NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK - April 15-21, 2007

In the spirit of National Volunteer Week, The Volunteer Center of New Trier Township recognizes all volunteers in our area for their service to the community. We appreciate all that you have done and continue to do to meet the needs of others.

In addition, the following organizations have asked us to list specific volunteers for recognition. If your organization wishes to add to this list, please e-mail the information to us at volunteerNTT@aol.com.

Little City Foundation - Nancy Levi of Skokie, a longtime Brandeis Used Book Sale vounteer, is now helping with this year's LIttle City Used Book Sale.

Gail Krogstad, Volunteer Manager

The North Shore Art League relies heavily on its dedicated and hardworking Board members. They all give their time so generously to help promote the arts through education and exhibits for the benefit of the entire North Shore community.


We would like to thank Cindy Fuller for her unending enthusiasm for the League and for her time given as Board president the past three years.
We would also like to thank all Board members for their service: Peg Boccard (Evanston), Bud Brock (Evanston), Georgene Campion (Glenview), Cary Cochrane (Winnetka), Helga deBontin (Kenilworth), Diana deMeuse (Kenilworth), Valerie Foradas (Kenilworth), Lorna Galich (Evanston), Ray Harling (Evanston), Jan Loew (Wilmette), Mary McCarthy (Kenilworth), Beth Sawyer (Northfield), Cindy Shanker (Wilmette), Laurie Shiel (Winnetka), Agneta Stoken (Highland Park), Al Turovitz (Evanston), Fran Vail (Northbrook), Joan Pressman (Wilmette), Arnim Whisler (Winnetka) and Ed Willer (Evanston).


Submitted by Linda Nelson, Executive Director
The North Shore Senior Center is fortunate to have so many talented, enthusiastic, and committed volunteers from New Trier Township. The list below, compiled from recommendations by Senior Center staff, names only a few of the genuinely outstanding corps. They are presented in no particular order. (Compiled by: Maura Rogan, Manager of Volunteer Department, North Shore Senior Center.)

Mel Schwartz (Wilmette): Serves as an instructor for computer classes at the North Shore Senior Center and plays a leadership role in the development of the Center's computer offerings.

Phil Alexander (Winnetka): Helps the North Shore Senior Center's Evanston office as a Red Tape Cutter volunteer, connecting clients with entitlement programs.

Ruth-Ellen Danz (Wilmette): Helps the North Shore Senior Center as a Red Tape Cutter volunteer, connecting clients with entitlement programs.

Suzanne Stein (Glencoe): Helps the North Shore Senior Center as a Red Tape Cutter volunteer, connecting clients with entitlement programs.

Bill Rahe (Winnetka): Helps the North Shore Senior Center as a Red Tape Cutter volunteer, connecting clients with entitlement programs.

Molly D'Esposito (Winnetka): Serves as the Assistant Treasurer on the North Shore Senior Center's Board of Directors, sits on several Senior Center committees, and volunteers in the Center's Life Long Learning office.

Arlene Steinhoff (Wilmette): Volunteers in the North Shore Senior Center's Social Service Department, processing nursing home screens, assisting with phone surveys, and helping the Department with the preparation and filing of materials. She also volunteers in the Peer Counseling program, working one-on-one with a client.

Jody Smith (Northfield): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with its archives, organizing the physical collection as well as updating the archival records on the computer.

Bob Berns (Wilmette): Volunteers with the North Shore Senior Center's veterans' history and oral history projects and researched and wrote the Senior Center's 50th anniversary book.

Joan Golder (Winnetka): A past president of the Board of Directors of the North Shore Senior Center and a current chair or member of countless other Senior Center committees.

Barbara Wick (Winnetka): Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the North Shore Senior Center and a current chair or member of countless other Senior Center committees.

Bill Geary (Wilmette): Serves as an instructor for computer classes at the North Shore Senior Center and plays a leadership role in the development of the Center's computer offerings.

Tom Prince (Kenilworth): Volunteers in the North Shore Senior Center's library and assists with the Center's Men's Club meetings and activities.

Connie Anderson (Winnetka): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with the raffle quilt for the House of Welcome benefit, the sewing of stuffed animals for a Chicago hospital, Mim's Gift shop finances, and the Senior Center's booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Gwen Trindl (Winnetka): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with appraisals and research for the Senior Center's booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Judy Gurley (Winnetka): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with appraisals and research for the Senior Center's booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Marylynn O'Connor (Winnetka): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with appraisals and research for the Senior Center's booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Jean Anderson (Wilmette): Helps North Shore Senior Center with its booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Isabel Buckley (Wilmette): Volunteers at the North Shore Senior Center as a Sewing Bee, sewing items to sell in the Center's gift shop.

Barbara Jean Skrak (Winnetka): Volunteers at the North Shore Senior Center as a Sewing Bee, sewing items to sell in the Center's gift shop.

Jennie Redman (Wilmette): Volunteers at the North Shore Senior Center as a Sewing Bee, sewing items to sell in the Center's gift shop.

Jane Rabe (Northfield): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with Mim's Gift Shop and the Senior Center's booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Cheri Nolan (Northfield): Volunteers for the North Shore Senior Center in Mim's Gift Shop.

Mary Lou Smith (Northfield): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with its welcome desk, its raffle quilt for the House of Welcome benefit, the sewing of stuffed animals for a Chicago hospital, and other sewing projects.

Lucy Reinheimer (Glencoe): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with its raffle quilt for the House of Welcome benefit, the sewing of stuffed animals for a Chicago hospital, and the Senior Center's booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Joyce Fardoux (Wilmette): Plays a leadership role in the North Shore Senior Center's Humanities program and helps with the Center's Fishing Club, raffle quilt for the House of Welcome benefit, and booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

Helen Gallanis (Kenilworth): Helps the North Shore Senior Center with quilting projects and with its booth at the Winnetka Antiques Show.

The Rice Child and Family Center wishes to honor the Saclarides family (mother Elena, children Alexandra, Medodora, and Dino) who have been volunteering for us since last November. Once a week they asist at two of our treatment units: Zazzy's Nail Boutique and Dora's Knitwitz Club. Dino has gotten his high school senior class to sponsor programs for us, such as painting our recreation room, and has gotten others to donate an air hockey table, foosball table, and pool table. The Saclarides' are a wonderful family who embody the spriti of volunteering. They are kind and patient with all they come in contact with.

Submitted by Melvin Tate

The Volunteer Center of New Trier Township wishes to thank the current, sustaining, and honorary members of its Board of Directors for their service to the Center and to the community.

Sue Averill, Linda Ball, Sue Blomberg, Julie Buerger, Mimi Brault, Carol Cawley, Dina Crnkovich, Martha Gallo, Heidi Grinney, Kathy Heitmann, Molly Higgins, Wendy Irwin, Robin Lavin, Sherry Molitor, Lea Murray, Pat Pappageorge, Margot Peters, Scott Rodgers, Ann Ross, Elena Saclarides, Tara Sadera, Alice Schaff, Onnie Scheyer, Kaci Smith, Marcia Sutter, Betsy Westhoff, Karen Wood, and Sarah Wool. Honorary: Marnie Atkinson, Pat Close, Sue Dickes, Katherine D. Elmer, Sheila Hulseman, Susan W. Jackson, Mari Morgan, Carole Read, Cindy Stuhley, Nancy G. Whiteman, and Jane Williamson.

We also wish to thank the student members of our Youth Volunteer Corps:

Junior Board: Kelly Adams, Zoey Bond, Jacob Drey, Katie Flanagin, Maeve Graham, Greg Hartman, Sam Hersh, Grace Higgins, Danny Hill, Patrick Hill, Annie Irwin, Sydney Jacobs, Lizzy Jenkis, Adam Kerson, Ryan Kitchie, Quinten McGreavy, Nicole Meyers, Haley Miller, Jillian Murray, John Noyes, Dora Saclarides, Zaz Saclarides, Emma Schaff, Margaret Schaff, Becky Siegel, Glenna Siegel, Bella Sita, Grant Smith, and Jenna Smith.

High School Board: Loyola - Ryan Pasiewicz, Teddy Powers, Shannon Steger; New Trier - Ted Butz, Geeti Mehra, Jilly Seiler, Eric Shevrin; North Shore Country Day - Andreea Bailuc, Lisa Doi, Saachi Shah, Hannah Walchack; Regina Dominican - Grace Ansani, Katie Baker, Nell McGann, Ellen Nicolau.
Youth Connection would like to note the diligence and hard work of the outgoing Youth Connection President, Brek Peterson, of Wilmette. Brek worked for several years to build Youth Connection into a health and vibrant agency while at the same time dramatically improving the financial health of the organization. His efforts allowed for the expansion of our after school homework support program at Wilmette Junior High, from two days a week with one staff to the current four days a week with two staff. As a result of his leadership the 7th and 8th grade students at WJHS have vastly increased their use of the program and we currently serve over 350 different students a year.

Dave Nissen, Executive Director