Attending the 2020 signing ceremony for the creation of South Coastal Village Volunteers have been steering committee members, from left, Diane Strobel, Liz Bolton, Ron Kerchner, Lois Pastore and Christine Powers. Again row, from left, embrace Village Volunteer officers Carol Wzorek, Jackie Sullivan and Bennett Connelly.
Nationwide Volunteer Week 2024 shall be noticed from April 21-28, and South Coastal Village Volunteers (SCVV) has loads to have fun. The non-profit group, which offers companies to older adults to allow them to stay of their houses and communities, is in its fourth yr of operations. SCVV now has 154 volunteers and 85 members within the service space composed of Bethany Seashore, Millville, Ocean View, South Bethany and contiguous areas.
Kathy Inexperienced
In recognition of exemplary volunteer work, Kathy Inexperienced, a member of the SCVV Steering Committee because it was established, obtained one of many 2024 Governor’s Awards for Excellent Volunteer Companies. The awards have been introduced April 4 at a dinner reception in Dover, and a delegation from SCVV was readily available to indicate their satisfaction in Inexperienced, an Ocean View resident.
“Kathy gained the award on the premise of her numerous hours of volunteering for South Coastal Village Volunteers, the Seashore & Bay Cottage Tour to profit the South Coastal Library and Justin’s Seashore Home,” they stated.
Inexperienced credited “the a whole lot of volunteers that selflessly give a lot of their time to make these nice organizations succeed” and thanked the donors whose “generosity is essential to our capacity to supply companies.”
In adjustments in management for the SCVV as of January 2024, Christine Powers turned chair of South Coastal Village Volunteers Steering Committee. Powers, who is among the group’s founders and served as vice-chair of SCVV since its institution, was not too long ago honored at a reception on the Grand Opera Home in Wilmington. She obtained the AARP Delaware Andrus Award for performing volunteer work that furthers the mission of AARP.
Claudia Koontz Thayne turned SCVV vice-chair as of March 31. Thayne, who has been an energetic strategic associate for the SCVV, joined the Steering Committee at the moment. She has developed the design for the SCVV publication and all playing cards, stationery, posters and advertisements for the group, and now assumes extra management accountability.
Ron Kerchner, chairman of South Coastal Village Volunteers, welcomes company to the dinner on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.
The adjustments in officers for the SCVV Steering Committee happened as Ron Kerchner began 2024 as vice-chair however retired from that place as of March 31. Kerchner, who was one of many SCVV’s founders, served as chair of the group for its first three years of operations after taking a management position in its formative phases. He’ll stay on the Steering Committee serving as head of the monetary sub-committee.
Kerchner is a long-time group volunteer who was acknowledged in the summertime of 2023 with Sea Colony’s Ron Wickwire Neighborhood Service Award for “unparallelled management.”
“SCVV’s Steering Committee is most grateful to Ron for his management of the group from the primary gathering in late 2019. We’re very happy with the well-deserved recognition given to Kathy, Chris and Ron. These awards point out the dedication of our group’s management.”
In commentary of Nationwide Volunteer Week, Powers stated, “It’s as a result of high quality and dedication of all of the volunteers who assist and assist SCVV’s members that we’re serving our group so nicely. We thank all our volunteers for his or her items of time and skills to assist others.”
“The group hopes that everybody who works to enhance the standard of life for our space realizes how a lot she or he is appreciated, particularly throughout Nationwide Volunteer Week.”
For extra data on South Coastal Village Volunteers and the companies it provides, go to southcoastalvillagevolunteers.org, name (302) 500-1281, go to the workplace at 32 West Avenue in Ocean View, or write to P.O. Field 1453, Bethany Seashore, DE 19930. South Coastal Village Volunteers is affiliated with Village Volunteers of Lewes and operates below their 501(c)(3).