The State Family Program Office awarded JENNIFER JOHANNINGSMEIER the award for Indiana's Volunteer of the Year. We were privileged to pass this award out on May 6th at drill and have Jennifer and her family present. This is the first ever Volunteer Award given in the state of Indiana in relation to the Military Family Program and we are extremely proud of Jennifer's accomplishment.
CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER!
Nomination sent in by Jenny Tracy in February 2007.
The nomination for this award read as follows:
Jennifer is much more than just the FRG Secretary, she is the grounding force in our FRG’s leadership, the devil’s advocate in our decision making, and the kind heart of our family. Jennifer performs her duties extremely well as she takes minutes, provides information to the Newsletter Editor, manages our volunteer hours, up until Dec 1 she did all correspondence such as birthday cards, get well, encouragement and donation thanks. Jennifer also serves as the Phone Tree Point of Contact representative and calls up to 40 members every month. Jennifer attends every FRG meeting and Officer meeting with ease even though she drives two hours one-way to get there. She is a mother of two children that are under the age of five. She is a very large participant in her church as well as active member in her large family. Jennifer has attended Veteran Affairs cabinet meeting with the past Congressman Mike Sodrel and maintained a job of patience as she is a professional instructor of special education children. Jennifer’s soldier, husband, has been in and out of her life due to his military dedication. From Officer Training at Fort Sill to Iraq, Jennifer manages a house, but makes it a home. She is an outstanding person and an exceptional FRG member and leader. Jennifer is a pleasure to work with and without her this FRG would be missing a critical member. I personally am a better person for getting to know her.
The Volunteer of the Year award is presented to a non-military person who consistently displays outstanding leadership. The volunteer must be submitted by a Commander.
DEFINITION OF A VOLUNTEER:
vol·un·teer
n.
1. A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily.
vol·un·teered, vol·un·teer·ing
v.
To give or offer to give voluntarily: volunteered their services.
1. To perform or offer to perform a service of one's own free will.
2. To do charitable or helpful work without pay.
JENNIFER- THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR HEART WITH OUR UNIT!
1 comment:
I would like to thank Jenny Tracy for nominating me for the volunteer of the year award, and to those at the state level for choosing me. It was truly a surprise and honor. We should all be so grateful to the other FRG officers, Executive Board and members that dedicate all they have to this unit. It has been such a pleasure working with and getting to know the 2-150 family the last couple of years.
Thanks again, Jennifer J.
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