Metro Home
About Metro
Announcements
Board
By-Laws
Calendar
CEUs
Committees
Contact
DIRC
Injury Prevention
Laws
Links
Membership
Meeting Minutes
Metro Awards
Metro RID Bits
NYC Access Guide
Newsletter
Photos
Professional Development
Stipends
National RID
RID Certificates
Code of Ethics
Deaf Interpreters
Grievance Procedures
Hiring Interpreters

New York City Metro RID
Link to RID.org


New York City Metro RID
JAF Station
PO Box 8378
New York, NY 10116

Awards Stipends

Metro RID Service and Consumer Awards

Metro offers annual awards to acknowledge service to the Interpreting Community and to the Deaf Community.

              2007
Metro
Service Award

JANICE RIMLER

For over a decade of service:
Editor of the newsletter,
RIDBits coordinator,
and for her overall support of Metro!

              2007
Metro
Consumer Award


OMRDD

Providing access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing consumers and the interpreting community by hosting DIRC meetings at their facility since 1995.

              2006
Metro
Service Award

STEPHANIE FEYNE

For over a decade of service:
Metro Board Member
Past President
Committees:
    Website, By-Laws,
    Nominations, Test Site

               2006
Metro
Consumer Award


NYU MEDICAL CENTER
JODY GILL

Providing access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing consumers to medical and rehabilitiative services .
Providing access awareness training for medical practitioners.

               2005
Metro
Service Award

DEBBIE SWAMBACK

For over a decade of service:
Metro Board Member
Past President
CMP Committee
DIRC Committee

               2005
Metro
Consumer Award

THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
THEATRE ACCESS PROJECT

Providing access for Deaf and Hard of Hearing consumers since 1980 through interpreted and captioned theatre.
Providing training for interpreting for theatre since
1990.

               2004
Metro
Service Award

LISA DENNETT

For over a decade of service:
NYC Metro Office Manager
Committees:
    By-Laws, Nominations,
    Scholarship, Testing Site

               2004
Metro
Consumer Award

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Providing access to Deaf and Hard of Hearing consumers since 1970 through Deaf docents, interpreters, & captions
Interpreted education opportunities

               2003
Metro
Service Award

RAY HOFFMAN

For over a decade of service:
Metro Board Member
CMP Committee
Testing Site Committee
Nominations Committee

               2003
Metro Consumer Award

TEACHERS COLLEGE
MICHAEL CANALE

RID Certification Testing Supersite
Interpreting Services
Mentoring Opportunities
Professional Development

Metro STIPENDS

METRO offers stipends to RID and Regional Conferences

STIPEND
For National Conference

NYC Metro RID is offering 4 stipends in the amount of $325 each to members of NYC Metro RID who are attending the 2007 RID conference in San Francisco, California in August.

Here are the recipients:
Christine Iannone, Christine Quinton, Melanie Gershick, Corrie Pond.