A Letter from our President
This year marks the 40th anniversary of National Volunteer Week, demonstrating the enduring importance of recognizing our country's volunteers for their vital contributions. National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, 2014, is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. It's about demonstrating to the nation that by working together, we have the fortitude to meet our challenges and accomplish our goals.
National Volunteer Week is about taking action and encouraging individuals and their respective communities to be at the center of social change - discovering and actively demonstrating their collective power to make a difference.
In April our action council volunteers are starting their work reviewing all the RFP's submitted to Butler County United Way for programs which impact the lives of our neighbors. Our agency partners programs are making a difference each and every day. If we can help an adult find a job, help a youth move in a direction to become a successful adult or improve someone's health both mentally and physically then we are making a difference. The work our action and impact councils do is critical to BCUW. I want to thank the following volunteers who serve on our Self Sufficiency, Youth and Impact Councils: Youth: Rob Clevenger (Chair), Michelle Abraham, Sandy Drewes, Jerry Newell, Deb Lawrence, Karen Mill, Suzanne Prescott, Laura Sage, Carolyn Winslow Cari Wynne, Chris Klefeker, Sean Leary and Brian Chamberlain. Self Sufficiency: Christy Morris (Chair), Craig Clements, Jerome Kearns, Jackie Lankfer, Terry Perdue, Tami Langen, Tony Huff, Suzanne Klatt, Sharon Custer, Shelly Wallpe and Dave Yaeger. Impact Council: Mark Forry (Chair), Charles Chalupa, Dan Fitzgerald, Chris Flaig, Jill Gaynor, Terri Nau, Stan Stewart, Shelly Wallpe, and Lonnie Tucker. Some of our long time volunteers are stepping down this year and they deserve a "shout out" for all of their tireless work with our Action and Impact Councils. They are Gary Darlage, Self Sufficiency, Jeff Center, Youth and Logan Stone, Youth and Impact. I have had the privilege over the last 5 months to meet with some incredible volunteers. Not just volunteers for Butler County United Way but volunteers making a difference in people's lives all over this county and region. It has been a rewarding and eye opening experience to see just how many individuals in our community volunteer so much time to help others. In recognition of National Volunteer Week I hope you will join us for Breakfast at the Fairfield Community Arts Center on April 11, 2014 at 7:30 A.M. We will be recognizing some of our special volunteers, thanking our Loyal Contributors and reveal our final 2013 Campaign results.
I hope you will join us to recognize the Companies and people who help us all "Live United".
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