40 Good Neighbors
- Black, Sr., Donald M.
- Bloom, Barbara
- Bogom, Stuart
- Deahl, Kate and Tom
- Dedrick, Fred
- Draper, George C.
- Elfant, Bob
- Emery, Francenia
- Ewing, Anne and Bill
- Fellner, David
- Fluhr, Robert
- Friend, Yvonne Thompson
- Guy, Dorothy
- Harland, Jean
- Hartsfield, Gail, Brian, and Michael
- Haskins, Yvonne
- Henning, Pat
- Hill, Lucy
- Johnson Sisters: Sylvia Carter, Barbara Green, and Madelyn Morris
- Johnson, Andre
- Kahn, Esther
- Kilson, Maurice
- Kimbleton, Helen and Jean Miller
- Lamas, Andy
- Martin, Martha Kent
- Moraks: Bill, Connie, Bill, Jr., and Michael
- Nix III, Robert N.C.
- Nolan, John and Mary
- Peterson, Jim
- Pollak, Debby
- Ransome, Shirley
- Reddick, Daisy
- Rush, Harold
- Stroiman, Steve
- Styer, Tim
- Williams, Mabel
- Winston, Dr. William
- Winterstein, Dan
40 Good Neighbors
Yvonne Haskins
Mt. Airy might never have begun celebrating its now-famous Mt. Airy Day were it not for the vision of Yvonne Haskins. While serving as executive director of West Mt. Airy Neighbors (WMAN) in the early seventies, Yvonne initiated the first meeting between East and West Mt. Airy Neighbors, resulting in a fruitful collaboration, which continues to this day, on Mt. Airy Day and a host of other joint projects. While at WMAN, she also instituted measures to improve collection of membership fees, resurrected the newsletter and initiated several new programs: a youth employment service, a gang prevention project, and anti-graffiti activities.
In addition to her work with WMAN, Yvonne has played important roles on many of the committees and task forces that spring up in Mt. Airy when committed people respond to a particular problem or issue. Yvonne has worked on committees addressing illegal land use on Lincoln Drive, and was part of the task force established to support Betak, the city’s first assisted living facility for people with AIDS.
In a neighborhood known for its residents’ commitment to active community building, Yvonne is remarkable for the breadth of projects she has championed in her quest to make things better in Mt. Airy. For more than 30 years, whenever a need arose, Yvonne has used her organizational and people skills to get things done.