Glennis Monday recognized as Adult Volunteer of the Year

Sam Sexton, the Youth Volunteer of the Year, will be recognized in February

By Charlotte Underwood

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- Campbell County Mayor Jack Lynch and the county commission recognized County Litter Patrol Officer Glennis Monday as the Adult Volunteer of the Year for his many years of keeping Campbell County clean. The Volunteer of the Year Award is a state award.

“Each year, there is an award given state-wide to an adult and a youth volunteer of the year. The award honors outstanding community servants across the state through a program called the Governor’s Volunteer Stars Award,” Lynch said.

Environmental Protection Officer Glennis Monday was chosen for his leadership in litter prevention, litter education and litter enforcement and significantly reducing the county’s road-side litter.

“Since 2003, Glennis has volunteered with the Great American Cleanup, the Norris Lake Project Team, and hosting volunteer cleanups across Campbell County, all while balancing his full-time job as an environmental deputy sheriff. He has won several state awards for his valiant efforts in litter prevention and awareness for the citizens of Campbell County,” Lynch said. The mayor and the entire commission congratulated Monday on his accomplishments.

Monday said he could not do his job without Keisha Howard, who works in the county mayor’s office and closely with Monday on acquiring litter grants for the county.

“We have been in this together a long time,” Monday said, adding that he had been an environmental officer for “right at 30 years” and that commission chairman Johnny Bruce was part of the group that helped hire him “back in 1998.”

“I’ve been working all that with volunteerism, Tennessee is made up of volunteers; I started cleaning these roads in 1992 after reading an article in the Press where a woman said that Campbell County was trashed up, and so I took it on myself to clean these roads up, at that time, I worked for a coal company. I am a little biased, but I think we have the prettiest county in Tennessee, and we want to keep it that way, so we work hard doing it, and I will keep doing it as long as I am breathing air,” Monday said. He thanked everyone for their recognition.

Sam Sexton, the Youth Volunteer of the Year for Campbell County, was unable to make it to Tuesday’s meeting. The multi-sport standout, a Campbell County High School Junior, was unable to attend, because he was playing basketball for the Cougars on Tuesday night at Karns. Sexton will be recognized at next month’s county commission meeting.

“These two will also be recognized in March with a trip to Nashville,” Lynch said. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-01/21/2026-6AM)