Congratulations to our Volunteers of the Month,
Richard and Maggie Cornell for September
and Doris Gilbreath for October!
Maggie & Richard Cornell enjoy helping people. Maggie has been an RSVP volunteer since 2002 and Richard since 2005. Richard says, “Because my wife volunteers, she keeps me volunteering.” Between them, they have 4,123 volunteer hours in Mead, Colorado, alone.
They have served at the Mead Community Food Bank, Mead Volunteer Fire Department, Mead Community Days Celebration, Mead Senior Center and the Mead Senior Nutrition Site. They also both participated in the RSVP T.V. Converter program this past Spring, and continue to lend a helping hand to whoever needs assistance.
They were married in 1956 in Palmer Lake, Colorado, and moved in 1967 to Mead, Colorado, where they have been involved in volunteer activities ever since. They have 3 daughters, 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Richard has been employed with Sodeberg Construction, Kerns Construction, and retired after 25 years with Conrell Masonry as a carpenter and cabinet maker. Maggie has retired from the St.. Vrain School District as a School Bus Driver for 28 years.
The Staff of RSVP is pleased to announce Mr. and Mrs. Cornell as September’s Volunteers of the Month!
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Doris Gilbreath’s nomination was brought to the RSVP staff by one of her fellow volunteers.
Doris has given 1,869 hours to the Greeley Community. She has volunteered at the Greeley Senior Center since 2000 where she still leads the Water Walking Exercise class every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. She was the Greeley Senior Center Nutrition site supervisor until January 2009, and if this is not enough, she calls Bingo at Bonell Good Samaritan Center, while also hosting Red Hat parties for many of the residents.
Doris was born in Columbus, Nebraska, and graduated from Milliken High School. William and Doris were married in 1957 and moved to Greeley, Colorado. They have one daughter and 1 granddaughter.
Doris was a preschool teacher at the Hillside Baptist Preschool for 8 years before she retired. Doris says, “She watched her Mother volunteer for years and it feels good.” She believes in the scripture found in Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you. Do you even so to them.
Congratulations, Doris! Thank you for your dedication to the RSVP organization.
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WELCOME NEW RSVP VOLUNTEERS!!!!
Rita Aims
Michael Bristow
Candy Compton
Linda Fields
Mary Frame
Rose Gloekler
Lela Griffin
Larry Lerwick
Cora Long
Nancy Nolin
Charles Russell
William Shafer
Gilbert Sneidigar
Vernon Daubert
Ronald Welch
REMINDER!!!
Please return your station contact information sheet by mail or fax today to RSVP (fax number is 351-2581)
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The Project Committee is in need of baby yarn of any color.
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America Reads Winner and Volunteer, Jim Thomas
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Project Connect
Connecting Our
Neighbors
Needing
Encouraging
Caring
Talk
Project Connect began in 2002 and is one of RSVP’s signature programs.
Trained volunteers provide a telephone reassurance program to those in need.
Project Connect starts your day with a friend who cares
Project Connect allows you to share your interests and thoughts with a friend who cares
Project Connect reassures yoru family and friends that someone will contact you on a regular basis.
If you know someone whom this program could benefit, or are interested in becoming apart of this program as a volunteer, and enjoy talking on the phone. Please call RSVP at 351-2590.
Ask for Jennifer.
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From the Director’s Desk
Take a Walk While you are thinking about your health, consider the value of walking, not just from the car to the store, but as a regular form of exercise that can improve your health, your appetite, your night's sleep and your mood.
Read Every Day Sometimes as we age we begin to feel as if the world is passing us by. One of the best ways to feel involved and informed is to read. It doesn't really matter what you read as long as it is thought provoking and makes you think. Reading is a way of having a conversation even when no one else is in the room.
Reduce Television Time and Get a New Hobby Lots of us make two complaints about television that would seem to be contradictory. First we say we know we watch too much television. But then we also complain that there is nothing to watch. Taken together it sounds like we are spending way too much time watching altogether. There is another option. A tip for a great new year is to decide to cut your television time by an hour. You won't miss television during that hour if you use the time to start a new hobby, nothing elaborate, just something new. You might try jigsaw puzzles, listening to music, cooking, knitting, journaling, or making scrapbooks of family photos.
Keep Connected Sometimes for reasons that aren't really clear to either party, people drift apart. You undoubtedly have friends and relatives whom you have lost touch with over the years. A good tip for a great new year is to set aside a little time to gently reconnect with some of those people perhaps through a birthday card, holiday greeting, or informal note. Maybe your overture will be ignored, but more likely than not you will receive a reply and maybe an old friendship will blossom again. Rediscovering some of those people and their lives can enliven you as well.
Try One Senior Event If you seldom get involved in senior citizen activities, maybe this is the year to rethink that position. You don't have to go to the center every day to find out what it's like. Just make the decision to go to one senior event during the year. Maybe you'll go for a concert, a supper, a day trip, but whatever it is, it will get you out of your daily routine, immerse you in a different environment and give you lots to think about.
Whatever you decide to do in 2009 make a great year!!
Happy New Year from the staff at RSVP!!
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Dr. Maurice Meyer Recipient of
Francis T. Ishida Award
for Customer Service
Dr. Maurice Meyer recently received a letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Denver Regional Office as one of the 2008 recipients of the Francis T. Ishida Award for Customer Service.
This award honors and recognizes the exceptional achievements of volunteers who provide service to the beneficiaries of the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs.
The award was presented to Dr. Meyer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2008 Regional Directors Honor Awards Ceremony in Denver on November 17, 2008.
Congratulations, Dr. Meyer, for your wonderful service to our community and to RSVP.