Volunteers, We Couldn’t Do It Without You!

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Celebrating Our Dedicated Volunteers

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Volunteer Coordinator, Brianna Schwenk, greets volunteers at the door with a special thank you gift.

On Wednesday, May 1, our volunteers joined us for CMC’s Volunteer Appreciation Open House.  As a small non-profit organization, it would be impossible to carry out our mission without the support of so many dedicated and passionate volunteers. This event is just one small way that we can show our gratitude.

Since May of 2012, CMC has had more than 500 volunteers who served in a variety ways.

  • Volunteer tutors provided more than 7,000 hours of one-on-one tutoring in the Adult Basic Education Program. This continues to be a great need at the Center, particularly for morning tutors.
  • Local Businesses, schools, churches and other community organizations gather groups of volunteers for big projects like painting, landscaping, and clean up.
  • Coe College, Cornell College, University of Iowa, Mount Mercy University have all sent talented students for internships in social work, public relations, volunteer management, and education.
  • We have a number of volunteers who come each week to help us with day-to-day operations by stocking the food pantry, entering data, and answering the phones.IMG_0204

Volunteer Award Nominations

Several of our dedicated volunteers were nominated for service awards in the past year: United Way Volunteer Award Nominees

  •  Students in the Mount Mercy STEPS Program commit to serving CMC throughout their college experience and provide valuable support on a weekly basis.
  • Mercy Medical Center is an incredible support to CMC and has several staff members who provide services to the Center.
  • Sr. Rita Heires and Amy Schwake were nominated for their incredible dedication to the Center and long record of service as tutors in the Adult Basic Education Program.

Governor’s Volunteer Award

Board Member and long time tutor, Sher Jasperse,  was nominated for the Governor’s Volunteer Award.

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Volunteer Coordinator, Brianna Schwenk and Executive Director Paula Land present a “100 Hours of Service” Certificate to Ann Sullivan who is a tutor and serves on the Board of Directors.

“One-Hundred Hours Club”

The event also recognized the volunteers who have logged over 100 hours of service at the Center in FY13. A special thanks to those volunteers!

  • Debra Cave
  • Carrol Chipokas
  • Sr. Rita Heires
  • Del LaGrange
  • Betty Mallie
  • Floyd Sandford
  • Ann Sullivan
  • Bob Yeats