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Here at NMCRS we caredeeply about our volun-

teers. When we get an op-portunity to show them howmuch we appreciate themand all they do, we take

advantage. Throughout ourvolunteer week we handedout appreciation bags, gavea complimentary apprecia-

tion breakfast and lunch,held a volunteer luncheon,and bonded on a swampcruise. The bags were cre-

ated by our Hospitality,

Sharice Godfrey, along withhelp from Zanita Hooperand the directors adorable

daughter, Sadie Delvin.The volunteers were

treated to a light breakfastand a delicious sub tray for

lunch. A luncheon was heldto congratulate many of our

volunteers on their signifi-cant milestones and toenjoy a great lunch catered

by Stonewalls. To wrap up

all the festivities we had aswamp tour at Jean La-fittes where many volun-teers showed up with their

families and we enjoyed theexotic wild life of the

bayou . Many memorieswere made and we here at

NMCRS would like to say

thank you to all of our vol-unteers. You all are irre-

placeable and are responsi-

ble for the many successeswe have here. Hats off to

you.

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

Volunteer Voice of ReliefMAY 2011 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Note from the DirectorWelcome to the first edition

of Volunteer Voice of Re-lief!

In the last few months,NOLA NMCRS has seen agreat deal of change andgrowth! Let me begin by

welcoming four of our new-est members; Mr. StevenDaub, Ms. Vanessa Reece,Mrs. Erika Godfrey, and

Ms. Sharice Godfrey. Ste-ven has graciously steppedup to the Thrift Shop Chair-man position, Vanessa took

over as the Thrift Shop

Shift Chairman, Sharicetook over our the Hospital-ity spot, and last (but cer-

tainly not least) Erika is ournew Chairman of Volun-teers! Please take a mo-ment and say hello!

February saw the ThriftStore and its volunteersmoving and settling into theold uniform shop in build-

ing 300; I want to person-ally thank Rosa, Jenn, Sadie

and Devin for their hard

work and selfless efforts!The new shop is spacious

and looks fantastic.

In April we celebrated Na-

tional Volunteer week with

good food, good friends and

a good time! Erika and

Sharice coordinated our Vol-

unteer luncheon, in which we

took a moment to thank our

NMCR Thrift Store, Case-

work, and the Active Duty

Fund Drive volunteers for

their ongoing service. Thiswas also an opportunity to

recognize some milestones

for our dedicated volunteers:

Mrs. Levina Epps 40 0 hr s

Mrs. Debbie Custer 500 hrs

Mrs. Jennifer Luscher 600 hrs

Mr. Jonathan Waters 4000 hrs

April also gave us the oppor-

tunity to get together off-sight and have some fun as a

2,4,6,8, Who Do We Appreciate Note from the COV

Every year NMCRS holds anActive Duty Fund Drive along

with service members to raisemoney. These generous con-tributions are used to help

NMCRS aid Sailors, Marines,

and their families in their

times of need. This year wesurpassed our earnings lastyear and thats something we

all can appreciate. We here at NMCRS would like to givespecial thanks to ET1 Baileyfor conducting the naval par-

ticipation and to SSgt Web forhis part and organizing themarines. Thank you so muchfor all your help and your time

and we really appreciate it.

First let me introduce myself

to you. My name is ErikaGodfrey, from Mobile, Ala-

bama. My husband is regularnavy, so this is our first timeon a reservist base and should

be a learning experience. Ihave four wonderful children,Sharice, James Jr., Aaliyah,and Cayden. I would like to

say thank you to all of thevolunteers for all of your hardwork and dedication. As youall know last month we hon-

ored our volunteers. Breakfastand lunch were given every-

day all week and then we hadour annual luncheon to for-

mally recognize a few spe-cific volunteers. We, again,want to thank our Thrift Shop

volunteers for the great jobthey are doing and to our case-

workers/CSAs, thank you forthe time you put in. Our ser-vice members appreciate the

fact that you are there whenthey need our help. The factthat you are volunteers reallyshows them that you care

about them. Keep up the goodwork guys.Erika Godfrey

A Great Cause

Bayou Cruising

group! This year we boarded

a boat and braved theswamps of NAwlins duringa Swamp Tour down in La-fitte, LA!!

May is here already and it isturning out to be a busymonth! Dont forget the basewill be hosting the 2011

NAwlins Air Show on May6 -7, 2011; it should be anamazing event!! Our AreaTrainer, Mrs. Nanci Pruter

will be here 0914 May2011. Nanci will be holding

training for all our volun-teers, the schedule will be

put out on the 9th. There aremany other happenings socheck out the calendar!

Thank you again for all you

do and bring to the Society!

Our volunteers are the keys

to the success of the New

Orleans office, BRAVO

ZULU! -Jennifer Devlin

Nothing says Nawlins

quite like gators, bayous, andCajun accents. Put them alltogether and you get a won-derful morning on the beauti-ful canals of Lafitte, LA!

We were guided by the col-orful Captain Joe around allsorts of bends and turnthrough a complex canal

bayou system. We saw avariety of turtles, long-legged birds, and quite a fewgators, although we didn't

see any of the monster sizedgators, the quantity definitely

made up for that. The tourwas very delightful and had a

great comic entertainment,thanks to Capt. Joe. Thanksto all of our volunteers and

family members who cameout for a great time of much

needed rest and relaxation.

By: Sharice Godfrey, Hospitality

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Show the Love...The reason I love vol-

unteering is because Iget to help out thecommunity and meet in-teresting people -Levenia Sadie Epps

Volunteering is an act

of heroism on a grandscale. And it mattersprofoundly. It doesmore than help peoplebeat the odds; itchanges the odds. -Bill Clinton

VOLUNTEER SPOT-LIGHT

Rosa Sylvestre

Thrift Store

Mrs. Rosa has been gra-ciously volunteering forNMCRS since 2005 and saysthat its her way of helping

the service. She is a mother

of three and has six grand-children. The success andgrowth of the thrift store issomething Rosa finds a lotof pride in. She advises that we all should go for what

[we] want and don't wastetime on shouldve , would've ,

could've. On behalf of

NMCRS, I would like to saycongratulations on a job

well done and keep up thegood work.

Did you knowA study at University ofMichigan show that peo-ple who don't volunteerdied earlier than those

who volunteer at leastonce a week. Volunteer-ing can also boost yourself-confidence, self-respect, and give you asense of accomplishment.

NMCRS Volunteers aremen and women, militaryand civilian, retired andactive duty, officers andenlisted, and their fami-lies. Maybe even YOU!!!

May 2011