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Pete
Trocano, Union City, Darke County Volunteer of the Year
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Trocano, Wallischeck
voted Volunteers of the Year
People in Action…
The vote is in… more than 800,000 of them.
HandOn West Central Ohio’s Darke County Volunteer of the Year is Pete
Trocano of Union City (OH), a volunteer through RSVP, Darke County
Solid Waste District.
Trocano, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, has “two loves in
his life: family and volunteering.”
According to his nomination, “He has helped the Darke County Solid
Waste District with its Electronics Recycling Day, Scrap Tire Day,
Trash Bash and annual HHW Collection Day for a number of years.
“He also spends a great deal of time trying to find ways to recycle
items so that he may earn funding for a program he started through the
Darke County Solid Waste District that purchases phone cards for local
troops who are stationed away from home. With money he collected
from the sale of recycled cellular phones, he has been able to send
$750 worth of phone cards to local troops through this project to date.”
Also
recognized from Darke County by the HandsOn West Central Ohio
annual event were RSVP Volunteer of the Year, Janet Wallischeck (See
photo below),
Greenville (Darke County Chamber of Commerce). Wallischeck retired from
Wayne Hospital and volunteers there as an ER volunteer. This is her
main volunteer service. She also volunteers for State of the Heart
Hospice.
RSVP's Agency Partner of the
Year is State of the Heart Hospice, Greenville; and the Corporate Good
Citizen of the Year is Versailles Elementary School, Versailles.
Nearly 150 people gathered at A Learning Place in Piqua Monday night to
celebrate the accomplishments of more than 1,500 volunteers serving
through HandsOn West Central Ohio, including nearly 300 adults ages 55
and better serving through HandsOn’s Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program, throughout Darke, Logan, Miami and Shelby Counties.
This year’s event was held during National Volunteer Week, of which the
theme is “Celebrating People in Action.” Following an opening
finger painting session, event emcee and host of The Joe Show on Hits
105.5 Joe Laber entertained the crowd with cheers and one-on-one
interviews about how each guest “gets HandsOn” by volunteering in his
or her community.
Proclamations declaring April 10 through 16 as National Volunteer Week
were also issued by the City of Piqua, City of Sidney, City of Troy,
Darke County Commissioners, and the Logan County Commissioners.
The meal was catered by The Backyard Bistro, a nonprofit social
enterprise in Piqua that raises funds for programs that support local
youth and children.
WHIO Reporter Steve Baker was honored with the Voice for Volunteering
award, an honor bestowed on a member of the media who promotes the
importance of volunteering regionally. President’s Volunteer
Service Awards were presented to 10 HandsOn West Central Ohio
volunteers serving through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program who
shared more than 500 hours of service with their community during
2010. Four Volunteer of the Year recipients were announced as
well from a list of 25 nominees in Darke, Logan, Miami and Shelby
Counties.
A record number of 806,000 votes were cast via www.hits1055.com for the
nominees, literally crashing the website’s polls. Additional
awards were presented to outstanding Agency Partners of the Year,
Corporate Good Citizens and RSVP Volunteers of the Year.
Sponsors of the event included Emerson Climate Technologies, A Learning
Place, Wayne Hospital, Mary Rutan Hospital, Second National Bank and
Unity National Bank. Centerpieces and decorations were created by
the Landscape Management students from Upper Valley Joint Vocational
School, students in the Learning Depot classroom of Kids Learning
Place, and Girl Scout Troop 31740 of the Triad Area.
For more information about HandsOn West Central Ohio, including the
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, visit www.handsonwestcentralohio.org
or follow the program on Facebook at www.facebook.com/handsonwestcentralohio.
Council on Rural Services… programs for innovative learning, provides
education, support, and volunteer services through Kids Learning
Place™, the Achievement Center for Educational Success, Gateway Youth
Programs, and HandsOn West Central Ohio in their nine county service
area. For more information on the organization and its programs call
937-778-5220 or visit
www.councilonruralservices.org.
Additional Award Recipients…
Agency Partner of the Year: Champaign County - St. Paris Nutrition
Site; Logan County - Green Hills Retirement Community; Miami County -
Habitat for Humanity of Miami County; Shelby County - Shelby County
CASA/GAL
Corporate Good Citizen: Champaign County - The Styling Company; Logan
County - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Miami County
- PBM Covington; Shelby County - Emerson Climate Technologies
RSVP Volunteer of the Year: Champaign County - Sonja Goodman (Johnny
Appleseed Museum); Logan County - Mary Williston (Logan County
CASA/GAL, Logan County Family Court, Pajama Program); Miami County -
Kay Kaebnick (Miami County CASA/GAL); Shelby County - Rose Swiger
(Wilson Memorial Hospital, Shelby County United Way)
Volunteer of the Year: Logan County - Mike McClintick (Discovery
Riders); Miami County - Kay Quinton (Girl Scouts of Western Ohio);
Shelby County - Mike Rose (God’s Grocery Giveaway)
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RSVP Volunteer of the Year, Janet Wallischeck
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