Honors and Awards

Village Honors Award Winners and Volunteers

“On Friday, January 27, 2012, the Village of Hanover Park held its annual Awards Night. Village President Rodney Craig, Village Clerk Eira Corral and Village Manager Ron Moser presented awards and recognized a host of Village volunteers and others who serve the Hanover Park community.

Citizen of the Year
Mayor Craig announced Ms. Cindy Dittmer, founder of Back-Pack Buddies, as the 2011 Citizen of the Year. Back-Pack Buddies is an organization which supplies children in need with backpacks containing many basic care items, along with some comfort items.”

-From the Hanover Park eNewsletter 2/6/2012

We were on the radio! Backpack Buddies Club wins eTowns E-Chievement award!

View their press release

Our Backpack Buddies Club radio interview aired across North America on over 300 stations on 90.9 FM in the Chicago area, from Wednesday October 26th at 10:00pm to Tuesday October 23rd at 9:00pm! Many stations also stream over the web, so you can listen from their websites, anywhere in the world. We also podcast the show. Listen to the Backpack Buddies Club interview MP3 here!

While you’re there, feel free to take a look at our E-Chievement page.