MARYSVILLE — Marysville resident Cheryle Earnheart was recently honored by the Zonta Club of Everett as the recipient of their 2011 Virginia Gullikson Award.

The Virginia Gullikson Award is named for a Zontian and well-known Snohomish County resident who spent her life helping others. Candidates come from within Snohomish County and are volunteers who have worked to improve the legal, political, economic, educational, health and professional status of women within the county.

Earnheart is best known for her involvement with the Providence Regional Medical Center. She joined the board of the General Hospital in 1993 and was a member of the team that helped lead to the merger with Providence. As president of the Providence General Children’s Association, she helped raise money not only for the center itself, but also for Camp Prov and the medical center’s Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit. She has been involved with the Festival of Trees for many years and is a former co-chair of the event.

Other community organizations in which she’s been involved have included Hospice, Cocoon House, YMCA, Camp Fire USA Snohomish County Council, Snohomish County Children’s Museum, Everett Parks Foundation, Arts Council of Snohomish County and Healthy Communities.