In honoring two dozen citizens who received awards during the 25th Annual Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards Tuesday night, WTOC-TV’s vice president and general manager, Dr. Bill Cathcart described them as noble volunteers who followed “proud, selfless American tradition.” The kind and compassionate acts the recipients commit voluntarily throughout their lives “may ease the burdens (of those they serve) for one day or many,” he said. Volunteerism and selflessness are “to plant trees under whose shade you do not intend to sit,” he said.