The United Way of Wyandotte County honored 19 outstanding volunteers for their significant contributions to community service agencies across the county.
The 38th annual dinner and recognition ceremony was held at Reardon Center on April 21. Brotherhood Bank and Procter and Gamble sponsored the event, and Cindy Cash was the emcee.
These volunteers offer their time and talents to mentor youth, assist with providing health care and prescription needs, help feed and clothe those less fortunate, advocate for children and more.
2015 United Way Volunteers of the Year are David Pierson, Associated Youth Services; Eloise Mills, Bethel Neighborhood Center; John McBurney, Boy Scouts of America, Heart of America Council; Joy Edwards, Boys and Girls Club KCK; Carol Kabler, Cancer Action; Bill Dammonn, CASA of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties; Dick Storm, Catholic Charities Of Northeast Kansas; Markie Crabtree, Cross-Lines Community Outreach; Mary Lew McCarty, Duchesne Clinic; Morris “Jery” Nunn, The Family Conservancy; Jackie Pittman, Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri; Shivani Lokre, KVC Health Systems; Cynthia McCorkindale, Mental Health America of the Heartland; Andrea Generaux, MOCSA; Tom Finnell, Riverview Health Services; Myrtle Thoele, Alberta Johnson, RSVP; Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas; Angela Kolenda, Sunflower House; Claudia McQueen, United Way of Wyandotte County.
To learn more how you can volunteer, contact Cathi Hahner, Director of Volunteer Services, at 913-371-3674 or [email protected]. You can also find volunteer opportunities at www.unitedway-wyco.org and click on volunteer.
– From Cathi Hahner, director of volunteer services, United Way of Wyandotte County