Volunteer

Stephanie Sparks, 1stvp@azwvgs.org Sheri Erickson WVGS have been awarding Impressive Service Awards more often lately – a sign that a generational change is going on. Our honoree this month has had VAA awards before, but this one is special. Hailing from Van Buren County, Iowa, she graduated from college and became the county home economist, […]

Stephanie Sparks, 1stvp@azwvgs.org Duplicate Books Team Elaine Wright, Jill Mitchell and Della Jones The Duplicate Books Team at WVGS consists of three people – Della Jones, Elaine Wright and Jill Mitchell. They organize the donated books, price them, put them on the website so they can be found online as well as in the library.

Our Volunteer Appreciation Award this month is an Impressive Service Award – that special category of recognition reserved for those who have volunteered for 15 years and made special contributions to the Society. We gave him a certificate and a special round of applause. CEC will be hosting a party in his honor when all

Volunteers with 20 or More Years Appreciation Award Pictured are 8 of the WVGS Volunteers who have be helping WVGS for >=20 years! From left to right, they are Sue Black, Earlene Swafford, Peggy Morphew, Ada Sullivan, Sally Pavia, Sheri Erickson, Barbara Shroyer, and Susan Shroyer. They received Award Certificates at the April 14, 2025

Suzie Glass – February 2025 Stephanie Sparks, 1stvp@azwvgs.org Last month, I asked you all for nominations for the Volunteer Appreciation Awards. We have honored Aides as a group before, and we have honored volunteers who are Aides for other contributions they made. Still, we haven’t honored often enough an individual Aide for good old straightforward

Barbara Stenberg – November 2024 Remember when you were a newbie genealogist? When it was all a blur, and you didn’t know where to start? Well, over the past eighteen years, one of the things you could have done was to sign up for the Novice Genealogy class at WVGS. Many have over the years,

Mike Blachut – September 2024 This summer was much busier at the library than most years. The entire library interior was painted, and all new carpet was laid. The old microfiche and microfilm readers and twelve file cabinets were removed, especially the bank in the middle of the library. Although we did not move the

As a 501 (c)3 organization, we must be good stewards of the money with which we are entrusted. Particularly since we started Strategic Fundraising, we have wanted to be certain we were using the best financial practices an organization our size could. We have always had a Financial Review Committee, and while it gave WVGS

At the April general meeting, Lou McLean read a brief essay on teamwork written in 1972 by Robert McNeish. We don’t have the space to include the whole essay here but it was a lovely tribute to the teamwork our volunteers display. They fly together because each volunteer then makes the team stronger. When a