Jill Bright Springfield, Missouri Nominated by: CoxHealth Center Jill has volunteered since 2006, donating over 2,018 hours to our organization. She performs a variety of duties including working at the information desk to assist visitors coming to the hospital to see loved ones. She works with the activity director planning and helping with crafts for the rehab patients. Every time there is a need, she is right there. She volunteers for Newborns in Need and has donated over 1,000 hours. She loves being able to use talents that God has given her to help others. Volunteering is never "work". It’s having fun. She states she was never this busy before she retired. Never has she had so much fun either! She has touched many lives here. Lynn Broussard Springfield, Missouri Nominated by: St. John’s Teddy Bear Club Lynn has been volunteering for the Teddy Bear Club for approximately 3 years. She is very compassionate and caring person who has dedicated herself to helping others. If I am busy doing something, she will look around and do whatever needs to be done, from paperwork to praying with a family with a sick child. Her dedication to the Lord is obvious and she walks with an evidence of a close relationship to our Heavenly Father. She is a delight to be around and we are all thankful that she volunteers here. Amanda Brown Springfield, Missouri Nominated by: Robert DeVore Amanda Brown is involved in so many non-profit events that I cannot begin to name them all. She is very involved in the American Cancer Society’s "Bark for Life" Relay fundraising event that honors the care-giving qualities of canine companions. She is by far the most giving and personally involved person I know. Linda Brown Buffalo, Missouri Nominated by: Springfield Conservation Nature Center Linda knows that in the right environment, children will absorb much of the knowledge shared with them if given the opportunity. When volunteering, she takes the opportunity to combine her three passions: working with children, interest in nature, and teaching. She takes steps necessary to promote parent/child interaction beyond the classroom by offering activity suggestions and literature to further bonds between parents and children and to build connections to the natural world. She began volunteering her time in 2004 and has volunteered 1,402 hours with the Springfield Conservation Center. Her work ties into making connections between people and the natural world. Dr. Rebecca Burrell Springfield, Missouri Nominated by: Alpha Gamma Chapter-Delta Kappa Gamma Dr. Burrell volunteers through actively engaging her oft-expressed: Your Life is a Masterpiece--what are you creating? As Volunteer Coordinator for Cox Health’s Partners in Creative Care, she makes weekly visits to oncology patients’ rooms at Cox South where she draws individual angels, a patient-treasured symbol of hope and healing. Her dedication of time and service to various groups and individuals is her "paint"---with opportunities to serve comprising the blank canvas---sometimes even a "group mural."
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. Tom Brokaw