Volunteer Spotlight

Our May 2022 ACE Volunteer of the Month was awarded to SHARI SCHWAMB.

Shari has only been with us a short time, but has made a big impact.

Shari has a MS in computer science form George Washington University and worked as an IT project manager for Prudential Insurance for most of her working life.

She has brought that knowledge and talent to PSLBG, and has helped us move up to the next level in our IT systems. She has consolidated our Membership and Volunteer departments’ computer systems. Going from 5 separate programs, we now only need one to sign up new Members and Volunteers, and to track hours. She has also upgraded our POS system, which can now track all of our inventory and print UPC labels with just a few clicks. The programs she has installed, called Rain and Neon are approximately 80 % complete, with the balance to be rolled out by the middle of June.

Shari has told me that the first day she walked into the gardens, she just knew this was the place she wanted to volunteer. She had previously volunteered at a hospital gift shop and for the police department in Boynton Beach, but she has said that the gardens here at PSLBG just really spoke to her immediately.

I recently had the opportunity to visit her lovely home in Tradition, and as soon as I turned onto her street, I immediately knew which house was hers, as most of the front yard had been planted in a colorful array of gorgeous pentas. There was no other color on the street, but hers. It was a perfect reflection of her colorful personality.

Her enthusiasm for our gardens, and all that she has given in terms of time and knowledge makes her the best choice for our May ACE Award Volunteer of the Month.