THE ORIGINAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD WAS BESTOWED IN 1997 UPON NICHOLAS E. D’AGOSTINO, THE FIRST PRINCIPAL OF WOLCOTT HIGH SCHOOL AND 50+ YEAR MEMBER OF THE WOLCOTT LION’S CLUB. IN 1968, HE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT OF WOLCOTT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS (CAPSS).  HIS TIME AS AN EDUCATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR EARNED HIM MANY AWARDS AND ACCOLADES AS A ARDENT SUPPORTER OF STUDENTS AND EDUCATION AND A BELOVED HUMANITARIAN.  HE PASSED AWAY IN 2014.  THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE WOLCOTT COMMUNITY WHO WORKS TO BETTER THEIR COMMUNITY AND IS A TIRELESS GOOD NEIGHBOR TO ALL.

The 2019 Nicholas E. D’Agostino Award to Be Announced

Past Recipients

1997 – Nicholas E. D’Agostino

1998 – Fran Culver

1999 – Ed Wilensky

2000 – Rev. Frank Powell Haggard

2001 – Stephen Bosco

2002 – Yvon Deasulniers

2003 – Brian P. Borghesi

2004 – Janet C. Tynan

2005 – William Lyga

2006 – James Pape

2007 – Roger Levesque

2008 – Robert Bosco, Jr.

2009 – The Gaudiosi Family

2010 – Joanne and Frank Mucciacciaro

2011 – Rob Silas

2012 – Linda Fercodini

2013 – Bob Budney

2014 – Bill Accousti, Tom McNerney, Dave McNerney – Five Guys Flippin’ Pies

2015 – Joseph and Laurie Dunn

2016 – David Gentile 

2017 – Kyle C. Dunn

2018 – Kevin Nicol