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Volunteer Awards

RSVP volunteers dedicate their talents and energy to programs benefiting the community with countless hours of their time. Recognizing these remarkable volunteers is one small way to acknowledge their great and enduring impact.

To honor and recognize our volunteers who have served our communities for 20 years or more, volunteers celebrated their 20th Anniversary at Blue Bell Place on May 26, 2010. Governor Rendell forwarded a letter recognizing them for their commitment to volunteering in Montgomery County.

Shown: front row, l to r: Michele Spencer, RSVP Executive Director, Katherine Cunningham, Winifred Gillespie, Mary Barrett, Fern Hauck, Gladys Esser, Jane Voss. Rear row, l to r: Ruth Dessender, Leon Bender, Alan Kober, previous Board President, Richard Pratt, Ralph T. Cohen and Harry Snyder.

Three RSVP volunteers were selected as winners of the 2009 Senior Corps of PA Volunteers of the Year award. Winners include Susan Wortman for 1st place in the Mentoring over 12-year-old category (shown above, l to r with Michele Spencer, RSVP Executive Director, Susan Wortman and Moriah, Susan’s mentored youth with her new son Shawn.

Also selected as a winner for the Senior Corps award is Jim Harris who received honorable mention in the Seniors Helping Seniors category and VEC-TEC, an RSVP program which received honorable mention for their commitment to providing Community Service through their workshops and consultations with nonprofits.

Kit Racette and one of the students she mentors in her role as an RSVP Protégé volunteer

Kit Racette, RSVP volunteer and Board member, was selected to receive the Daily Point of Light Award for July 19, 2007. Each weekday, an individual or organization that is making a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others is selected and honored. This award was originally instituted by Former President George Bush and was reinstated in 1998 by the Points of Light Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Knights of Columbus.

You can view the site and read about Kit’s amazing contributions to our community and to RSVP by clicking this link.