Volunteer Awards Presented at Drug Free Montcalm

Members of Drug Free Montcalm supporting their co-volunteer for being selected as the Volunteer of the Month in July!

Volunteer of the Month - July 2013
Mary Thomas
Drug Free Montcalm

I was privileged to present the July Volunteer of the Month Award and the Drug Free Montcalm Meeting!  Mary Thomas has been extremely involved in keeping that group moving forward!

Read these kind words written by Amy Buckingham about 2 Drug Free Montcalm Volunteers who received awards recently!

Hello Drug Free Montcalm Friends,

We have a pleasant announcement to make.

Today seems to be a day of awards!  One of our members received a surprise presentation of an award today at our Drug Free Montcalm membership meeting, and now another of our members is being recognized for her ongoing, generous, and impactful volunteering in Montcalm County, too.

Mary K. Thomas, Registered Pharmacist currently with Countryside Pharmacy and formerly the Director of Pharmacy at Sheridan Hospital, was presented the “Volunteer of the Month” award today by Volunteer Connections and the United Way Montcalm-Ionia Counties for her work of diligently and successfully spearheading the medication disposal drop box project throughout Montcalm  County.  Later today, it was announced that Shirley Pool, Reporter with the Lakeview Area News, was chosen by the Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (MCRUD) for MCRUD’s annual “Media Shout Out Award” created to recognize a media person or organization for  outstanding work highlighting issues related to preventing/reducing underage drinking in our local area. 

We send congratulations and gratitude to both these wonderful volunteers and Drug Free Montcalm members!  Thank you, Mary, and thank you, Shirley!  We are glad you are being recognized for what you do so humbly.   The “late breaking news” is that Shirley is going to be honored at an event in Lansing this coming Thursday, July 18^th.  A few of us will be accompanying her to this outdoor luncheon event. 

If the rest of you should see Mary or Shirley, do share your congratulations, too!

Yours in service with the community,

Amy

Amy Buckingham Drug Free Montcalm Coalition Coordinator/ Health Promotion

A Branch of Cherry Street Health Services

PO Box 836, 129 E. Main St., Stanton MI 48888 ( 989.831.4591│6 989.831.5768 │* AmyBuckingham@CherryHealth.com