SeniorCare Honors Volunteers at Luncheon

SENIORCARE AND RSVP VOLUNTEERS OF THE NORTH SHORE

HONOR VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE 50,000+ HOURS LAST YEAR

Presidential Awards Presented to Local Residents

Gloucester, MA. RSVP Volunteers of the North Shore and SeniorCare held their annual volunteer recognition event at Danversport Yacht Club on October 15th. A Business Showcase was once again part of the festivities along with a Photo Booth for all attendees to enjoy.

Reverend Rev. Dr. Glenn Prescott of the Immanuel Baptist Church of Ipswich gave the invocation, just before welcoming remarks by SeniorCare Executive Director, Scott Trenti, and RSVP Director, Ruth Lindsay. Trenti said in a statement published in the program, “Many local agencies, including SeniorCare, would simply not be able to offer the level of services available to so many people without your help. Through this service, you improve the quality of life for all of us in each of our communities.”

Ruth Lindsay, RSVP Director, said, “Thank you for joining us today to help us celebrate volunteering. We are truly blessed to have your helping hands be a part of our mission.” Sponsors this year include our Gold Sponsor, Institution for Savings, and two Silver Sponsors, energi (Santa’s Magic) and Seacoast/Ledgewood. Our Bronze Sponsors were ABC, Adult Foster Care, AHC, Beauport Hearing Care, Brooksby Village, Element Care, First Ipswich Bank, Glovsky & Glovsky, GLSS, Golden Living, Heartstrings Care Solutions, Lahey Health Shared Services, North Shore Home Medical Supply/Pharmacy, TLC @ Home, The Hive and SeniorCare! Thank you so much to all who helped us to make the luncheon such a special event! The support that all the sponsors offer for the luncheon is deeply appreciated.

After an elegant lunch, awards were presented to volunteers who achieved years-of-service milestones. Barry Pett, from State Senator Bruce Tarr’s office spoke to the volunteers, thanking them for their dedication to service. Several volunteers were recognized for twenty-five plus years of service. They were: Doris Arnold (30 years), Lucille Blanchette (25 years), Priscilla McKay (28 years), Rose Moniz (25 years), Ruth Moore (25 years), Dorothy Nowicki (32 years), Wallace Rowe (27 years) and Carole Schanley (29 years).

This year’s Presidential Awards, given for 4000+ lifetime hours of service were presented to: Margaret Coronel, Alberta Gately, Thelma Hartnett, Marie Lloyd and Marilynn Nack.

Nine volunteers who passed away during the year were recognized in memoriam in the program booklet. Gone, but still very much missed and appreciated are: Guy Alleruza, Alan Baer, Rosemarie Carr, Herbert Cheeseman, Grace Jameson, Marjorie Jurewicz, Alice Lewis, Jane Richardson and Ana Sousa.

To close out the program, door prizes were given and the 50/50 raffle winner was announced. Many sponsors, as well as SeniorCare staff, provided gift cards and beautiful gift baskets as door prizes.

SeniorCare and RSVP, which is one of the largest volunteer networks in the nation for people 55 and over, thank all the partner agencies, advertisers and sponsors, board and advisory council members, staff and above all, the volunteers, for making this another memorable event.

Congratulations to all the volunteers whose service amounted to more than 50,000 donated hours at more than a dozen area non-profit agencies in 2015!

Caption for photo: (Front left to right): Rose Moniz (Beverly COA Volunteer), Ruth Moore (Peabody COA Volunteer), Dorothy Nowicki, Peabody COA Volunteer, SeniorCare Board member Patricia Roach. (Behind left to right): Thelma Hartnett (Beverly COA Volunteer), SeniorCare Assistant Executive Director Jane Militello, Marie Lloyd (SeniorCare & Beverly COA Volunteer), SeniorCare Board of Directors President Tom Tanous, SeniorCare Executive Director Scott Trenti, Barry Pett, SeniorCare RSVP Director Ruth Lindsay, SeniorCare Board member George Nickless, SeniorCare Board member Leigh Keyser.