Priscilla Beeman, of North Chili, a sales associate for Prudential Real Estate Affiliates in Spencerport, has received a Prudential Community Champions Rising Star Award of $250 for the Salvation Army Churchville-Chili Chapter.

The Prudential Community Champions Awards Program, administered by the company's Local Initiatives Division, is recognizing 892 Prudential employees and retirees who excel in volunteer commitment, leadership and service in their communities. The Prudential Foundation is providing more than $639,000 in grants to the organizations in which these associates volunteer.

As a volunteer, Beeman donates an average of 10 hours per month to the Salvation Army Churchville-Chili Chapter. Each holiday season, she coordinates holiday "bell-ringers" and counts and deposits the funds raised. The Salvation Army Churchville-Chili Chapter aims to raise proceeds for college scholarships, youth camp tuitions, emergency funds and families in need.

LaVon Bucciarelli, of Rochester, also an associate broker for Prudential Real Estate Affiliates in Spencerport, received a Prudential Community Champions Rising Star Award of $250 for Greece Central School District in support of the Autumn Lane School.

Bucciarelli donates an average of seven hours per month to the Greece Central School District as a parent volunteer at the Autumn Lane School. In the year 2000, she served as room mother in a first-grade classroom. Her role consisted of communicating with classroom parents, assisting with field trips and organizing parties and special events. The Greece Central School District aims to prepare students for post-secondary education and employment success through quality curriculum supported by a long-range plan for the extensive use of technology.