Hospice of VNS Volunteer Couple Receive Award

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Hospice of Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) volunteers Bob and Wanda Vigar, of Barberton, received the Hower Community Service Award at a luncheon on September 13, 2008 at the Hower House in Akron. This award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding community service.

The Vigars, married 61 years, have been active at the Hospice of VNS Care Center in Fairlawn since 2004. In that time, they have assumed almost every kind of clerical, outreach and supportive role imaginable. Most frequently, Wanda serves as receptionist while Bob concentrates on the Central Supply Department of the Hospice Care Center.

As a team, they have been very successful at recruiting other groups of volunteers for Hospice. Members of their church, the Firestone Park Presbyterian Church, and their local AARP committee, #3820, have been instrumental in the success of Hospice’s Light Up a Life fundraiser and the annual Grounds Dedication.

This award follows many other achievements in volunteerism for the Vigars. They have been active in the Meals on Wheels program and Habitat for Humanity. Wanda also received many professional recognitions during her career as a realtor, and Bob is a retiree of Firestone.

The Vigars say they consider the time they spend at the Hospice Care Center a blessing, but they are the true blessing – especially to the many families at the Care Center they have touched over the years.

To volunteer for Hospice of VNS, please call Terri DeGeorge, Manager of Volunteer Services, at 330-668-4650 or 800-335-1455, Ext. 4650 or Joyce Hargreaves, Volunteer Assistant/Trainer at 330-668-4637.