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In February
we celebrated another amazing year of helping animals in
southeastern Wisconsin. Volunteers and staff
gathered on this occasion and honored some of the
amazing people who helped to make that happen.
This year's Volunteer of the Year awards were given to
volunteers Barb and Doty. Barb can be described as a
dedicated, caring, and a hard-worker. When she doesn't
show up transporting an animal in need of our care she's
picked-up from the Humane Society on her way, she comes
baring wonderfully homemade treats to share with
everyone! She also is the creative mind behind many of
Daphne’s handmade costumes. She is willing to do
anything; even if it is a job that belongs on Dirty Jobs
with Mike Rowe! She has spent Sunday afternoons adding
wind-block branches to the aviaries in the dead of
winter, been elbow deep in duck poop, help re-set animal
cages for new patients and has done it all with a smile
on her face! Doty is also dedicated, caring and a very
hard worker. Besides her weekly animal care shift, she
is our “Go To” person whenever we are in need of extra
volunteer help and because she lives near WINC, she can
be here in minutes when we call to ask. She rarely
misses her regular shift or says no to our pleas for
extra help. She has never hesitated to pitch-in or
complained about the amount of cleaning necessary on
every shift. She washes dishes and does laundry and
still has a smile on her face.
We also gave a special award this year called the
Rising Star. It was given to Angela who has been
with the Center for just a few short month and in that time has
become a regular face when it comes to all of the
daily cleaning and feeding, and extra help around the
Center - often coming in for several shifts a week!
Thanks, Angela
for being our "rising star" and for being someone the
animals can really rely on.
Read the nice award
presentations written for these amazing volunteers by
visiting our [blog]. |
