SWR Honors Volunteers: Bleialf's Karina Peters Wins Public Vote
Kaiserslautern – September 03, 2026 -- Public broadcaster SWR handed out its 2026 "Ehrensache" awards live from Stiftsplatz in Kaiserslautern, honoring volunteers from Rhineland-Palatinate during the regional Volunteer Day on August 30. The ceremony aired live on SWR television starting at 6:15 p.m. as the centerpiece of the day's events.
Viewers picked Karina Peters as the public favorite
Karina Peters from Bleialf won the audience-voted prize for her work supporting the Alftal Blasorchester, a youth-heavy brass band in the Bitburg-Prüm district. Viewers of SWR Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz and SWR4 radio listeners chose her from a field of ten candidates in an online vote.