Volunteers awarded at RSVP brunch
Published 4:51 pm Thursday, December 1, 2016
By BRIANA HARRIS / Staff Writer
PELHAM – The banquet hall at the Pelham Civic Complex was packed full Thursday, Dec. 1, for the Shelby County Retired Senior and Volunteer Program’s Volunteer Recognition Brunch and Awards Ceremony.
Storyteller Bruce Walker entertained the audience by telling comedic stories about growing up in the rural community of Walker’s Bend, which is located near Pell City.
Afterward, RSVP event coordinator Marvin Copes began the awards ceremony. Copes said 360 volunteers received awards. Groups that completed at least 10,000 hours and at least 5,000 hours of volunteering received special recognition and trophies.
Spirit Award plaques were given to nine volunteers who go above and beyond what is asked of them, Copes said. The Pea Ridge Senior Club received the Star Volunteer Station Award and Edwina Chappell received the Star Volunteer Award for completing 30,000 hours of volunteering.
Allison Boyd, president of the RSVP and SVS Advisory Council, said RSVP volunteers have completed 3.1 million hours of volunteering since Jan. 1, 2000. At a value of $20.35 per hour, that equates to a value of $63.2 million.
Shelby County manager Alex Dudchock thanked the volunteers for the their many hours of community service. RSVP currently has 1,147 volunteers and 99 active volunteer stations.
“Volunteerism in our country is waning, but what we’re now seeing is more seniors, when they retire, they’re seeking out opportunities to give back and help their communities,” Dudchock said. “That’s one of the many reasons the County Commission has been a financial supporter of RSVP.”
Pelham Mayor Gary Waters that is absolutely fitting to have the awards ceremony during the holiday season – a time of giving.
“You encourage me and I’m thankful for it,” Waters said.
Here are the 2016 RSVP awardees:
25 Years
Ruth Booth
Sudie Jarvis
20 Years
Joseph Graffo
Durene Herron
Mary Helen Hughes
Barbara Readal
Eunice Stagner
15 Years
Reeta Beecham
Barbre Everling
David Holden
Mary Holden
Jane Jones
Nina Kennemer
Rufus Kennemer
Tommie Lawley
Jean F. Lowe
Mary Jo Morrow
Margie Overton
Kathleen Parker
Shirley Rierson
Ester D Smith
Odell Smith
Thomas E. Smith
Daniel H Trammell
Shirley Trammell
Carrie Valerius
Dot Waldrop
Jean R. Williams
Zed Williams
10 Years
Jo Ina Alexander
Debbie Battles
Myra Beane
Lanie Burns
Carol Burrowbridge
Betty Coe
Peggy Crowson
Charlotte Dobbs
David Dobbs
Rose B. Ellis
Jeanette Franklin
Susanna Griffin
Daniel Harrell
Mary Hollingsworth
Sandra Hyde
Barbara Ingram
Beverly Leach
Lois Lucas
Helen F. Martin
Vicki McCallen
Gloria McFarland
Malcolm McFarland
Annette Nunnally
Rita Ray
Gary Ragsdale
Susan Ragsdale
Robert L. Readal
Bob Sutton
Sallie Sutton
Glenda Cairns Terrell
Estelle Thompson
Betty Yancy
5 Years
Odis Amason
Fred Andrews
Amy Arnold
Sarah Atchison
Bobby Averitt
Joann Averett
Kelli Baker
James Bales
Delores Bates
Edna Black
Tim Brasher
Frank Britt
Ellen Broderick
Jane M Brogdon
Mollie Brown
Joyce Calhoun
Dorothy Carlson
Jane Carpenter
Gale Carson
O.J. Carson
Betty Champagne
Gail Chavez
Shirley Church
June Collins
Michelle Creamer
Calvin Crocker
Annie Davis
Dorothy Davis
Maxine Davis
Claudia Deason
Dianne Dill
Sue Dooley
Carol Dotson
Ann Dunsmore
James Elliott
David Farrington
Georgiann Farrington
Adele Flowers
Dorothy Forrest
Sue Franklin
Betty Gant
Jeanette Gerald
Gary Glenn
Karen Glenn
Gladys Grear
Millie Groves
Elizabeth Harris
Mary Ann Haynes
Cathey Heffner
Harold Hill
Carrie Sue Hinds
Shirley Honeycutt
Don Hughes
Dorsey Ingram
Letha Johnson
Kathie Jones
Katherine Justice
Jo Lynn Kelton
Catherine Kessler
James Killingsworth
Barbara Kirker
Sharon Kleeschuttle
Nance Kohnen
Faye Knight
Margaret Knowles
Judith Kornowicz
Bud Kuester
Sheryl LaFontaine
Rosell Lee
Michelle Lieb
Ema Lindquist
John Lott
Sandra Lott
Tammy Lowery
Rosalyn Lucas
Mary Sue Ludwig
E.M. Duke Martin
Jean Ann May
William E. May
Douglas McCullough
Delores McGill
Vickie McKee
Judith McRae
Helen Meadows
Debra Medeiros
Yvonne Menger
Pat Miller
Edith Minor
Leila Mitchell
Anne Moore
Charlene Moore
Sandra Morgan
Wilma Morris
Jill Neely
Flora Oaks
Bill O’Dell
Richard A O’Neal
Walter Perkins
Constance Pettit
Duane Phillips
Ralph Phillips
Jane Phillips
Agnes Pool
Cathy Porterfield
Judith Prestridge
Jackie Pritchard
Marline Pugh
Lawson Richards
Edith Sanchez
Maximo Sanchez
Cheri Sanders
Donna Sanders
Betty Satterfield
Robbie Ann Schaffer
Kathy Sharich
Linda Simone
Betsy Simpson
Carol Sims
Gary W. Smith
Robbie Smith
Peggy Sprague
Susan Stivers
Catherine Taylor
Lillian Taylor
Jean Thigpen
Joyce Thompson
Joy Turner
Kate Vogel
Ellen Wade
Earl T. Waller
Carla Watkins
Elsa Wegel
Jo A. Weatherly
J.E. Weatherly
Janet Weiderhold
Ted Weiderhold
Barbara White
Barbara Williams
Elayne Williams
Linda Williams
Pauline Williams
Jerry D. Willis
Thomas Wilson
Dee Woodham
Jennifer Zimmerman
Lifetime – 4000+ Hours (Blue)
Acyenith Alexander
Barry Blount
Robbie Lynn Burks
Peggy Cannady
Edwina Chappell
Jim Choate
Michael Collins
Martha Luker Hales
Mary Louise Jones
William Kringel
Joe Myers
Elizabeth Savage
Dixie Lee Smith
Karen Stamps
5oo Hours (Gold)
Lynda Anderson
Bonnie Atchison
Eddie Beane
Charles Bevels
Sharon Boettler
Ginger Branson
Robert Brewer
Kathy Brooks
Kathryn Ann Brown
Essie Brownlee
Faye Butcher
Irene Butler
Jean Camp
Jane Carpenter
Rose Mae Chism
Colquitt “Coke” Clark
Mary E. Clark
Jane Cline
Patsy Colley
Michael Cooley
James Courtney
Sandra Craft
Pat Daughety
Dorothy Davis
Maxine Davis
Willie Donald
Harry Dorough
Niva Dorough
Arthur Drott
Barbara Duke
Ozelle Eaves
Sue Eddis
Williams Evans
Signa Ferguson
Ruth Forstman
Barbara Freeman
William Gualden
Nancy Gennari
Lisa George
Ivan Greene
Agnes Grice
Janet Pope Hails
Thomas Haynes
Jeanette Heatherly
Beth Hedrick
Dan Hedrick
Reba Hester
Harold Hill
Carrie Sue Hinds
Melba Honea
Nancy Hurst
Karen Kerr Jenson
Margret Joyner
Olivia Kalin
Connie Kelley
Brenda Kelly
Catherin Kessler
Carolyn Knowles
Charles Knowles
Ronald Koonce
Rosell Lee
Joyce Lewis
Ema Lindquist
Ina Lofton
Dixie Martin
Bill Meadows
Vicki McCallen
Charlotte McFarland
Jim McFarland
Yvonne Menger
Corinne Miller
Pat Miller
Leila Mitchell
Ann Moore
Dawson Moore
Grover Morgan
Jack Mundy
Nancy Norred
Donna O’Donnell
Mike O’Donnell
Robbie Palmer
Jerry Dean Pate
Jim Pearman
Judy Pearman
Lola Peoples
Ralph Phillips
Marilyn Pickett
Kay Ray
Randy Roberson
Shirley Robinson
Mack Royster, Jr.
Jack Sadler
Donna Sanders
Judith Ann Sawyer
Carol Schmidt
Diane Seales
Charles Shamburger
Donald Shirley
Patricia Ann Shirley
Barbara T. Smith
Dale Smith
Dora Smith
Gary Smith
Velma D. Smitherman
Rebecca Snow
Dorothy Stallworth
Beverly Stamps
Jeanette Thompson
Deborah Timmons
Mary Burke Traylor
Gloria S. Turner
Joanne Walden
Callie Waldrop
Gerald Waldrop
Nancy Waller
Tom Walton
Daisy Washington
Martha Wells
Barbara White
Carolyn White
Margaret Gay White
Robert White
Don Wood
Joyce Wood
Outstanding Station Award 10,000+ Hours
Alabaster Senior Center/Meals on Wheels
Blue Star Salute Foundation
Calera Senior Center
Columbiana United Methodist Church
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
Montevallo First Baptist Church
Pea Ridge Senior Club
Shelby Medical Center
Support Committee for the Alabama National Cemetery
Station Achievement Award 5-10,000 Hours
Bethlehem Baptist
Chelsea Citizen Observer Patrol – COP
Faith Missionary Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church of Alabaster
Heart of Dixie Railroad museum
HERO
Historic Shelby Iron Works
Montevallo Homemakers & Community Leaders
St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic Church
Wilsonville United Methodist Church
Spirit Award
Esther Acre
Ruth Booth
Nancy Davis
Tommie Harrison
Faye Lacagonina
James Seagle
Bobby Joe Seales
Jean Schofield
John R. Walker
Star Station Award
Pea Ridge Senior Club
Star Volunteer Service Award
Edwina Chappell
35 Years of Volunteer Service Award
Mildred Baldwin
Ida Mae Horton
Volunteers with 20,000+ Hours of Service
Marry Ross
Glenn Nivens
John R. Walker