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AARP Foundation Honors 190 Experience Corps Tutors With the President’s Volunteer Service Award

Experience Corps tutors from six states are receiving the United States’ top award for volunteer service. These exceptional volunteers helped K-3 students improve their reading skills during the 2022–2023 school year.


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AARP Foundation has announced that it is honoring 190 Experience Corps tutors with the 2024 President's Volunteer Service Award.

Established in 2003 by President George W. Bush’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, the nation’s top civil award is bestowed annually by the president of the United States. It is led by AmeriCorps and managed in partnership with Points of Light. The Foundation became an official sponsor of the award in 2023.

AARP Foundation’s 2024 honorees are Experience Corps volunteers from six states who work with seven community-based program partners. In total, awardees contributed more than 30,000 hours during the 2022–2023 school year — an amount worth nearly $1 million in tutoring services, based on the national value of a volunteer service hour.

“Experience Corps volunteers represent the best of us, showing up week after week to help children become better readers and put them on a path for a better life,” said AARP Foundation President Claire Casey. “And I know from talking to our volunteers that they get back as much as they give.”

The announcement coincides with National Volunteer Month, an annual event. Every April, governments, nonprofits, and companies across the country celebrate the difference that volunteers make in their communities; share stories of those who are doing good; and inspire more people to get involved.

To join the celebration, follow AARP Foundation on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn. You can also add to the conversation by sharing pictures and stories on X using #NVM, #NVW and #PVSA.

Read the full list of 2024 awardees below.

Lifetime Achievement Award

For individuals who have contributed more than 4,000 hours of volunteer service over their lifetime. There are six lifetime achievement awardees in 2024.

Name                                Hours            Location

Rahiel Bernard                  6,856            Boston

Patricia Larts                      5,725            Boston

Shirley Royster                  4,549            Boston

Dianne Thompson             5,812            Boston

Josephine Watson              5,057            Boston

William Wolff                      10,934          Boston

 

Annual Gold Award

For individuals who have contributed more than 500 hours of unpaid acts of volunteer service during the award year. There is one annual gold awardee in 2024.

Name                                Hours            Location

Sandra J Ross                  502               Pinal County

 

Annual Silver Award

For individuals who have contributed between 250 and 499 hours of unpaid acts of volunteer service during the award year. There are 26 annual silver awardees in 2024. Eight awardees have asked to remain unnamed.

Name                                Hours            Location

David Baenen                    267               Pinal County

Martine Beachboard         299               Pinal County

LeRoy Bitters                    483               Pinal County

Melinda Bray                      325               Pinal County

Robert Croll                       277               Pinal County

Kathryn Cronin                  272               Pinal County

Joyce Gerdes                    303               Pinal County

Roslyn Graham                 258               Pinal County

Anna Guerra                     451               Pinal County

Loren E Hall                       255               Pinal County

Dyani Juarez                      475               Pinal County

Christa Landas                  336               Pinal County

Joseph L Pazier                292               Pinal County

Mary Peoples                    376               Pinal County

Barbara Evans Seabolt      430               Pinal County

Lee Seabolt                       429               Pinal County

Kerry Stengel                    427               Pinal County

Glenda Wenger                 298               Pinal County

 

Annual Bronze Award

For individuals who have contributed between 100 and 249 hours of unpaid acts of volunteer service during the award year. There are 157 annual bronze awardees in 2024. Six awardees have asked to remain unnamed.

Name                                Hours            Location

Janet Albright                    107               Phoenix

Janell Alewyn                    126               Pinal County

Karima Amin                     136               Buffalo

Ruth Andrews                    109               Boston

Joanne Backlund               203               Twin Cities

Sue Bacon                         114               Pinal County

Dale Bauer                        128               Buffalo

Pat Becker                        120               Bay Area

Susan Beich                      112               Buffalo

Joan Berk                          128               Boston

David Binder                      106               Boston

Susan Bisaillon                  182               Boston

Therese Bojanowski           105               Buffalo

Gail Bolte                           124               Boston

Melissa Bolz                      110               Buffalo

Eric Bradlee                       102               Boston

Ben Brown                         126               Bay Area

Shirley A Brox                   146               Central Georgia

Sharon Buckwald              162               Buffalo

Colleen Marie Burns          120               Buffalo

Robert Calder                    171               Boston

Johanna Calvert                164               Buffalo

Rick Carbone                    111               Phoenix

Janet Chassman               104               Buffalo

Ann Clark                           120               Buffalo

Sandra Costantino             115               Phoenix

Pamela Cuddihy                129               Buffalo

Patrick Cullen                    172               Twin Cities

Doug Davis                        130               Phoenix

Emmy Davis                      130               Phoenix

Deborah A Deacon            117               Buffalo

Paul Denning                     112               Buffalo

Rosemarie DeRosa           235               Boston

Peggy DiCori                      110               Boston

Patricia Dietrich                 131               Buffalo

Lucille DiFiglia                   115               Buffalo

Kim Dorney                        123               Phoenix

Jane Driscoll                      185               Boston

Patty Dusard                      127               Phoenix

Mary Ellen Eagan              124               Boston

Jennifer D Eaglesham        132               Boston

Chuck Emmert                  102               Phoenix

Suzanne Federspiel           103               Boston

Blanca Figueroa                109               Bay Area

Martin Fishkin                    215               Boston

John Fitzharris                  122               Phoenix

Estelle Goodell                  103               Phoenix

Janet Goodsell                  176               Buffalo

Kathleen Gotschall            107               Phoenix

Barbara Griggs                  146               Central Georgia

Patricia J Gunderson         225               Twin Cities

John Gunderson                130               Twin Cities

Claudia Hardin                  103               Bay Area

Sharon Harper                   108               Boston

Karen Henry                      116               Boston

Judith Holm                        107               Bay Area

Ann Hunt                           142               Boston

Stacey Isles-Brako            118               Boston

Jill Jackson                       216               Twin Cities

Donna Jackson                 126               Phoenix

Nan Jeannero                    102               Phoenix

Mark Jibilian                       118               Phoenix

Jeffrey N Johnson             127               Buffalo

Alice Joseffer                    192               Buffalo

Julie Borgerding July         136               Twin Cities

Eugene F Kaderbeck         114               Buffalo

Dorothea Keeling               146               Boston

Nancy Kenny                     102               Buffalo

Donna Vande Kieft            148               Pinal County

Kristina Kliber                    150               Twin Cities

John Kohring                     112               Twin Cities

Janet M Kosloski               102               Buffalo

Elizabeth D Kraft               116               Boston

Elizabeth Kyger                 147               Buffalo

Susan C Lichtblau             102               Buffalo

Norman Littler                   111               Phoenix

Kathy Littler                        105               Phoenix

Marilyn Lopez                    148               Twin Cities

Leon Luey                          100               Bay Area

Norina Malachowski           128               Buffalo

Moira Maloney                   142               Buffalo

Susan Maltz                      136               Boston

Mary K Martin                    125               Buffalo

Marilyn McGrath                122               Phoenix

Peri Levin Mckenna           147               Boston

Cynthia H McManus          181               Boston

Noel McNany                    171               Pinal County

Ron La Mee                      108               Phoenix

Irene Y Melson                  130               Buffalo

Shelia Merriweather           154               Central Georgia

Carmen Miller                    130               Phoenix

Hank Miller                         115               Bay Area

Warren Moe                      152               Twin Cities

Janice Mueller                   122               Buffalo

Charles J Mueller              121               Buffalo

Joan Murray                      134               Buffalo

Chester Napikoski             140               Phoenix

James Navran                   120               Phoenix

Bunnise Neenos                110               Buffalo

Deborah Nelson                122               Phoenix

Tom Newland                    155               Bay Area

Alan W Nichols                  186               Pinal County

Ruth Nicolai                       151               Twin Cities

Joan Nolan                        128               Phoenix

Diane R Norby                   112               Boston

Kathleen O'Dea-Kelly         149               Boston

Marilyn Kay Patterson        117               Buffalo

Tom Peer                           106               Phoenix

Diane Pfeifer                      178               Buffalo

Judith Phillips                    106               Twin Cities

Gordon A Pleuthner           160               Buffalo

Bonnie Pleuthner               130               Buffalo

Margaret Popiolkowski       123               Buffalo

Yvonne Quinama               117               Boston

Rebecca Rabideau            129               Buffalo

Leila Redding                    102               Central Georgia

Linda Ribnik                       102               Phoenix

Donna Robblee                 137               Bay Area

Beth Rubenstein                114               Boston

Kathleen Ryan                  136               Buffalo

Anne S Ryan                     123               Buffalo

David Sancic                      187               Pinal County

Theresa Ann Scrivani         143               Buffalo

Sabra Shoemake               164               Bay Area

Barbara Simonetti              108               Boston

Claire Sinay                       122               Phoenix

Burnell Singleton               178               Boston

Donald C Sipes                 102               Buffalo

Iris Skoog                          143               Buffalo

Jerry Stabley                      156               Pinal County

Annette Stephens              115               Central Georgia

Janet Stewart                    136               Boston

Sheila Stewart                   126               Boston

Carol Stotko                       112               Phoenix

Nancy M Sullivan               120               Boston

Barbara Sundust               131               Pinal County

Alison Switzer                   110               Buffalo

Donna Tarbania                108               Buffalo

John Taska                        125               Phoenix

Mary-Ellen Thurm              105               Boston

Fredda Tice                       101               Boston

Donna Tilles                       152               Boston

Jean Marie Tobin              133               Pinal County

Patrick Totty                      120               Bay Area

Jennifer Tritto                    171               Buffalo

Nan Vroman                      103               Buffalo

John N Walsh                    118               Buffalo

Rosemary R Walton           151               Boston

Penny M Whipple              160               Pinal County

Todd Wiedenmayer           124               Bay Area

William Wolff                     131               Boston

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Shirley A Brox                   146               Central Georgia

Sharon Buckwald              162               Buffalo

Colleen Marie Burns          120               Buffalo

Robert Calder                    171               Boston

Johanna Calvert                164               Buffalo

Rick Carbone                    111               Phoenix

Janet Chassman               104               Buffalo

Ann Clark                           120               Buffalo

Sandra Costantino             115               Phoenix

Pamela Cuddihy                129               Buffalo

Patrick Cullen                    172               Twin Cities

Doug Davis                        130               Phoenix

Emmy Davis                      130               Phoenix

Deborah A Deacon            117               Buffalo

Paul Denning                     112               Buffalo

Rosemarie DeRosa           235               Boston

Peggy DiCori                      110               Boston

Patricia Dietrich                 131               Buffalo

Lucille DiFiglia                   115               Buffalo

Kim Dorney                        123               Phoenix

Jane Driscoll                      185               Boston

Patty Dusard                      127               Phoenix

Mary Ellen Eagan              124               Boston

Jennifer D Eaglesham        132               Boston

Chuck Emmert                  102               Phoenix

Suzanne Federspiel           103               Boston

Blanca Figueroa                109               Bay Area

Martin Fishkin                    215               Boston

John Fitzharris                  122               Phoenix

Estelle Goodell                  103               Phoenix

Janet Goodsell                  176               Buffalo

Kathleen Gotschall            107               Phoenix

Barbara Griggs                  146               Central Georgia

Patricia J Gunderson         225               Twin Cities

John Gunderson                130               Twin Cities

Claudia Hardin                  103               Bay Area

Sharon Harper                   108               Boston

Karen Henry                      116               Boston

Judith Holm                        107               Bay Area

Ann Hunt                           142               Boston

Stacey Isles-Brako            118               Boston

Jill Jackson                       216               Twin Cities

Donna Jackson                 126               Phoenix

Nan Jeannero                    102               Phoenix

Mark Jibilian                       118               Phoenix

Jeffrey N Johnson             127               Buffalo

Alice Joseffer                    192               Buffalo

Julie Borgerding July         136               Twin Cities

Eugene F Kaderbeck         114               Buffalo

Dorothea Keeling               146               Boston

Nancy Kenny                     102               Buffalo

Donna Vande Kieft            148               Pinal County

Kristina Kliber                    150               Twin Cities

John Kohring                     112               Twin Cities

Janet M Kosloski               102               Buffalo

Elizabeth D Kraft               116               Boston

Elizabeth Kyger                 147               Buffalo

Susan C Lichtblau             102               Buffalo

Norman Littler                   111               Phoenix

Kathy Littler                        105               Phoenix

Marilyn Lopez                    148               Twin Cities

Leon Luey                          100               Bay Area

Norina Malachowski           128               Buffalo

Moira Maloney                   142               Buffalo

Susan Maltz                      136               Boston

Mary K Martin                    125               Buffalo

Marilyn McGrath                122               Phoenix

Peri Levin Mckenna           147               Boston

Cynthia H McManus          181               Boston

Noel McNany                    171               Pinal County

Ron La Mee                      108               Phoenix

Irene Y Melson                  130               Buffalo

Shelia Merriweather           154               Central Georgia

Carmen Miller                    130               Phoenix

Hank Miller                         115               Bay Area

Warren Moe                      152               Twin Cities

Janice Mueller                   122               Buffalo

Charles J Mueller              121               Buffalo

Joan Murray                      134               Buffalo

Chester Napikoski             140               Phoenix

James Navran                   120               Phoenix

Bunnise Neenos                110               Buffalo

Deborah Nelson                122               Phoenix

Tom Newland                    155               Bay Area

Alan W Nichols                  186               Pinal County

Ruth Nicolai                       151               Twin Cities

Joan Nolan                        128               Phoenix

Diane R Norby                   112               Boston

Kathleen O'Dea-Kelly         149               Boston

Marilyn Kay Patterson        117               Buffalo

Tom Peer                           106               Phoenix

Diane Pfeifer                      178               Buffalo

Judith Phillips                    106               Twin Cities

Gordon A Pleuthner           160               Buffalo

Bonnie Pleuthner               130               Buffalo

Margaret Popiolkowski       123               Buffalo

Yvonne Quinama               117               Boston

Rebecca Rabideau            129               Buffalo

Leila Redding                    102               Central Georgia

Linda Ribnik                       102               Phoenix

Donna Robblee                 137               Bay Area

Beth Rubenstein                114               Boston

Kathleen Ryan                  136               Buffalo

Anne S Ryan                     123               Buffalo

David Sancic                      187               Pinal County

Theresa Ann Scrivani         143               Buffalo

Sabra Shoemake               164               Bay Area

Barbara Simonetti              108               Boston

Claire Sinay                       122               Phoenix

Burnell Singleton               178               Boston

Donald C Sipes                 102               Buffalo

Iris Skoog                          143               Buffalo

Jerry Stabley                      156               Pinal County

Annette Stephens              115               Central Georgia

Janet Stewart                    136               Boston

Sheila Stewart                   126               Boston

Carol Stotko                       112               Phoenix

Nancy M Sullivan               120               Boston

Barbara Sundust               131               Pinal County

Alison Switzer                   110               Buffalo

Donna Tarbania                108               Buffalo

John Taska                        125               Phoenix

Mary-Ellen Thurm              105               Boston

Fredda Tice                       101               Boston

Donna Tilles                       152               Boston

Jean Marie Tobin              133               Pinal County

Patrick Totty                      120               Bay Area

Jennifer Tritto                    171               Buffalo

Nan Vroman                      103               Buffalo

John N Walsh                    118               Buffalo

Rosemary R Walton           151               Boston

Penny M Whipple              160               Pinal County

Todd Wiedenmayer           124               Bay Area

William Wolff                     131               Boston

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