Chapter of Year Award

Pictured are Bill Kallio, State Director; Carla Wascalus, Eleanor Boyd, Presenter; and Warren Stewart, State President

On November 19, the AARP Virginia All-Volunteer Assembly held their Recognition Banquet in Charlottesville. The awards given at the program were the Gordon Morton Award for Volunteer Service presented to Jean Worrell of the Franklin Area Chapter#4851, The Franklin Chapter also received the Small Chapter of the Year Award and we received the Large Chapter of the Year Award. In addition the Community Partner of the Year recipient was Aging Together of Rappahannock-Rapidan Region. Our chapter worked with them on the CarFit program as well as TRIAD. The Princess Anne Chapter# 5119 and the Hanover Chapter #5335 won Chapter Newsletter of the Year respectively for small and large chapter. There were four 2008 Recipients for the AARP Virginia President's Awards. The recipients Linda Leak, Dick Crank, Raymond Boyd, and Virginia21 which represent 45,000+ younger Virginians on 46 campuses across the state were chosen by Warren Stewart the Volunteer State President. For those of you were around eight years ago Warren participated in the F&R July 4th festivities by being a dunkee in the dunking booth. He said he had a ball! The final and most prestigious award The Andrus Award for Community Service went to Elvira Beville Shaw an 88 year young woman who has served the Commonwealth of Virginia under seven Governors duties which have included helping with the passage of the new Constitution in 1972, the Consumer Education Committee, the Board of Volunteerism, the Department of Aging Board and the Commonwealth Council on Aging. Her volunteer activities are too numerous to mention here.
I just want to say that it was an honor to represent our Chapter. We submitted a six-page write up of all great volunteer activities our members participate in. You can be very proud of yourselves. No matter how much or how little you do, you made this award possible.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!