Sherry Polvinate and more than 50 volunteers were honored by the Montgomery County Council on May 15 for their work at the “House With A Heart” senior pet sanctuary. Sherry and her late husband, Joe, started caring for abandoned senior dogs in their Gaithersburg home more than 30 years ago. House With a Heart provides outstanding care and activities for senior dogs who have been abandoned, while trying to find permanent homes for them. At the ceremonies in Rockville were, from left to right: Councilmember Nancy Navarro; volunteers Kathleen Halverson, Michelle Stieglitz and Lori Whitehurst; and Councilmembers George Leventhal and Nancy Floreen. Sherry could not be at the ceremonies because, as Lori said, “Someone had to stay home to take care of the dogs.”