United Way to honor Rochester Hills volunteer
UNITED WAY IN THE NEWS
April 23, 2006
Published by: Observer & Eccentric
KolodUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan will recognize nine individuals and two groups for their outstanding volunteer service and commitment to others at the annual "Celebrate Volunteers ... Recognizing HomeTown Heroes" luncheon set for Monday in Detroit's Marriott Renaissance Center.
More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the luncheon, billed as one of the largest events of its kind in the nation.
Jean Kolod of Rochester Hills will receive the Heart of Gold Award sponsored by United Way and given to an individual who demonstrates immeasurable commitment to volunteer service in metro Detroit.
Kolod has been an active volunteer for 25 years, committed to helping youth learn and appreciate art. For the past decade, she has been a docent at the Detroit Institute of Arts, giving museum tours to children. It was during one of these tours that she branched into the book business.
While talking to a group of fifth-graders from White Elementary School in Detroit about the mummies on display, she mentioned they could learn more by looking at books in the school's library. The students informed Kolod they didn't have a library and she immediately went into action. Working with a teacher at the school, Kolod organized a book drive and within a school year, she collected approximately 10,000 books.
Within the DIA, Kolod has served in various roles on the docent and gallery service committees, most recently taking charge of the Student Letter Writing Contest. This annual contest gives elementary school children the chance to write letters explaining why their class should come to the DIA. Five classes are selected for an all-expenses paid, daylong trip to the museum.
Recently, when funding for the program was in danger, Kolod organized a silent auction and raised $3,000 to keep the program in place.
Kolod was nominated by Deborah Griffin of the DIA. She also received the Gold Presidential Service Award for volunteering 500 hours in the past year and the Call to Service Award for the 10,000 hours she's volunteered throughout her life
Also receiving awards are Patricia McCracken of Livonia, Acts of Kindness Award; Jo Ann Wallace of Southfield, Bernie Firestone Labor Award; Louis Mahoney of Bloomfield Hills, CorPLUS Award; Ernie Cooper of Lathrup Village and ; employees at DaimlerChrysler Financial Services in Farmington Hills; Outstanding Business Award; Girl Scouts of Macomb-Otsikita Council for the Postponing Sexual Involvement Teen Mentor Program which spreads the abstinence message to young girls; Joyce Siegel of Huntington Woods and Mark Williams of Detroit, Heart of Gold Award; Melvina Anderson of Detroit, Young Adult Award of Excellence; and Ali Ayoub of Dearborn, Outstanding Youth Award.
For more information about United Way for Southeastern Michigan to www.uwsem.org.
April 23, 2006
Published by: Observer & Eccentric
KolodUnited Way for Southeastern Michigan will recognize nine individuals and two groups for their outstanding volunteer service and commitment to others at the annual "Celebrate Volunteers ... Recognizing HomeTown Heroes" luncheon set for Monday in Detroit's Marriott Renaissance Center.
More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the luncheon, billed as one of the largest events of its kind in the nation.
Jean Kolod of Rochester Hills will receive the Heart of Gold Award sponsored by United Way and given to an individual who demonstrates immeasurable commitment to volunteer service in metro Detroit.
Kolod has been an active volunteer for 25 years, committed to helping youth learn and appreciate art. For the past decade, she has been a docent at the Detroit Institute of Arts, giving museum tours to children. It was during one of these tours that she branched into the book business.
While talking to a group of fifth-graders from White Elementary School in Detroit about the mummies on display, she mentioned they could learn more by looking at books in the school's library. The students informed Kolod they didn't have a library and she immediately went into action. Working with a teacher at the school, Kolod organized a book drive and within a school year, she collected approximately 10,000 books.
Within the DIA, Kolod has served in various roles on the docent and gallery service committees, most recently taking charge of the Student Letter Writing Contest. This annual contest gives elementary school children the chance to write letters explaining why their class should come to the DIA. Five classes are selected for an all-expenses paid, daylong trip to the museum.
Recently, when funding for the program was in danger, Kolod organized a silent auction and raised $3,000 to keep the program in place.
Kolod was nominated by Deborah Griffin of the DIA. She also received the Gold Presidential Service Award for volunteering 500 hours in the past year and the Call to Service Award for the 10,000 hours she's volunteered throughout her life
Also receiving awards are Patricia McCracken of Livonia, Acts of Kindness Award; Jo Ann Wallace of Southfield, Bernie Firestone Labor Award; Louis Mahoney of Bloomfield Hills, CorPLUS Award; Ernie Cooper of Lathrup Village and ; employees at DaimlerChrysler Financial Services in Farmington Hills; Outstanding Business Award; Girl Scouts of Macomb-Otsikita Council for the Postponing Sexual Involvement Teen Mentor Program which spreads the abstinence message to young girls; Joyce Siegel of Huntington Woods and Mark Williams of Detroit, Heart of Gold Award; Melvina Anderson of Detroit, Young Adult Award of Excellence; and Ali Ayoub of Dearborn, Outstanding Youth Award.
For more information about United Way for Southeastern Michigan to www.uwsem.org.
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