RECOGNITION DAY LUNCHEON June 1, 2016

RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
43rd ANNUAL
RECOGNITION DAY LUNCHEON
June 1, 2016
This program is funded by
Corporation for National & Community Service
New York State Office for the Aging
&
The County of Sullivan
Ceremonial Recognition
Pledge of Allegiance ~ All of our distinguished Veterans and
Veterans Administration Director, John Crotty
God Bless America - Albee Bockman
Opening Remarks – Caryn Mathews, RSVP Project Director
Welcome - Deborah E. Allen, Director Office for the Aging
Presenter & Speakers:
Chairman, Sullivan County Legislature
Legislator: Luis A. Alvarez
Chairperson, Sullivan County Health & Family Services
Legislator: Nadia Rajsz
Lunch Served
Our sincere Thanks to the VILLA ROMA for their continued support in
Providing such an exceptional place, and such delicious food for our Recognition Luncheon.
Presentations
RSVP Senior of the Year
AND
A Moment for those Volunteers
we have lost this year.
Luis A, Alvarez
Sullivan County Legislative
Sullivan County Senior of the Year
Outstanding Achievements in Volunteerism
1000 Hour Awards
Caryn Mathews &
Nadia Rajsz
Chairperson, Sullivan
County Health & Family
Services.
Caryn Mathews, RSVP
Project Director
Elaine Finkle, RSVP
Specialist
Caryn Mathews, RSVP
Project Director
Special Recognition of Volunteers
Raffle Prizes
Closing Remarks
Chairman & All
The RSVP Advisory Board and RSVP Staff extends their gratitude to Sullivan County
Legislators and to The County Manager for their continued support and dedication to the
RSVP Program and the Seniors of Sullivan County.
2016 Sullivan County Legislators:
Scott B. Samuelson – District 1, Nadia Rajsz– District 2,
Mark McCarthy–District 3,Catherine Owens– District 4-Terri Ward– District 5,
Luis A. Alvarez–District 6,Joseph Perrello– District 7, Ira Steingart– District 8,
Alan Sorenson – District 9
&
County Manager Josh Potosak
2016 Town Supervisors of Sullivan County
Bethel: Daniel Sturm, Callicoon: Thomas Bose, Cochecton: Gary Maas, Delaware: Edward T. Sykes
Fallsburg: Steven Vegliante, Forestburgh: Daniel Hogue. Jr., Freemont: George Conklin,
Highland: Jeff Haas , Liberty: Charles Barbuti, Lumberland:, Jenny R. Mellan
Mamakating: William Herrmann, Neversink: Christopher Mathews, Rockland: Robert Eggleton,
Thompson: William Rieber, Jr., Tusten: Carol Wingert.
“We appreciate your continued support…”
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Council
Deborah L. Worden (Chair) ~ Donna Schick (Vice-Chair)
Marylin Toomey (Treasurer)
Arleen Nieke –Marcia Salton – Catherine Sterling– Shirley Anne Wood –
Laura Solomon – Kenneth Walter- Sabina Toomey - Elizabeth “Betty” Hubert –
Marc Mehndelson- Sonya “Sonny” Smith – Marc Mendelsohn –
Lillian Hendrickson – Liliam Stettner
“The Senior of the Year” Nominees from each Township
Congratulations on the wonderful achievements that make you
stand out as an RSVP community volunteer.
Special Congratulations to:
IreneO’LearyTownofBethel
PaulHubertTownofCallicoon
Henrietta“Etta”PierceTownofCochecton
AliceSchlichtingTownofDelaware
HelenKlingerTownofFallsburg
AnneToomeyTownofForestburgh
GraceTewsTownofHighland
KennethGrabowskiTownofLiberty
RosemarieCarrTownofLumberland
MaybellaBlairTownofMamakating
JoyceRubanoTownofNeversink
Bernard“Bernie”OlffTownofRockland
NellieCulliganTownofThompson
“Thank you so much for your caring ways, your
commitment shows and deserves our praise”.
Nominees from the Townships
Special Congratulations to Volunteers nominated for “Outstanding
Achievements to Sullivan County through Volunteerism” Award.
Catherine “Cathy” Sterling
Town of Lumberland
Shrish Sinha
Town of Fallsburg
Marion Ziegler
Joseph M. Stifano
Town of Callicoon
Town of Mamakating
Justina Constable
George Weber, Sr.
Town of Liberty
Town of Neversink
Sabina Toomey
Town of Forestburgh
Marcia Salton
Town of Bethel
Bess Davis
Town of Thompson
Past Sullivan County Seniors of the Year…
2015‐BOB GRAB 2014‐ VIRGINIA “GINGER” RASULO (Posthumously) 2013‐ SOPHIA MARTYNEC 2012‐ LAURA SOLOMON 2011‐ JOANNA “JOAN” PAPA 2010 –DONALD DOWNS 2009 –LENA DUMOND 2008 –ETHEL HULSE 2007‐ PRISCILLA BASSETT 2006‐CAROL SMYTHE 2005‐ELSIE CARLIN 2004‐MANDELL “MANNY” SAFER 2003‐HENRIETTA “ETTA” PIERCE 2002‐LOUIS TAUB 2001‐DANIEL RESNICK 2000‐ELEANOR KANNERT 1999‐HANNAH BERNSTEIN 1998‐GRACE JAGELS 1997‐FRANCES FISHER 1996‐WARREN MILLER 1995‐DR. GEORGE HAHN 1994‐THOMAS HUBERS 1993‐JOSEPH “JESS’ ABEL 1992‐CLARENCE J. KRANTZ 1991‐MARY CADE 1990‐HELEN PETERS 1989‐MAE KRATZ 1988‐ELEANOR KNACK 1987‐RUTH HAWES 1986‐VIRGINIA BOLTON 1985‐KATHRINE McCAFFREY 1984‐CAROLINE BALLARD 1983‐MARGARET WEINER 1982‐DORIS VAN NOSTRAND 1981‐THEODORE “TED” STROEBELE 1981‐ HELEN INTENMANN In Loving Memory of our Dearly Departed
RSVP Volunteers…
Mildred Billig
Sonya Coney
Fogarty, Barbara
Mae Kratz
Gabrielle Kulka
Susan “Sue” Morley
Mary Ann Toomey
Kenneth Wilson
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with the Families of our late Volunteers
NEWVOLUNTEERSIN2015toMay2016
“We are so grateful for every heartfelt deed.
You make a difference to those in need”
Caroline Bark
Charles Blanchard
Arthur Decker
Virginia DeMauro
Robert Dorn
Lois Duffy
William Duncan
David Ellman
Carol Farragher
Marcia Fink
Simone Retailliau Fontana
Linda Gelb
Harriet Gelinson
Ira Gelinson
Howard Goldsmith
William Gronwald
Nancy Harder
Elijah Henderson Jr.
Diane Ivancich
April Kissel
Kate Labuda
Donna Maria Lasher
Barbara Leroy
Margaret Maounis
Gerald McMurrer
Jill Meltzer
Angela Murray
Barbara Newmark
Elsie Parks
James. A. Pozzani, Jr.
Steven Rolnick
Clarence Rundle
Ruisdael “Rudy” Santiago
Sharon Schroeder
Vickie Shampine
Lee Smassanow
Lucille Smassanow
Michael Tambasco
Joseph Turechek
Judith Wolkoff
Volunteers 90+ Years of Age
Marie Zalesky
Ruth Auerbach
Sheila Coleman
Anne Fleischman
Eleanore Keesler
Grace T. Krug
Ralph Liff
Alice Picarello
Max Selman
Norma Selman
Zita Speer
Bronia Taublib
Anne Toomey
HIGHEST VOLUNTEER HOUR HONOREES FOR 2015
Barbara Burns – 1,278
Volunteers with the Needlework Program
Suzanne Cecil – 1,370
Volunteers with the Sullivan County Historical Society
Patricia Curtis – 3,200
Volunteers with the Needlework Program
Margaret Ippolito – 1,034
Volunteers with the Needlework Program
Patricia A. McArthur – 1,702
Volunteers with the Needlework Program
Sister Anne Toomey – 1,270
Volunteers doing Telephone Reassurance
700 to 999 Volunteer Hours
Priscilla Bassett, William Burns, Hedwig, Kaminski, Sonny Smith
.
600 to 699 Volunteer Hours
Nellie Culligan, Emelie Lauter, Alice Picarello, Rose Anna Walsh
500 to 599 Volunteer Hours
Shirley Chaiet, Star Hesse, Alice Schlichting, Marylin Toomey
400 to 499 Volunteer Hours
Marie Biedinger, Justina Constable, Jack Luster, Julianna Maxwell,
Thomas Rudzinskas, Thomas Seiderer, Marlene Stoutenburg,
George Weber, Sr., Elizabeth Wunner, Marion Ziegler
300 to 399 Volunteer Hours
Sheila Coleman, Norvin “Fred” Fries, Kenneth Grabowski, Sonja Hedlund,
Joan Johnson-Newton, Josephine Lynch, Richard Newton,
Ronald Royster, Max Selman, Norma Selman, Laura Solomon
200 to 299 Volunteer Hours
Sharon Badlam-Thorpe, Maybella Blair, Joan Booth,Corinne Briggs,
Nancy Brooks, Weldon Dean Calloway, David Chavkin, Bess Davis,
Virginia DeMauro, Kathleen Doellmann, Anne Fleischman, Robert Grab, Sr.,
Tina Greenberger, Arthur Hessinger, Elizabeth “Betty” Hubert, Leslie Huppke,
Denise Jakaitis, Nancy Kracht, Claire “Bettie” LaJoie, Barbara Leroy,
Barbara MacGhee, Dorothy McMurrer, Leonard Mott, Robert Owens, Jr.,
Ruth Owens, Patricia Phipps, Dick Riseling, Theresa Roach, Sharon Shroeder,
Carol Smythe, Zita Speer, Joseph Stifano, Grace Tews
100 to 199 Volunteer Hours
Michael Abbott, Carl W. Amaditz, Karen Barone, Marcia Bauer,
Bernadette Black, Carole Black, Craig Black, Patricia Burns,
Kishasha Faronii-Butler, Patricia Canavan, Joseph Carr, Rosemarie Carr,
Yoriko Cherry, Geraldine Cox, Maria Dallin, Edith Downs, Joan Durland,
Carol Farragher, Mary Feusner, Joseph Fowler, Margaret Fowler, Linda Gelb,
Lillian Goldberg, Grant Hammer, Richard Harding, Phyllis, Heins,
Paul Hubert, Mary Inghrim, Eleanore Kessler, Helen Klinger,
Susan “Sue” Kohler, Judy Magie, Irma Manzi, Dorothy Meddaugh,
Irina Micheletti, Lorraine Miesner, Dorothy Muthig, Ellen Neumann,
Arleen Nieke, Irene O’Leary, Joanna “Joan” Papa, Elsie Parks,
John Picarello, Judith Rich, Ida Rosenberger, Robert Rosengard, Mary “Marie”
Rothermel, Doris Ruggiero, Helga Rupnick, Beverly Santarelli, Dyana Scarano,
Dorothy Schultz, Vickie Shampine, Myra Siegel, Shirish Sinha, Anne Solinski,
Joan Stanton, Catherine “Cathy” Sterling, Bronia Taublib, Howard Weinstein,
Edward Wolff
1 to 99 Volunteer Hours
Ellen Alewitz, Bonnie Bortree, Virginia “Ginny” Bossley, Nenita “Nita” Bott,
Carmela Carvelli, Jean Cellini, Norma Cleator, Edward Coney,
Sonya Coney, David Coon, John Costello, Edna Coster, Ida Crawford,
Tshara D’Das, Robert Dorn, Donald Downs, Nancy Driscoll, Lois Duffy,
Donald Elliott, Bernice Fowler, Rebecca Friedman, Kevin Garvey,
Eleanor Glassel, Burton Greenberg, Lorraine Greenberg, David Greenberger,
Elka “Fran” Greenfield, William Gronwald, Barbara Haggerty, Donna Harness,
Anita Hartmann, Elijah Henderson, Jr., Lillian Hendrickson, Sheila Hocker,
Joseph Inghrim, Anneliese Jacoby, Martha Johnson, Shirley Johnson,
Patricia Kardash, Bernard “Bob” Kassman, Kate Labuda, David Lane,
Mary M. Leon-Fowler, Eugenia Lipschitz, Susan Malool, Margaret Maounis,
Stanley Martin, Yvonne Martin, Dorothy Mccoy, Gerald McMurrer,
Marc Mendelsohn, Angela Murray, George Nieke, Eric Nystrom, Janet Nystrom,
John Ohrvall, Bernard “Bernie” Olff, Gloria Paquet, Robert “Bob” Paquet,
Minnie Paramore, Henrietta “Etta” Pierce, Dennis Raymond, Evelyn Raymond,
William Ritchie, Joyce Rubano, Brenda Safer, Mandell “Manny” Safer,
Marcia Salton, Ruisdael “Rudy” Santiago, Donna Schick, Maria Schoe,
Michele Schwartz, Marion Shader, Brian Shera, Gloria Simms, Joan Spencer,
Robert Sprague, Richard Stein, Liliam Stettner, Lonnie Thomas, Vicey Thomas,
Sabina Toomey, Carol Travis, Robin Wagner, Kenneth Walter, Marlyn Walters,
Shirley Wood
A Very Special Thank You…
To the all of the individuals who have assisted
in making this event Exceptional.
RSVP sincerely appreciates their efforts, time and
attentiveness to the success of our RSVP Volunteer
Recognition…
Especially All of Our Local Officials who have shown
their support for RSVP our mission and our wonderful
Volunteers
&
The Office for the Aging
For your Generosity for our Raffle prizes
We Thank You…
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Callicoon Theater
CES (Combined Energy Service)
CJ’s Sub Shop/Youngsville
Daniel Pierce Library
Deborah Worden/RSVP Advisory Chair
Forestburgh Playhouse
Mowers and More, Inc.
Monticello Car Wash
Liberty Diner
Sue Ramsey/Book/Honor thy Mother (Autographed)
Rita J. Sheehan/Author/Images of America
Laura Mulvihill
River Reporter
Sullivan County Democrat
Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
Youngsville Garage Inc.
Walter Garigliano/Catskill Mountain Sugar House
Sullivan County Veterans Services Agency
Individual Donations:
Carol Gabella in Memory of Mae Kratz, JoAnn Gallagher,
Joyce & Mel Gitlin, Star Hesse, Joan Spencer,
Maria Frangipane, Denise Jakaitis, Nenita Bott,
Suzanne & Leo Cecil, Alan & Jane Sorenson
Bonnie Bortree, Marcia & Leonard Bauer,
Wan-bo Chinese Buffet & Jim’s Automotive Service Center
anyone else who has been generous enough to support RSVP that we
might have missed… we thank you as well.
What RSVP means to Sullivan County ….
280 RSVP Volunteers serve in 44 non- profit sites many of them running the sites.
12 Volunteers assisted in serving 65,000 meals to community individuals. The
Federation for the Homeless and I.O.U pantry Volunteers assisting hundreds of
families.
63 volunteer medical drivers, with over 3,746 hours, they travelled over 74,542 miles.
There. The RSVP Department in collaboration with the Sullivan County
Transportation Department of Sullivan County received 2,200 requests for medical
transportation, 1477 were provided by RSVP volunteers. We now have a Veteran’s
component to our medical transport as well, “Vets driving Vets”.
Our senior volunteers, assisted in serving 262 seniors by serving 14,000 congregate
meals and assisting in delivering 50,000 homebound meals to 405 homebound seniors.
40 thrift Shop Volunteers served 12,000 Sullivan County customers (with affordable
clothing and home goods).
13 Literacy Volunteers of America program volunteer tutors with over 650 hours
served community individuals, many were instrumental in teaching many Sullivan
County adults to read, opening doors to a new future for them.
Many of our homebound elderly were the recipients of our telephone reassurance
program with hundreds of calls throughout the year and continue to boast of
long-lasting friendships.
Over 50 individuals and their families were assisted though our Hospice volunteers
during the most difficult life stages.
Over 2500 seniors were involved in: Friendly Visiting, Exercise and Art Programs and
Events run by 20 RSVP volunteers throughout our County.
Our 3 AARP Driver Safety volunteers served 800 seniors and our 5 AARP tax
preparation volunteers prepared tax returns for 500+ county residents.
34 community seniors representing all our townships sit on three OFA and RSVP
advisory committees that affect positive change for all of the 16,000+ seniors who
reside in our county.
There are currently 280 volunteers who served over 48,000 hours in 2015 at
$22.50 per hour (per Corporation for National & Community Services) the value of
their hours of service to Sullivan County is $1,08000.00
Well done and Thank you to ALL!
June 1, 2016
Dear Volunteers and Esteemed Guests,
As we complete our 43rd year, we face a new challenge. More than ever before, our
local community non-profit agencies continue to require our volunteers to keep in
pace with the continued demand to serve our county. Our Volunteer base is changing
and with people working well into their 70’s we see that volunteerism takes a back
seat to employment. Yet, there is still hope that people in our community can find the
time to do both. Our new focus for volunteer recruitment will be to garner all of the
volunteers who can in any way become involved to help our community thus
continuing to provide much needed assistance to the residents of Sullivan County.
With our county focus being on improving our health statistics we endeavor to
maintain our mission to focus on Healthy Living with the RSVP Program ensuring
that our Medical transportation program continues to provide much needed
transportation to medical appointments for our ever growing senior population. Our
medical transport drivers provided over 1,177 rides to medical appointments, serving
our fastest growing population; our frail and elderly. Without RSVP volunteers
serving in Medical Transport, Meals on Wheels and “Touchstone” programs, our
homebound seniors would not be able to maintain their health and continue to live in
their homes and age in place.
Our Sullivan County Legislature and Local Community Leaders continue to be
steadfast in their support of the RSVP project. They fully recognize the value of the
service provided by our volunteers to the community. Their support and continued
financial commitment helps our volunteers carry on their dedicated service.
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is
the only thing that ever has…” ~Margaret Mead Sincere Congratulations on 43 years of Outstanding Service
To our County and its Residents!
Caryn Mathews
RSVP Project Director
Sullivan County Office for the Aging
Our Community Sponsors…
New: 888-906-6670
Used: 888-906-6670
Parts: 888-906-6670
Service: 888-906-6670
Johnston’s Toyota wishes the Sullivan County RSVP
Volunteers their Sincere Thanks and
Best wishes for all that they do for our County!
The Town of Neversink Gratefully
Acknowledges The RSVP Program and the Retired Senior Volunteers Who selflessly contribute thousands of
hours Annually to Our Communities, Thank you for all you do! The Town of Neversink
Christopher Mathews, Supervisor
Councilman, Richard Coombe Jr.
Councilman, Michael Mullen
Councilman, Michael Brooks
Councilman, Keith Zanetti
Thank you to all
Volunteers and to
Those Who Give
the Gift of Literacy.
Literacy Volunteers of
Sullivan County, Inc.
63 North Street
Monticello, NY
845 794-0017
Regards and Thanks from our County Officials
With gratitude in our hearts for your
Contributions to our County and Community,
We want to thank you as our personal round of applause.
Your good deeds do not go un-noticed.
Thank you for being such Dedicated RSVP Volunteers.
“To the RSVP Volunteers Thank you for all you do for Our County!”
SLAC….Senior Legislative Action Committee
“Congratulations to the Daniel Pierce Library RSVP volunteers for all their
Efforts …Especially RSVP volunteers Marlene and Irena”!
“To the RSVP Volunteers. Thank you for all your efforts for the
Sullivan County CASA Program it is GREATLY APPRECIATED.