“Not only was he generous in his giving, but he was also generous with his words. Nutting once said that he felt if a community had a strong United Way, it would succeed, because the United Way is the backbone of the community,” Stephen said.

Stephen said Nutting, who died in August at age 87, was always a vocal supporter of the United Way and its mission. Ogden Nutting Community Service Award is named after a person who spent decades in service to the Wheeling and Ohio Valley communities and was the 2018 recipient of the Building a Better Community Award. The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley’s newest award, the G. “And whatever small part I have done to try and help this community really pales in comparison to what those folks and people like them do on a daily basis,” he added. “And that’s why this valley is a very good place to live and raise our families, because of people like that. “Those are people, to me, that are on the front lines of making our community better on a daily basis,” he said. In accepting the award, Bordas took time to mention the many other groups and individuals around the valley whose service to community made them just as deserving of the award.

On top of being the president of the Wheeling YMCA Board of Directors, a longtime youth sports coach and a partner with several philanthropic groups in the Ohio Valley, Bordas has supplied the matching donations for the United Way’s Match Madness campaign and was a major contributor for the organization’s Celebrity Scoopers fundraiser. “Philanthropy means the love of humankind and involved the giving of one’s money, time or skills to solve social problems.” “When I think about the Building a Better Community Award, I think about all the agencies he has supported, the volunteer hours he has provided and the effect he has on the Ohio Valley in general, and the word that keeps popping up in my mind is philanthropy,” she said. In presenting the Building a Better Community Award to Bordas, United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Executive Director Staci Stephen said the amount of service Bordas has provided to the people and organizations of the Ohio Valley was immeasurable.

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