The
Friends of
Volunteers
Honored at Volo Bog & Moraine Hills/McHenry Dam
Friends
of Volo Bog receive special award
On
Thursday, December 11, Illinois Department of Natural Resources staff from Volo
Bog State Natural Area presented the Friends of Volo Bog with a special 25 Year
Anniversary plaque. The award recognizes the Anniversary of a group that
has contributed both financial and volunteer services to this unique IDNR site
in
The Friends
of Volo Bog 25th Anniversary award was just a part of an evening of
celebration that honored ninety volunteers who donated their services to Volo
Bog State Natural Area and Moraine Hills State Park/McHenry Dam in 2008.
Together they contributed 4,528 hours to these Illinois Department of Natural
Resources sites.
Special
Recognition was given to two individuals as Volunteer of the Year at their
respective sites.
Nancy
Bodinet of
Bob
Vetter of Grayslake was named 2008 Volunteer of the Year for Moraine
Hills State Park/McHenry Dam. Bob’s tireless devotion of over 200 hours to the
complex located in
Volunteer-of-the-Year
plaques were presented on behalf of Mrs. Bodinet and Mr. Vetter by Site
Superintendent Greg Kelly and Site Naturalist Stacy Iwanicki. Both also receive
a Certificate of Appreciation and a Centurian Award Plaque which is presented
to all volunteers contributing over 100 hours for a given year.
Also
Receiving Awards:
The
following individuals also received Certificates of Appreciation and Centurian
Award Plaques for contributing over 100 hours each in 2008:
Bill Ewert
of Ingleside, John Holmes of Lake Villa, Carl Krautwurst of Grayslake, Merry
Miller of Lake Villa, Myrna Nelson of McHenry, Ray Purcell of Grayslake, Nancy
Schietzelt of Crystal Lake, Carol Shaffer of Grayslake, Richard Wend of Spring
Grove (Lake County side), And Neil Whitman of McHenry
The
following received Certificates of Appreciation for contributing 50 - 99 hours
each to Volo Bog and/or Moraine Hills/McHenry Dam in 2008:
Chris
Brenner of Grayslake, Jerry Donahue of Mundelein, Nancy Doughty of Barrington,
Mark Ginger of DesPlaines, Gail Goeke of McHenry, Pat Henschen of Lake Villa,
Billie Kocal of Antioch, Kathy Kozacky of Roselle, Esther Larson of McHenry,
Yvette Liautaud of Streamwood, Meg Macdonald of Lake Bluff, Randy Schietzelt of
Crystal Lake, Gary Seiler of Cary, Rebecca Tippens of Fox Lake, Jan Wemple of
Ingleside
Thirty-two
additional volunteers received certificates for contributing between 20 - 49
hours each, together providing a combined 851 hours to the two sites, with
another 22 folks offering their help on smaller (often one-time) projects.
We had two
photographers taking photos of the event, Paul Howerton, is a director on the
board for FOMHSP, and Gwen Selby is the President of the “Sutterbugs” at Volo
Bog.. The dinner was pot luck with everyone bringing a dish to share, and some
guests even brought ornaments for the tree. There will be some different photos
for the same event on the Friends of Volo Bog website
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Photos by Gwen Sellby |
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We had a good attendance
from both the FOVB & FOMHSP, and we ended the evening introducing our
Chairmen, (End picture) left to right Randy Schietzelt replacing Dan Haller,
who is stepping down as Chairman of FOVB,
Stacy Iwanicki Site Naturalist for both sites, Neil Whitman, Chairman
of FOMHSP And Greg Kelley, Superintendent of both sites. |
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Photos by Paul Howerton |
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Volunteers
contribute in numerous ways to the programming and public relations at Volo Bog
State Natural Area and Moraine Hills/McHenry Dam State Park. Trained volunteer
naturalists lead tours of Volo Bog for individuals and small groups on Saturdays
and Sundays at
Volo Bog
State Natural Area is an Illinois Department of Natural Resources site located
on