The Kiwanis Club of Richmond hosted a Richmond 2005 Volunteer Service Fair in the Richmond Mall on Saturday, February 19 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The fair will gave Madison County organizations an opportunity to tell about their service and to solicit volunteers to work with their organization.
Service organizations had an opportunity to apply to be recognized as the outstanding Service Provider for 2004. Selected for this award was Home Meals Delivery. Individuals involved in the presentation were (l. to r.) Dr. Glen Kleine, Organizer of the Richmond Volunteer Service Fair. Jerrilyn Dyer, a volunteer and board member of Home Meals Delivery, Dr. Kim Naugel, President of the Kiwanis Club of Richmond, and Dr. Morris Taylor, Board member of the Kiwanis Club of Richmond.
In the United States over one half million children are in foster care because they cannot safely live with their families. Nearly 70,000 National CASA volunteers serve approximately 280,000 of those abused or neglected children every year. CASA volunteers are the only volunteers that are appointed by a judge and empowered to stand up for an abused or neglected child in court.
CASA was represented
at the Richmond Volunteer Service Fair by Cherie Mutersbaugh,
Joan Kleine, Randy Rosanbalm, and Karla Willis. In
the photo above Dr. Kim Nagle, president of the Kiwanis Club of
Richmond discusses the work of CASA. For
more information about volunteer opportunities with CASA contact:
National email:
inquiry@nationalcasa.org.
Local email: muters@adelphia.net
Visit the national CASA web site at: http://www.nationalcasa.org/
Hospice cares for patients who have end-stage heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and any other terminal condition. Hospice also provides care for cancer patients. Hospice cares for all ages: from newborns and young adults, to 104-year-olds.
Hospice care is paid for by Medicare, Medicaid and many private insurance companies. The Hospice Social Worker assists the family in applying for insurance benefits. No one is turned away from Hospice because of inability to pay.
For more information
on how you can become a Hospice Volunteer call 1-800-806-5492
or 986-1500
Visit the Hospice Care Plus web site at: http://members.chapel1.com/hospice/
Aaron Brewer, President of the Madison County 4-H Council; Charlotte Durham; Joan Kleine; Darlene Noble; and Mary Sewell represented 4-H throughout the day. To contact Madison County, KY 4-H Agents: Gina Noe, gcnoe@uky.edu, Miranda Shearer, mshearer@uky.edu, and Jennifer Hunter, jhunter@uky.edu 4-H Agents may also be reached at: Phone: (859) 623-4072; Fax: (859) 624-9510. Visit the Madison County 4-H web site at: http://ces.ca.uky.edu/madison/youthdev/
Jack Taylor, a 50 year members of the Kiwanis Club of Richmond, provided information about Kiwanis, Kiwanis service project, the upcoming Annual Kiwanis Auction scheduled from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 19th in the Richmond City Hall on Main Street, and on Circle K, a college age, Kiwanis-related, service organization.
100 % of the participants said the Richmond Volunteer Service Fair was successful.
They reported that nine volunteer were attracted to their organizations.
They reported that 105 people stopped to discuss the nature of the service they provided.
100 % of the participants said the Richmond Volunteer Service Fair was worth doing in the future.
They said the Richmond Mall was an excellent venue but that a noon to 4 p.m. time would attract more visitors to their booths.