At a June 14 reception held on Fogg’s Landing in St. Michaels, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) recognized members of its dedicated corps of more than 200 volunteers for their combined 28,220 hours of service to the museum over the course of the last year––the equivalent of nearly 15 full time employees. Several staff members recognized individual volunteers for their work in the education, buildings and grounds, curatorial, museum store, boatyard, boat donations, and administrative departments. Volunteers with more than 100 hours of overall service were also recognized and presented pins for their service.

Special recognition was given to volunteers with the highest hours of service, including Rosemary Thomson with 10,000 hours; Bob Mason with 6,000 hours; Joan Chlan with 5,000 hours; Bill Price with 4,000 hours; John Hawkinson, Paul Ray, and Bob Whitlock with 3,000 hours; Paul Carroll, Jerry Friedman, Roger Galvin, Bob Petizon, and Mary Sue Traynelis with 2,000 hours; Nick Green and Angus MacInnes with 1,500 hours; and Sam Barnett, Audrey Brown, Russ Cochran, Gloria Freihage, Gerry Hughes, Rick Kuba, Mike Corliss, Cliff Stretmater, Ed Thieler, Ben Tilghman, and Bob Traynelis with 1,000 hours.

With year-round education programs, docent-guided tours, volunteer-run river cruises, the maintenance of 18 acres and dockage, along with a fleet of historic boats to maintain, the museum has ample volunteer opportunities for those interested in connecting with the Bay and its people. For more information, call 410-745-2916 or visit cbmm.org.