Rani Merens wins Knox award
PHOTO COURTESY FLORIDA HOSPITAL-FISH MEMORIAL
Congratulations — Ed Noseworthy, Florida Hospital-Fish Memorial CEO, congratulates Rani Merens, who won the 2012 Johana Knox Award for Community Service Excellence. Merens has lived with multiple sclerosis for 16 years, but has focused on what she can do for others.
Congratulations — Ed Noseworthy, Florida Hospital-Fish Memorial CEO, congratulates Rani Merens, who won the 2012 Johana Knox Award for Community Service Excellence. Merens has lived with multiple sclerosis for 16 years, but has focused on what she can do for others.
For 16 years, Rani Merens has lived with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. However, she has not let the disease limit her ability to change other people’s lives for the better.
Because of her devotion to helping others, Merens was honored with the 2012 Johana Knox Award for Community Service Excellence.
Named for West Volusia’s best-known volunteer, Johana Knox, this award recognizes outstanding people for volunteer work and philanthropic efforts.
Merens teaches English through the Volusia Literacy Council, and serves as a representative for the City of DeBary as a member of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC).
A talented artist, Merens also paints portraits for people who have lost a loved one.
She also paints portraits of dogs, and donates 50 percent of the proceeds to an organization that trains dogs to assist people who have special needs.
Merens was one of 11 nominees for the 2012 Johana Knox Award, which is sponsored annually by Florida Hospital-Fish Memorial in Orange City.
Previous recipients of the award include Sandra Wilson, executive director of Gateway Center for the Arts; Ida Jane Wegrzyn, a volunteer with the Florida Hospital-Fish Memorial Auxiliary; and Brenda Gormley, who works with Haven Hospice.
Since it was created in 2009, the Johana Knox Award for Community Service Excellence has raised more than $30,000 to fight cancer. This year’s event was attended by 107 area residents and community leaders, who contributed approximately $12,000 to benefit cancer patients in the community.
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