Long Neck CHEER Senior Center Assistant Maggie Smith is CHEER’s 2026 Volunteer of the Year. DAN COOK PHOTOS Long Neck CHEER Senior Center Assistant Maggie Smith gets emotional as she is named CHEER’s 2026 Volunteer of the Year. Gov. Matt Meyer speaks about how important Meals on Wheels is to the recipients of the service. Naydeline Aguilar-Lopez of the Café Salud Bilingual Senior Center was one of the nominated for CHEER’s 2026 Volunteer of the Year. Rick Rinderle of the Milton Meals on Wheels was a nominee for CHEER’s 2026 Volunteer of the Year. Andrew Oxendine, Volunteer of the Year for CHEER's Coastal Leisure Center in Ocean View. Awaiting the award ceremony are (l-r) Sussex County Register of Wills Greg Fuller, Gov. Matt Meyer and CHEER Board President Walt Koopman. CHEER CEO Beckett Wheatley presents the CHEER’s 2026 Volunteer of the Year to Long Neck CHEER Senior Center Assistant Maggie Smith. CHEER CEO Beckett Wheatley presents CHEER’s 2026 Volunteer of the Year to Long Neck CHEER Senior Center Assistant Maggie Smith as Gov. Matt Meyer looks on. CHEER's 2026 Volunteer of the Year nominees Nick and Joann Varrato pose for a picture before the ceremony. Miffy Kiback is the Greenwood CHEER Volunteer of the Year. The Volunteer of the Year nominees from Harbour Lights CHEER in Lewes. Shown at the event are (l-r) CHEER outreach worker Marion Poole, Milton CHEER Volunteer of the Year Rick Rinderle and Milton CHEER Center Director Ashlyn Elliott. The Salvation Army, Georgetown Volunteers of the Year with CHEER Staff Michelle Gibbs, left, and Deb Landon, right. Shown at the event are Samantha Harper, CHEER Long Neck Center Director, Long Neck Volunteer of the Year Maggie Smith and Latosha Morris, CHEER outreach worker. Andrew Oxendine, wearing a red shirt at center, CHEER's Coastal Leisure Center in Ocean View Volunteer of the Year, is surrounded by Ocean View members and Yolanda Gallego, center director, right. Roxana CHEER Volunteer of the Year is Sheldon Bustow. Shown at the ceremony are (l-r) Sabrina Oswell, Greenwood CHEER Center director; Miffy Kiback, Greenwood CHEER Volunteer of the Year; and Marion Poole CHEER outreach worker. Andrew Oxendine, Ocean View Volunteer of the Year, center, stands with CHEER Coastal Leisure Center in Ocean View's Center Director Yolanda Gallego and CHEER outreach worker T'kara Bolden. Rick Rinderle, second from left, Milton CHEER Volunteer of the Year, is surrounded by the Milton CHEER members.