A little recognition for those who give a lot.

The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Clallam and Jefferson counties recently honored 206 volunteers who gave time to support members of their communities this past year.

The RSVP and North Olympic Volunteers Corps (NOVC) volunteers work with Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP), contributing thousands of hours each year to a nunber of services: food distribution; youth tutoring; delivering meals to seniors; transporting seniors to medical appointments and the grocery store; helping with household tasks and lawn care; providing benefit and service referrals for military veterans; giving respite care to family members who have memory problems; support at a visitor center; help at various community centers for senior nutrition programs; working at a local radio station, and assisting customers to reference materials at a law library.

In all, more than 400 volunteers assist with these services.

In all, RSVP volunteers served a total of 50,068 hours. NOVC volunteers have volunteered 26,775 hours. The hourly rate for volunteers working in Washington State is valued at $25.43 per hour. Program officials estimate that OlyCAP RSVP/NOVC volunteer programs have saved counties, state and federal government funding $1,954,117 in possible employee wages for volunteer supported activities.

The program is funded through grants from the Corporation of National and Community Service, Washington State Department of Commerce and OlyCAP.

More about RSVP

RSVP focuses on: alleviating loneliness in seniors; supporting education and school readiness goals; providing emergency food to families; supporting home bound seniors with transportation and meal needs allowing seniors adults to live independently, providing services to veterans and family members who may be isolated from their community, and providing respite care to caregivers through the ENCORE! Program.

RSVP was established by congress in 1965 and is a Senior Corps program serving our nation. OlyCAP has sponsored the RSVP program in both counties since 1972.

OlyCAP also sponsors the North Olympic Volunteer Corps program, supporting volunteers of ages 18-54 who work at the same sites as RSVP volunteers. Some of the NOVC sites meet altogether different needs in communities and are outside of the grant focus areas specified in the RSVP program.

Both programs provide volunteer insurance coverage to volunteers with out-of-pocket emergency expenses if injured or have an accident while volunteering at their job site (when their regular medical or accident insurance does not cover the cost).

For more information or to volunteer, contact RSVP Program Manager Jane Covella at 360-385-2571 or jcovella@olycap.org, or Becky Acevedo at 360-460-2458 or bacevedo@olycap.org.

Top volunteers

Each year between May and August, RSVP leaders present President’s Volunteer Service Award pins to those who have worked 100 or more hours, or 500-plus volunteer hours.

This year’s awards covered the period of April 1, 2018-March 31, 2019.

Sequim-area volunteers who received pins each volunteered their time at KSQM 91.5 FM, a non-commercial, educational radio station. They include:

Gold Pin Award (500 or more hours)

Jeff Bankston, 2,112 hours

Terry Santos, 1,144

Ed Evans, 1,114

Tama Bankston, 1,072

Richard Hendricksen, 526

Silver Pin Award (250-499 hours)

James Hindes, 369

George Dooley, 368

Amy Emett, 355

Susan Sorensen, 340

Bill Hegarty, 334

Andrew Woodson, 314

Carol Novis, 311

Scott Scherer, 303

William Keller, 301

Fredrick McKenzie, 301

Helga du Bellier, 273

Bronze Pin Awards (100-249 hours)

Sandra Erickson, 237

Sharron Empens, 211

Linda Flores, 208

Marie Hooper, 202

James Emett, 196

Arthur Moore, 181

Patricia Orella, 179

Polly Sarsfield, 172

Clifton Keely, 161

Janet Norman, 151

Marie Paddock, 151

Roger Briggs, 150

Patricia Guthrie, 146

Diedra Mootoo, 123

Dick Goodman, 114

Linda Johannessen, 109

Other pin award recipients include (* — denotes RSVP volunteer):

• Gold Pin Award

*Shirley Moss (Port Townsend Food Bank), 1,689.5

*Mary Patterson (Port Angeles Food Bank), 1,572.25

Leslie Tippins (Quilcene Food Bank), 1,512

*Michael Boock (Tri Area Food Bank), 1,490

Rachel Boock (Tri Area Food Bank), 1,140

*Sue Laird (Tri Area Food Bank), 1,362

Tod Nickerson (Quilcene Food Bank), 1,285

*John Laird (Tri Area Food Bank), 1,267

Krystal Slone (Encore!), 1,040

*Francis Howell (Port Angeles Food Bank), 786.5

*Eloise Langenbach (Brinnon Food Bank), 736

*Rita Frangione (Vet Connect), 614.5

• Silver Pin Award

*Leslie Sweeney (Port Townsend Food Bank), 495

Kathryn Webber (Encore!), 492

*Cathy Chapman (Tri Area Food Bank), 488

*Gregory Brown (Port Townsend Food Bank), 486

*Anna Haas (Port Townsend Food Bank), 486

*Doris Muir (Brinnon Food Bank), 486 *

Rusty Wyman-Smith (Port Townsend Food Bank), 478

*Ruth Brown (Port Angeles Food Bank), 473

*Sunchin Weeks (Brinnon Food Bank), 457

*Anne Field (Port Angeles Senior Nutrition), 456

*Alice White (Tri Area Food Bank), 421

*Bob McDaniel (Quilcene Food Bank), 419

*Duncan Watters (Port Townsend Food Bank), 418

Alexander Vail (Port Townsend Food Bank), 414

*Roger Horner (Tri Area Food Bank & ECHHO), 413.5

*Yvonne Craig (Port Townsend Food Bank), 399

*Max Wood (Tri Area Food Bank), 391

*Sarah Clouse (Port Townsend Food Bank), 369

*Pamela Browning (Port Townsend Food Bank), 367

*Carol Meyer (Port Townsend Food Bank), 367

*Mike Langenbach (Tri Area Food Bank), 360

Judy Bernthal (Chamber of Commerce), 351

*Luise Muller (Port Townsend Food Bank), 349

Tracy Speer (Quilcene Food Bank), 349

*Ray Sayer (Tri Area Senior Nutrition), 340

*James Gluck (Port Angeles Food Bank), 335

*Maria Holtgrave (Port Townsend Food Bank), 324

*Kate Sullivan (Brinnon Food Bank), 322

*Jacqueline Hartley (Brinnon Food Bank), 317

*Vance Malonie (Port Townsend Food Bank), 314

*Bob Wallace (Port Townsend Food Bank), 311

*Pi Hueter (Port Townsend Food Bank), 295

*Jean Holtz (Vet Connect), 293

*Larry Tyler (Tri Area Food Bank), 293

*Debra Fulton (Vet Connect), 290

*Carmen Germeau (Tri Area Food Bank), 288

*Macy Mullarky (Port Townsend Food Bank), 284

*Elizabeth Silva (Port Townsend Food Bank), 283

Sonja Matthews (Port Townsend Food Bank), 282

*Craig Uchida (Quilcene Food Bank), 277

*Roger Coble (Port Townsend Food Bank), 271

*Bonnie Moses (Port Angeles Food Bank), 267

*John Wrobleski (Port Townsend Food Bank), 264

Toni Wright (Brinnon Food Bank), 259

*Chuck Gerstenberger (Tri Area Food Bank), 257

• Bronze Pin Award

*Virginia Nelson (Port Angeles Boys & Girls Club), 249

*Richard Kaplan (Port Townsend Food Bank), 244

*Bruce Albert (Quilcene Food Bank), 239.5

*Terry Breland (Brinnon Food Bank), 238

*Vicki Moses (Port Angeles Food Bank), 237.5

*Cheryl Wallace (Port Townsend Food Bank), 236

*Bill Hullinger (ECHHO & Tri Area Food Bank), 234.5

*Barbara Slavik (Port Angeles Food Bank), 231

*Susan Porter (Port Townsend Senior Nutrition), 230.5

*Terri Twyman (Quilcene Food Bank), 230

*Randy Schleich (Port Townsend Food Bank), 224

*Douglas Hurlburt (Port Townsend Food Bank), 223

*Steve Herkal (Port Townsend Food Bank), 223

*Peg Carey (Tri Area Food Bank), 222

*Kendra Golden (Port Townsend Food Bank), 222

*Kathleen Sparkes (Port Townsend Food Bank), 220.5

*Claudia Girard (Volunteer Services), 215.5

*Roger Beachy (Port Townsend Food Bank), 215

*Dave Tietjen (Port Townsend Food Bank), 211

*Kathryn Ryan (Port Townsend Food Bank), 210

*Becky Melick (Port Angeles Senior Nutrition), 207

*Dorothy Rath (Tri Area Food Bank), 201

*Tomoko Shaffer (Port Townsend Food Bank), 201

*Herbert Tracy (Port Townsend Food Bank), 201

*Gilbert Skinner (Tri Area Food Bank), 198

*Robert Councill (Tri Area Food Bank), 196

*Pat Gaul (Brinnon Food Bank), 193

*Leatha Smith (Tri Area Food Bank), 192

*Sandra White (Port Townsend Food Bank), 183

* Alan Smith (Tri Area Food Bank), 182

*Jennifer Smith (Tri Area Food Bank), 179

Ronald Brantner (Chamber of Commerce), 177.5

*Kathi Volpe (Port Townsend Food Bank), 178

*Donna Lark-Weiner (Port Townsend Food Bank), 177

*Joel Rogers (Port Townsend Food Bank), 177

Tami Bragg-Serrato (Tri Area Food Bank), 172

Debbie Griffiths (Port Townsend Food Bank), 172

*Donna Valaske (Tri Area Food Bank), 171

*Kathi Mueller (Brinnon Food Bank), 170

*Brett Bowcutt (Brinnon Food Bank), 169

*Karen Arey (Port Townsend Food Bank), 167

*John Gepner (Port Angeles Food Bank), 166

*Brigidia Knauer (Port Townsend Food Bank), 165

*Vida Kotte (Port Townsend Food Bank), 165

*Joe Allen (Tri Area Food Bank), 165

*Kathryn Carrico (Port Townsend Food Bank), 163

Chance Horton (Brinnon Food Bank), 163

*Thomas Herring (Port Townsend Food Bank), 163

*Jackie Griffiths (Port Townsend Food Bank), 162

Emily Baldwin (Port Townsend Food Bank), 154

*Richard Johnson (Port Townsend Food Bank), 154

*Darcie Johannson (Port Townsend Food Bank), 153

*Pauline Gepner (Port Angeles Food Bank), 151

*Patricia Crossley (Brinnon Food Bank), 149

*Gerry Hodgkins (Tri Area Food Bank), 145

*Kim Thompson (Port Townsend Food Bank), 143

*Marie Pierce (Brinnon Food Bank), 141

*Lora Carswell (Port Angeles Senior Nutrition), 140

*Richard Ackley (Port Townsend Food Bank), 139

*Mary Coggins (Port Townsend Food Bank), 139

*Ron Smith (Port Angeles Food Bank), 138

*Thompson Holmes (Port Angeles Food Bank), 137.5

*Judith West (Port Townsend Food Bank), 137.5

*Tenzing Wangchuk (Port Townsend Food Bank), 133

*Nancy Krill (Port Townsend Food Bank), 133

*Julio Giovinco (Port Townsend Food Bank), 134.5

*Celia Waalkes-Duff (Port Angeles Senior Nutrition), 131

*Susan Hall (ECHHO & Port Townsend Food Bank), 127.25

*Susan Hoover (Port Townsend Food Bank), 126

*Burt Langsea (Port Townsend Food Bank), 121

*Bill Thompson (Tri Area Food Bank), 116

*Joe Moore (Port Townsend Food Bank), 115

*Cliff Rick (Port Townsend Food Bank), 115

Sally Robbins (Chamber of Commerce), 115

Linda Rosens (Port Townsend Food Bank), 113

*Nancy Jamieson (Port Townsend Food Bank), 111

*Carol Chandler (Port Townsend Food Bank), 109

*Clancy Blakemore (Volunteer Services), 108.25

*Sidney Goodman (Head Start), 108.25

*Gail Lucas (Tri Area Food Bank), 106

*Jennifer Smith (Port Townsend Food Bank), 106

*Mary Tyburski (Head Start), 103

*Asha Bursa-Johnson (Volunteer Services), 102.75

*Shannon Whitman (Port Angeles Food Bank), 101

*Elaine Blanchard (Port Townsend Food Bank), 100.5