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Volunteer’s Exceptional Leadership Skills Serve Veterans
Carol A. Williams, Special to RedCross.org
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 — Marjorie Varner, of the Southwest Washington Chapter of the American Red Cross, in Vancouver, Wash., was selected from among Red Cross volunteers in 147 VA Medical Centers nationwide as the 2005 American Red Cross/Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service Female Volunteer of the Year.
Marjorie Varner with the Southwest Washington Chapter of the American Red Cross, in Vancouver, Wash., has been selected as the Red Cross/Veterans Affairs Volunteer Service Female Volunteer of the Year for 2005.
(Photo Credit: Mike Hagen/Out There Images)
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Varner has volunteered at the Vancouver Division of the Portland, Ore., Veterans Affairs Medical Center since 1980, putting in a total of 4477 volunteer hours. She is also a volunteer at Vancouver’s Southwest Washington Chapter of the Red Cross.
“Marjorie is an outstanding volunteer, extremely conscientious, gracious, and dependable,” said Kay Hilt, Chief of Voluntary Services at the Portland, VA Medical Center. “Whatever assignment she takes on, she gives 110 percent to it.”
An exceptional leader, Marjorie involves youth volunteer of her local Red Cross chapter and is the contact chair for donations from churches for lap robes, wheelchair bags and ditty bags. Volunteers she supervises also raised funds for a bench for the entrance to the Nursing Skilled Care Unit.
Her volunteers are involved in the Center’s Troop Support Program, which provides toys for 245 children of National Guard troops who are currently serving in Iraq. Red Cross staff members participate in the delivery of the toys. Volunteers also work in nursing services, laboratory services, medical records, escort services, the voluntary service office and are on the cemetery honor guard detail.
“She is the Vancouver Division representative on the Volunteer Newsletter Board,” said Hilt, adding to the list of duties Varner has taken on. “Her assignment involves contacting many people, interviewing them, and writing articles for the newsletter—a big job. Marjorie can be counted on to help in more than just her assigned role.”
The Red Cross commends Varner for her extraordinary leadership and service to America’s veterans.
Carol A. Williams is the American Red Cross National Chair, Service to Veterans.
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