Polly Davis, right, Connie Maxwell Children’s Home director of volunteer services, presents the volunteer of the year award to Lynn Pleau. Also pictured is Pleau’s husband Scott.Approximately 100 volunteers from Greenwood and the state were on hand recently for a recognition dinner at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home. Polly Davis, director of volunteer services, welcomed the group and thanked them for their assistance at the home.
A wide range of volunteer services was offered over the past year, including tutors, mentors, cottage sponsors, recreation assistants and those who helped with physical labor projects. The group present represented almost 1,200 people who volunteered more than 7,200 hours during the last year.
Lynn Pleau of Greenwood was named volunteer of the year. The church group volunteer of the year was First Calvary Baptist Church in Leesville. The church youth award went to New Prospect Baptist Church children’s ministry in Anderson.
Rhonda Littleton, left, accepts the church youth award for the children’s ministry of New Prospect Baptist Church, Anderson, from Polly Davis.Davis said the volunteer program is a way for individuals, businesses, clubs or church groups to assist the ministry at Connie Maxwell, while helping “make a difference in the lives of children.”
For information on the program, contact Davis at (864) 942-1405.