{"id":10647,"date":"2017-05-05T10:55:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.helplinecenter.org\/?page_id=10647"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:02:03","slug":"volunteer-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hlc.thinkcaliber.com\/es\/volunteer-connections\/brookings-volunteer-connections\/volunteer-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"July Volunteers of the Month for Brookings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Helpline Center congratulates GracePoint Student Ministry on being named the July 2021 Volunteers of the Month, an area-wide award program sponsored by the Helpline Center and First Bank & Trust.<\/p>

Students and families from GracePoint Student Ministry partnered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to build 50 bed frames for children in the Brookings community who do not have beds to sleep on.<\/p>

Overall, almost 50 volunteers were on site working to build the beds on a Saturday morning. Out of those 50, about 15 of them were a part of GracePoint Student Ministry in one way or another. For a few hours, students and their families sanded lumber, drilled holes, stained planks, and put bed frames together alongside other community members to serve the children of Brookings.<\/p>

Staff at GracePoint said \u201cThe coolest thing was seeing our kids build beds with their parents and siblings. It\u2019s so special to be able to do that as a family. Dave Miller does a great job of leading this non-profit for our community and he makes it easy for groups of any age and experience level to jump in and make an immediate difference in the lives of our community\u2019s kids.\u201d<\/p>

Congratulations, GracePoint Student Ministry, on being our much-deserved July Volunteers of the Month!<\/p>

For information on volunteer opportunities or the Volunteer of the Month program, please contact Allison Schmitt at bkvol@helplinecenter.org <\/a>or call 211 for more information.<\/p>

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Brookings Volunteer of the Month Sponsored by:<\/strong><\/p>

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\"\"Nominations are now open for the 2021-2022 Volunteer of the Month cycle. If you  have an outstanding volunteer that you’d like to show appreciation to submit a nomination here. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>

2021-2022 Volunteers of the Month<\/strong><\/p>

June 2021-Loretta Crapser<\/a>-Sioux Council Boy Scouts
July 2021-GracePoint Student Ministry<\/a>-Sleep in Heavenly Peace<\/p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder

2020-2021 Volunteers of the Month<\/strong><\/p>

August 2020-Kathy Dodd<\/a>-Brookings Regional Humane Society
September 2020-Food Distribution Volunteers<\/a>-The Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains
October 2020-Jack’s Cupboard Volunteers<\/a>
November 2020-Richard Gamradt<\/a>-Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity
December 2020-Paula Tursam<\/a>-Bienvenidos a Brookings
January 2021-Don Seeley<\/a>-The Salvation Army of Brookings County
February 2021-Erika Saunders<\/a>-Brookings Backpack Project
March 2021-Rea McKeown<\/a>-Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program
April 2021-Karissa Kopecky<\/a>-Make-A-Wish South Dakota & Montana
May 2021-Dhwani Kharel<\/a>-Brookings Area United Way<\/p>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder

2019-2020 Volunteers of the Month<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

June 2019-Alan Cook<\/a><\/strong>-Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity
July 2019- Amy Jones<\/a><\/strong>– Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program
August 2019-Carol Holm<\/a><\/strong>-Sleep in Heavenly Peace
September 2019-Jennifer Erickson & Karla Bedow<\/a><\/strong>-Brookings Backpack Project
October 2019 –Tracy Jonas<\/a><\/strong>-Brookings Empowerment Project
November 2019 –Shane & Sara Kuehl<\/strong><\/a>-Make-A-Wish
December 2019-Jill<\/a><\/strong> Lindsay-Johnson<\/strong><\/a>-The Salvation Army
January 2020-David Clark<\/strong><\/a>-Hope Haven Ministries
February 2020-Bill Alsaker<\/strong><\/a>-Boys and Girls Club
April 2020-Volunteer Group<\/strong><\/a>-Feeding Brookings
May 2020-Sarah Mae Nelson<\/strong><\/a>-Independent Living Choices
June 2020-Doris Knutson-<\/a><\/strong>AseraCare Hospice<\/p>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder

2018-2019 Volunteers of the Month<\/strong><\/p>

June 2018- Ken Ahartz<\/a><\/strong>, Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity
August 2018- Ellen Herrboldt<\/a><\/strong>, Brookings Area United Way
September 2018- Angie Daly<\/a><\/strong>, Brookings First United Methodist Church
October 2018-Penny Crapser<\/a><\/strong>, Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons
November 2018-Vicki Graves<\/a><\/strong>, Option 1 
December 2018-Ellie Evanson<\/a><\/strong>, LATI Adult Education and Literacy Program
January 2019- Wendy Long<\/a><\/strong>, Brooking County Youth Mentoring Program
February 2019-Larry Thomas<\/a><\/strong>, Brookings STARS Program
March 2019- Robin Buterbaugh<\/a><\/strong>, Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains
April 2019-Carla DeBeer,<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>The Neighborhoods at Brookview<\/p>ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder

2017-2018 Volunteers of the Month<\/strong><\/p>

June 2017 – 17 Initial Volunteers<\/a><\/strong>, Feeding South Dakota
July 2017 – Lorraine Kracke<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Companions
August 2017 – Valero<\/a>,<\/strong>  Brookings Backpack Program
September 2017 – Pam Siverhus<\/strong><\/a>, Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity
October 2017 – Brookings Healthcare Auxiliary<\/strong><\/a>,  Brookings Health System
November 2017 – Lynn Darnall<\/strong><\/a>,  Boys & Girls Club of Brookings
December 2017 – Evelyn Fee<\/strong><\/a>, United Living Community
January 2018 – Kathy Miller,<\/a> <\/strong>BCYMP
February 2018 – Art Niles<\/strong><\/a>,  Volunteer Service Bank
March 2018- Jessie Kuechenmeister<\/strong><\/a>, The Neighborhoods
April 2018- Kasi Emmett<\/strong><\/a>,  American Red Cross of South Dakota
May 2018- Lisa Husyeva<\/a><\/strong>, Children’s Museum of South Dakota<\/p>ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder

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