Longtime volunteers David Kulchin and Alan and Naomi Marblestone have been named Carlsbad Citizens of the Year for 2013. The annual award recognizes community members who have dedicated themselves to improving Carlsbad through outstanding service.
Kulchin has been a longtime community volunteer and advocate for social causes, serving countless hours on several nonprofits, most notably the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, Hospice of the North Coast, the Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Community Advisory Board, and Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary.
Alan and Naomi Marblestone relocated to Carlsbad in 1997 after retiring from their jobs in Los Angeles, and the couple promptly began donating countless hours of volunteer service to civic and nonprofit organizations.
Alan and Naomi are devoted to the arts, and much of their volunteer service has been dedicated to music and the visual arts.
Both have served on the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts board and are regular volunteers at the City of Carlsbad's TGIF Concerts in the Park.
Naomi has logged more than 2,000 volunteer hours volunteering at the Museum of Making Music since 1999.
As one of the original docents, Naomi regularly conducts museum tours and served for ten years as the museum's volunteer co-coordinator. She has been honored with three awards for her volunteerism at the Museum of Making Music, the Volunteer of the Year Award, the Tony Award, for 1,000 volunteer hours, and the Starling Award, for 2,000 volunteer hours.
She also received the Star Award, an award given by the San Diego Performing Arts League, in 2006 for her service to the Museum of Making Music.
Kulchin has been a longtime community volunteer and advocate for social causes, serving countless hours on several nonprofits, most notably the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, Hospice of the North Coast, the Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Community Advisory Board, and Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary.
Alan and Naomi Marblestone relocated to Carlsbad in 1997 after retiring from their jobs in Los Angeles, and the couple promptly began donating countless hours of volunteer service to civic and nonprofit organizations.
Alan and Naomi are devoted to the arts, and much of their volunteer service has been dedicated to music and the visual arts.
Both have served on the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts board and are regular volunteers at the City of Carlsbad's TGIF Concerts in the Park.
Naomi has logged more than 2,000 volunteer hours volunteering at the Museum of Making Music since 1999.
As one of the original docents, Naomi regularly conducts museum tours and served for ten years as the museum's volunteer co-coordinator. She has been honored with three awards for her volunteerism at the Museum of Making Music, the Volunteer of the Year Award, the Tony Award, for 1,000 volunteer hours, and the Starling Award, for 2,000 volunteer hours.
She also received the Star Award, an award given by the San Diego Performing Arts League, in 2006 for her service to the Museum of Making Music.