draped in copper linens, trees strung with lights, and guests mingling in an atrium.

Two servers in black masks and gloves serve appetizers at a catered table, while a guest in a dark floral dress is served.

Rows of bite-sized savory tartlets topped with dollops of red chutney or jam on white serving platters.

Rows of bite-sized crispy wonton cups filled with chicken salad, garnished with green herbs and a brown sauce, on a white platter.

Rows of toasted bread squares topped with avocado and a creamy seafood salad, sprinkled with paprika, arranged on a white platter.

A bottle of Sonoma-Cutrer Russian River Valley Pinot Noir beside a black lantern and a vase of orange flowers.

A smiling woman in a black and red floral dress holds up a bottle of wine at an indoor evening reception.

Smiling woman with short auburn hair holds a bottle of Sonoma-Cutrer chardonnay beneath twinkling lights and trees.

Projected Coastal Virginia Magazine "Giving Back" cover with hands forming a heart, above two draped tables on a stage.

Two masked women on a stage exchange a black award plaque, with a table of plaques behind them and seated audience below.

Five women pose together at a high-top table outdoors, one holding a Virginia magazine and an award plaque, with string lights behind them.

A smiling man in glasses and a maroon sweater holds a framed "Community Impact" award certificate in a lobby.

Two smiling people hold a framed 2020 Coastal Community Impact Awards certificate for The Coastal Pint in a lit indoor space.

Two smiling people stand in a lobby holding a framed Giving Back Awards certificate, a woman in a blue striped dress and a man in a gray suit.

Two smiling people hold a framed Coastal Virginia Giving Back Awards certificate beside a tree wrapped in warm lights.

Two women smile and hold a framed "Giving Back Awards" certificate in a wood-paneled hall.

A smiling woman in a white jacket holds a framed Community Impact Award certificate at an indoor reception lit by string lights.

Two smiling women pose at a high table, holding a framed "Coastal Virginia Giving Back Awards" certificate under string lights.

Two smiling adults stand behind a round table, holding a framed Community Impact award certificate for Bear's Ice Cream.

Two women smile holding a framed Coastal Virginia Giving Back Awards certificate for Riverside Health System Foundation.

A smiling woman with long red hair holds a framed blue 2020 Community Impact Awards certificate in a lobby.

Two women pose holding a framed Coastal Virginia Giving Back Awards certificate in front of a green backdrop.

A man in a dark blazer and blue shirt holds a framed "Community Impact" award with a woman in a polka-dot dress and mask.

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