Congratulations to recipients of the Lt. Governor’s Volunteer Recognition Certificate in December of 2021. The contributions made by these volunteers make lasting impacts on communities across our state.
Shelley Anderson, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Shelley Anderson has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 24 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. She is always willing to fill in when there is a last minute need and is great with children. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Ryan Bateman, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
Ryan is our past chair of the board of directors. In this role, he used his previous experience as Nature Center Board Chair to supervise the affairs of the Nature Center. Between Board meetings and making recommendations to the Board, he has accumulated over 150 volunteer hours at the Ogden Nature Center.
Kathy Black, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Kathy Black has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 41 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. She served on our board of directors for 10 years and is one of our longest-serving volunteers. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Jim Brown, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
Jim has served on our board of directors as our Vice-Board Chair through challenging times, offering his time and guidance to navigate the pandemic. He has volunteered his time to making appointments to committees and creating an annual membership report of the activities of the Ogden Nature Center. He has given over 130 hours of his time.
Alta Davis, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Alta Davis has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 40 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. She is very driven and is always looking for ways to help expand the preschool program. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Jayne Dibb, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Jayne Dibb has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 24 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Becky Jo Gesteland, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
Becky Jo is the Ogden Nature Center’s Board Chair. She was the leader of the board through the pandemic, leading the Nature Center during a period of great uncertainty. She often gives her time to events, outreach and helping run the nature center’s board. She has accumulated over 230 volunteer hours at the Ogden Nature Center.
Michelle Groncki, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
Michelle continues to volunteer even after passing the 5000 hour mark. She has accumulated an incredible 5690 volunteer hours. She has been volunteering at the Ogden Nature Center since 2005 and plays an integral role in our animal care and outreach team! We can always depend on Michelle to jump in and feed animals, help with programs, and anything else that is needed.
Mary Hargis, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
We want to nominate Mary for being such a reliable volunteer in our visitor services department. She has accumulated over 920 volunteer hours at the nature center, supporting the mission of uniting people with nature and nurturing appreciation and stewardship of the environment. She has spent countless hours representing the organization to the public who visit or contact the Ogden Nature Center.
Marilyn Harmer, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Marilyn Harmer has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 22 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Mary Lou Holman, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Mary Lou Holman has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 24 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Debra Hutchison, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Debra Hutchison has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 24 years contributing hundreds of hours of service to the program. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for countless preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Kirk Lindstrom, Nominated by Guadalupe School Adult Education
We would like to express our appreciation for Kirk Lindstrom, who has been an outstanding tutor for Guadalupe School Adult Education for two years! Kirk is a mainstay in our program, and an example to other volunteers. Without Kirk and volunteers like him, we would not be able to provide our exceptional services to adult English language learners. Thank you, Kirk!
Gayle Linford, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Gayle Linford has chaired the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 39 years contributing countless hours of service to the program. Gayle is a dedicated program chair and all the volunteers love working with her. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for thousands of preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
Ike Morley, Nominated by Guadalupe School Adult Education
We would like to express our appreciation for Ike Morley, who has been an outstanding tutor for Guadalupe School Adult Education for two years! Ike is a mainstay in our program, and an example to other volunteers. Without Ike, and volunteers like him, we would not be able to provide our exceptional services to adult English language learners. Thank you, Ike!
Liz Niederhauser, Nominated by Friends for Sight
Liz Niederhauser has been a part of the Friends for Sight Preschool Vision screening team for the last 33 years. She has dedicated countless hours of service putting together vision screening kits and distributing them to volunteers in the Salt Lake Valley. Her service has helped provide vision screenings for thousands of preschool children in Salt Lake County and has helped give the gift of sight to children in need.
John Robertson, Nominated by the Uintah County Library
John has been a volunteer at the Library through the Foster Grandparent since 2019. He has help with many events & activities but his biggest impact in my opinion has been in my teen room. I am the teen service coordinator for the Library and John has been helping me in the teen room for the past year and a half. On days and nights that I can’t stay John supervises the room for me, which is no easy task. I’ve had 2 other volunteers try and watch the teens but John has been the one to come through and really connect with them. They look forward to the days he’s here and have even created a nickname for him (Frank). John has not only earned their respect but also their compassion. One night John got sick an ambulance had to come. John was ok but had to leave early that night. The next day when I arrived at my desk there was a pill of get well cards from the teens that were there that night. They were worried about him and wanted him to know they we thinking of him. I had kids coming in after school to just ask if he was ok. John has had a positive impact on these kids. John also stepped up when I had heart surgery in August by coming in daily to watch the teens. I wish I could tell you more stories but unfortunately they don’t fit within 250 words.
Skip Schenck, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
Skip has served as our Treasurer and chair of the Finance committee. He has provided a report at the Annual Meeting of membership and provided a statement of the financial condition of the nature center at each regular board meeting. He has accumulated over 200 volunteer hours at the Ogden Nature Center.
Jane Stewart, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
We believe Jane deserves this award for all her help in acquiring items for our auction and open house, and for being such a great support in all we do. She has been fundamental in helping all our events go smoothly, year after year. She has accumulated over 1350 volunteer hours at the Ogden Nature center.
Jack Wahlen, Nominated by Ogden Nature Center
Jack is our secretary of our board of directors. He has accumulated over 60 volunteer hours at the nature center, keeping the minutes of all board meetings. In addition, Jack has kept and maintained all official Board records of the Ogden Nature Center.
Clayton Webb, Nominated by RSVP of Cache and Rich Counties
Clayton is our only RSVP volunteer in east Rich County, in Randolph and Woodruff specifically. Since February, he has been committed to delivering food to 17 households of seniors in need every month. Clayton has also been providing companionship and grocery delivery to three other homebound families in need, often driving all the way to Evanston, Wyoming as the closest grocery store to Randolph. He is always cheerful and willing to do anything to serve this side of the county. He is a retired Coast Guard veteran, and proudly wears his veteran hat wherever he goes.