Experience corps volunteers honored with the president’s volunteer service award

AARP Foundation has announced that it is honoring 190 Experience Corps tutors with the 2024 President's Volunteer Service Award. Established in 2003 by President George W. Bush’s

Council on Service and Civic Participation, the nation’s top civil award is bestowed annually by the president of the United States. It is led by AmeriCorps and managed in partnership with

Points of Light. The Foundation became an official sponsor of the award in 2023. AARP Foundation’s 2024 honorees are Experience Corps volunteers from six states who work with seven

community-based program partners. In total, awardees contributed more than 30,000 hours during the 2022–2023 school year — an amount worth nearly $1 million in tutoring services, based on

the national value of a volunteer service hour. “Experience Corps volunteers represent the best of us, showing up week after week to help children become better readers and put them on a

path for a better life,” said AARP Foundation President Claire Casey. “And I know from talking to our volunteers that they get back as much as they give.” The announcement coincides with 

National Volunteer Month, an annual event. Every April, governments, nonprofits, and companies across the country celebrate the difference that volunteers make in their communities; share

stories of those who are doing good; and inspire more people to get involved. To join the celebration, follow AARP Foundation on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn. You can also

add to the conversation by sharing pictures and stories on X using #NVM, #NVW and #PVSA. Read the full list of 2024 awardees below. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD For individuals who have

contributed more than 4,000 hours of volunteer service over their lifetime. There are six lifetime achievement awardees in 2024. _Name                                Hours           

Location_ Rahiel Bernard                  6,856            Boston Patricia Larts                      5,725            Boston Shirley Royster                  4,549            Boston Dianne

Thompson             5,812            Boston Josephine Watson              5,057            Boston William Wolff                      10,934          Boston ANNUAL GOLD AWARD For individuals

who have contributed more than 500 hours of unpaid acts of volunteer service during the award year. There is one annual gold awardee in 2024. _Name                                Hours

            Location_ Sandra J Ross                  502               Pinal County ANNUAL SILVER AWARD For individuals who have contributed between 250 and 499 hours of unpaid acts of

volunteer service during the award year. There are 26 annual silver awardees in 2024. Eight awardees have asked to remain unnamed. _Name                                Hours           

Location_ David Baenen                    267               Pinal County Martine Beachboard         299               Pinal County LeRoy Bitters                    483               Pinal

County Melinda Bray                      325               Pinal County Robert Croll                       277               Pinal County Kathryn Cronin                  272              

Pinal County Joyce Gerdes                    303               Pinal County Roslyn Graham                 258               Pinal County Anna Guerra                     451              

Pinal County Loren E Hall                       255               Pinal County Dyani Juarez                      475               Pinal County Christa Landas                  336

               Pinal County Joseph L Pazier                292               Pinal County Mary Peoples                    376               Pinal County Barbara Evans Seabolt      430

               Pinal County Lee Seabolt                       429               Pinal County Kerry Stengel                    427               Pinal County Glenda Wenger                 298

               Pinal County ANNUAL BRONZE AWARD For individuals who have contributed between 100 and 249 hours of unpaid acts of volunteer service during the award year. There are 157 annual

bronze awardees in 2024. Six awardees have asked to remain unnamed. _Name                                Hours            Location_ Janet Albright                    107              

Phoenix Janell Alewyn                    126               Pinal County Karima Amin                     136               Buffalo Ruth Andrews                    109               Boston

Joanne Backlund               203               Twin Cities Sue Bacon                         114               Pinal County Dale Bauer                        128               Buffalo Pat

Becker                        120               Bay Area Susan Beich                      112               Buffalo Joan Berk                          128               Boston David Binder

                     106               Boston Susan Bisaillon                  182               Boston Therese Bojanowski           105               Buffalo Gail Bolte

                           124               Boston Melissa Bolz                      110               Buffalo Eric Bradlee                       102               Boston Ben Brown

                         126               Bay Area Shirley A Brox                   146               Central Georgia Sharon Buckwald              162               Buffalo Colleen Marie

Burns          120               Buffalo Robert Calder                    171               Boston Johanna Calvert                164               Buffalo Rick Carbone                   

111               Phoenix Janet Chassman               104               Buffalo Ann Clark                           120               Buffalo Sandra Costantino             115

               Phoenix Pamela Cuddihy                129               Buffalo Patrick Cullen                    172               Twin Cities Doug Davis                        130

               Phoenix Emmy Davis                      130               Phoenix Deborah A Deacon            117               Buffalo Paul Denning                     112              

Buffalo Rosemarie DeRosa           235               Boston Peggy DiCori                      110               Boston Patricia Dietrich                 131               Buffalo Lucille

DiFiglia                   115               Buffalo Kim Dorney                        123               Phoenix Jane Driscoll                      185               Boston Patty Dusard

                     127               Phoenix Mary Ellen Eagan              124               Boston Jennifer D Eaglesham        132               Boston Chuck Emmert                  102

               Phoenix Suzanne Federspiel           103               Boston Blanca Figueroa                109               Bay Area Martin Fishkin                    215              

Boston John Fitzharris                  122               Phoenix Estelle Goodell                  103               Phoenix Janet Goodsell                  176               Buffalo

Kathleen Gotschall            107               Phoenix Barbara Griggs                  146               Central Georgia Patricia J Gunderson         225               Twin Cities John

Gunderson                130               Twin Cities Claudia Hardin                  103               Bay Area Sharon Harper                   108               Boston Karen Henry

                     116               Boston Judith Holm                        107               Bay Area Ann Hunt                           142               Boston Stacey Isles-Brako

            118               Boston Jill Jackson                       216               Twin Cities Donna Jackson                 126               Phoenix Nan Jeannero                   

102               Phoenix Mark Jibilian                       118               Phoenix Jeffrey N Johnson             127               Buffalo Alice Joseffer                    192

               Buffalo Julie Borgerding July         136               Twin Cities Eugene F Kaderbeck         114               Buffalo Dorothea Keeling               146              

Boston Nancy Kenny                     102               Buffalo Donna Vande Kieft            148               Pinal County Kristina Kliber                    150               Twin Cities

John Kohring                     112               Twin Cities Janet M Kosloski               102               Buffalo Elizabeth D Kraft               116               Boston Elizabeth

Kyger                 147               Buffalo Susan C Lichtblau             102               Buffalo Norman Littler                   111               Phoenix Kathy Littler

                        105               Phoenix Marilyn Lopez                    148               Twin Cities Leon Luey                          100               Bay Area Norina

Malachowski           128               Buffalo Moira Maloney                   142               Buffalo Susan Maltz                      136               Boston Mary K Martin

                    125               Buffalo Marilyn McGrath                122               Phoenix Peri Levin Mckenna           147               Boston Cynthia H McManus          181

               Boston Noel McNany                    171               Pinal County Ron La Mee                      108               Phoenix Irene Y Melson                  130

               Buffalo Shelia Merriweather           154               Central Georgia Carmen Miller                    130               Phoenix Hank Miller                         115

               Bay Area Warren Moe                      152               Twin Cities Janice Mueller                   122               Buffalo Charles J Mueller              121

               Buffalo Joan Murray                      134               Buffalo Chester Napikoski             140               Phoenix James Navran                   120              

Phoenix Bunnise Neenos                110               Buffalo Deborah Nelson                122               Phoenix Tom Newland                    155               Bay Area Alan W

Nichols                  186               Pinal County Ruth Nicolai                       151               Twin Cities Joan Nolan                        128               Phoenix Diane R

Norby                   112               Boston Kathleen O'Dea-Kelly         149               Boston Marilyn Kay Patterson        117               Buffalo Tom Peer

                           106               Phoenix Diane Pfeifer                      178               Buffalo Judith Phillips                    106               Twin Cities Gordon A

Pleuthner           160               Buffalo Bonnie Pleuthner               130               Buffalo Margaret Popiolkowski       123               Buffalo Yvonne Quinama               117

               Boston Rebecca Rabideau            129               Buffalo Leila Redding                    102               Central Georgia Linda Ribnik                       102

               Phoenix Donna Robblee                 137               Bay Area Beth Rubenstein                114               Boston Kathleen Ryan                  136              

Buffalo Anne S Ryan                     123               Buffalo David Sancic                      187               Pinal County Theresa Ann Scrivani         143               Buffalo

Sabra Shoemake               164               Bay Area Barbara Simonetti              108               Boston Claire Sinay                       122               Phoenix Burnell Singleton

               178               Boston Donald C Sipes                 102               Buffalo Iris Skoog                          143               Buffalo Jerry Stabley

                     156               Pinal County Annette Stephens              115               Central Georgia Janet Stewart                    136               Boston Sheila Stewart

                   126               Boston Carol Stotko                       112               Phoenix Nancy M Sullivan               120               Boston Barbara Sundust

               131               Pinal County Alison Switzer                   110               Buffalo Donna Tarbania                108               Buffalo John Taska

                        125               Phoenix Mary-Ellen Thurm              105               Boston Fredda Tice                       101               Boston Donna Tilles

                       152               Boston Jean Marie Tobin              133               Pinal County Patrick Totty                      120               Bay Area Jennifer Tritto

                    171               Buffalo Nan Vroman                      103               Buffalo John N Walsh                    118               Buffalo Rosemary R Walton          

151               Boston Penny M Whipple              160               Pinal County Todd Wiedenmayer           124               Bay Area William Wolff                     131

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