Christa Minogue and Sandy Enkey – Jan 2022
Volunteers are what make WVGS the organization it is. Without volunteers we couldn’t operate. These volunteers come in many of different sizes and shapes, like those shelf readers we are looking for, do a specific job for a specific period of time. Some work on a project long term, like the obituary project and digitizing. Some volunteer for activities you see, like the Board or teaching classes. Some work on projects you rarely see, like surveys and online voting.
Some are “whatever you need” volunteers. The two people we are honoring today are that kind.
Thirteen months ago, we honored them as the Digitizing Committee. Today we are honoring them for the other things they do. Christa Minogue greeted you today and checked you in. She is part of the Membership Committee and is the backup registrar making certain the online system is correct and adding those members who don’t renew online. She is a continuing member of the Digitizing Committee. She has also been our Historian.
Christa was born in Germany, but was adopted and brought to America to grow up in Tonawanda, New York. After high school, she moved to Arizona with her family. She worked at Honeywell as a development technician for their Space Division. She’s been doing genealogy since 1986 and has been volunteering at WVGS for four years.
Sandy Enkey is the other half of the Digitizing Committee. She is also the Assistant Library Administrator. While she’s waiting for digitized periodicals to go through the upload process, she is moving books, again and again and again. Her goal is to get the entire library into Dewey Decimal system order. When that’s done, she f lls in for the cleaning team who is also very short of volunteers. In her spare time, she does presentations to outside organizations about WVGS.
Sandy was born in Indianapolis but grew up in Whittier, California. She loved Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm and Huntington Beach. She has been doing genealogy since taking a class in family history from her local Parks and Recreation Department in 1975. She says, for her, genealogy is all about the stories of her ancestors’ families. She’s been a WVGS member for eight years and has been volunteering for six.
Members volunteer for many reasons. Whatever they are, we appreciate it. We reserve a special place in our hearts for those who just say – “I’ll do whatever you need.”