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KARSP
Volunteerism
Kansas Association of Retired School Personnel
is populated with some of the best people in
Kansas. Certainly the best volunteers. Our
members are crucial to the greater good of Kansas
citizens. You can find us in churches, at church
camps, libraries, hospitals, schools, assisted
living and care homes, senior centers, food
pantries, historical societies, museums, art
councils, colleges, fine arts activities, service
organizations, lobbying and taking political
action, helping in prisons, at domestic violence
centers, raising funds to fight human trafficking,
soup kitchens & food banks, in foreign and domestic
mission fields, animal shelters, assistance &
service leagues, senior centers, donating huge
amounts of volunteer time.
Our people volunteer in a wide range of civic and
humanitarian organizations. Examples of the places
we give time and effort are: Youth for Christ,
Children's Christian Concern Society, Gideon
International, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity,
Meals on Wheels, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H,
Helping International Students organization, Red
Cross, Relay for Life, Cancer Society, Arthritis
Society, Heartland Kidney Network, Heart of American
Hospice, American Legion, Lions Club, Kiwanis,
Sertoma, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chamber of Commerce,
ARC, Rotary, Altrusa, AARP/NRTA, Head Start, Big
Brothers/Big Sisters, Reading is Fundamental,
Masonic Lodge, Shrine Club, Harvey Girls Re-enactors
Guild, Pioneer Camp, VanGoArts, Pink Ladies, RSVP,
Peace Connection, Kanza Prairie and other nature
stewardship sites.
Some other things KARSP and local unit members were
involved in this year are: distributing thousands
of dollars of scholarship money to students, still
working at helping rebuild Greensburg working with
seniors on tax preparation, looking after the
spiritual needs of our young people, having
fund-raising musical benefits and golf tournaments,
ringing bells at Christmas, providing Christmas
gifts for needy families, collecting box-tops and
soup labels for schools, collecting toothbrushes,
hats and mittens to distribute to kids, providing
animal shelters with supplies, donating stuffed
animals for children at crisis centers, giving
blood, making hand-made cards to send to shut-ins,
helping with funeral arrangements, greeting weary
travelers with a smile at an Amtrak station, helping
students prepare for getting a GED, home guards for
military funerals, knitting afghans for cancer
patients, lobbying legislators for healthcare and a
COLA, making wooden dolls cradles and horses for
Christmas gifts for needy children, recording
printed material for blind and sight-impaired at
Audio-Reader, helping with senior and youth spelling
bees, judging science fair projects, teaching square
dancing at senior centers to facilitate movement,
tutoring foreign students in English, giving blood,
taking treats or gifts to teachers still working in
the field, helping with things like living history
lessons and reenacting The Harvey Girls, or the
River City Reading Festival in Lawrence.
And as if that weren’t enough. Many of our awesome
volunteers continue to give of themselves through
personal hardships, family and health issues.
Volunteering makes us feel connected to our
community, helps us stay active and alert, and
provides a sense of accomplishment. That makes
for a win-win proposition for everyone.
Lynda Wheeler, KARSP Community Service
Kansas Association of Retired School Personnel
515 Kansas Ave., Ste 201.
Topeka, KS 66603-3415
Phone: 785-232-8788
K.A.R.S.P@hotmail.com
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