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Dayton's Dorothy Dunford wins 2009 AARP Ohio Andrus Award

Exemplary commitment to community service earns AARP’s most prestigious volunteer honor

Dorothy Dunford is being recognized by AARP with its 2009 AARP Ohio Andrus Award for Community Service, our national organization’s most prestigious volunteer honor.

“Service is the rent one pays for living,” says Dunford, a retired human resources specialist who has been honored with numerous local service and leadership awards.

The AARP Ohio Andrus Award will be formally presented to Dunford at a reception in her honor taking place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 22, at St. Timothy Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 4466 Free Pike, Dayton.

“This Andrus Award affirms that we can all work together for positive social change,” said Jane Taylor, state director for AARP Ohio. “AARP has long valued the spirit of volunteerism and the important contributions volunteers make to their communities, neighbors, and the programs they serve.”

Dunford was nominated by her sister, Carolyn Buggs, and selected in part for her distinguished efforts over 13 years to assure that the needs of local nursing care facility residents are met and residents are treated with dignity and respect. She has been actively involved in civic, community, faith-based and fraternal organizations, including Day of Caring (for more than 14 years) and is a reading tutor, a volunteer/sponsor of youth sports, and is supportive of higher education.

A mother and grandmother of three, Dorothy Dunford was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and has resided in Dayton for many years. She has been a care provider for neighbors, friends and family for many years. Recently, she needed to set aside some of her formal volunteer activities to support a family member with terminal illness to ensure the family member’s comfort.

The Andrus Award for Community Service recognizes exceptional AARP members or volunteers in all 50 states who make a difference in their community in a way that is consistent with AARP’s mission, vision, and commitment to volunteer service. Key criteria for selection included: efforts to enhance the lives of others, improve community, and inspire others to volunteer