
May 19, 2008
Foursquare Chaplain (CPT) Leslie Forbes-Mariani received the Stafford County 2008 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for community service and lifetime achievement on January 12.
She has been volunteering in various arenas since her childhood, first participating in missions projects, then going on to volunteer with women's groups, distribute food and Bibles in Hong Kong and China, teaching at Foursquare camps, and starting a coffeehouse ministry, among many other service opportunities.
Forbes-Mariani, who lives in Alexandria, Va., and ministers at DeWitt Community Hospital Fort Belvoir, holds her Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.