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RSVP volunteers honored

Posted: Tue, Oct 24, 2017 11:08 AM
(From left): RSVP Director Kathy Barloon presented retired library director Lorraine Borwski and current library director Kristin Torresdal a 'check' for $721,079.88, which symbolized the value of the time RSVP volunteers devoted to volunteer service over the past grant year

Northeast Iowa RSVP is celebrating the past year's accomplishments of 330 volunteers at 58non-profit agencies in Allamakee, Howard and Winneshiek counties.

Joann Hagen and Eugene Meier have been given Volunteer Service awards for 15 years of volunteering.  Helen Hendrickson and Sharon Johnson have been recognized for10 years of volunteering.

5-year awards were given to Bonnie Adams, Connie Arnburg, Nancy Bolson, Helen Fencl, JoAnn Kaplan, Marian Knoke, Kevin Lee, Virginia Leidahl, Alan Lerstrom, Jerry Mays, Alma Meyer, Dale Otteson, Ann Roed, Lowell Siegele, Connie Strom and Glendalu Wuest. 

RSVP volunteers recognized for serving Veterans were Bonnie Adams, Tom Barnard, Helen Bergan, Sandra Bishop,Donald Fox, Valerie Fox, Lawrence Hackman, Norma Hall, Elmer Hansen, Paul Hexom, Walter Horsfall, Kathy Hawkins, Patricia Johnson, Darlene Juve, Marion Knoke, Sally Koop, Diane Kruse, James Kruse, Glenn Larson, Virginia Leidahl,Catherine McLain, Jim McLain, Dale Otteson, Robert Rinken, Larry Schilling,Sherri Schilling, Lowell Siegele, Marlene Sorenson, Robert Sorenson, Margaret Suhr, Judy Sweeney and Doris Sweet.

In addition, Veterans who are serving as RSVP volunteers were honored.  They included Jon Baker,John Boehm, Ferneva Brimacomb, Elliott Christen, Owen Christianson, Craig Cutting, Randall Duvall, Jerry Dvorak, William Ferrie, Robert Fischer, Donald Fox, John Glesne, Lawrence Hackman, Elmer Hansen, Albert Hanson, Walter Horsfall, Darrel Jensen, Eugene Kovarik, Ray Kvamme, Glenn Larson, Jim McClain,Harland Nelson, Dale Otteson, Dave Pahlas, Jon Payne, Larry Schilling, Joe Schorr, Lowell Siegele, Ronald Snitker, Jerry Thompson, Bill Tissue, Christy Tomlinson, Jeff Tomlinson, Bernard Welsch, Jean Westby and Richard Wuest.