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FIRST STATE RESOURCE
Success Stories and Awards
Delaware First State RC&D Breaks the Age Barrier
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The week of September 23
through 29 is National Older Workers Week. The Delaware Division of
Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities is honoring
older employees who contribute vital knowledge, skills and abilities to
the workplace. Two of the honorees this year work with Delaware’s First
State Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) and the First
State RC&D Area was also honored. |
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RC&D Emergency Home Repair Program employees, Angel
Watson, Robert H. Grant, Kelly Steed and Christine Stillson, receive
awards from the SCSEP. |
George “Les” Lockerman was honored as “Outstanding Older Worker” of the
year for his work with the Emergency Home Repair Program, an initiative
of the First State RC&D. Robert H. Grant was honored as the oldest
participant of the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).
SCSEP is a program operated by the Delaware Division of Service for
Aging Adults. The SCSEP works through a partnership of employers to help
train and place older community members in the working environment. |
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The First State RC&D Council was recognized as one of three Outstanding
Employers of Older Workers. First State RC&D is a host employer for the
SCSEP and works with the First State Community Action Agency in their
SCSEP program.
The awards were based on nominations submitted by the First State
Community Action Agency, a contract agency working with the Delaware
Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
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Robert H. Grant receives his award for service
from the SCSEP |
First State RC&D Receives Award from DE Earth Team for Age Defying Feats
Delaware’s First State RC&D Council received a Delaware Earth Team Volunteer
award for their contribution toward breaking the age barrier. The First State
RC&D employs and uses more volunteers from our nation’s retired and over 65
community than any other Delaware Earth Team Volunteer partner. This year the
First State RC&D Council helped lead the Delaware Earth Team Volunteer program
in recording the most volunteer hours in Delaware NRCS history. Of the more than
22,000 volunteer hours, the First State RC&D contributed more than 99 percent of
those hours.
First State RC&D Coordinator
Receives Award
The Mid-Atlantic
Resource Conservation and Development Association presented regional
award at its Annual Awards Banquet on September 17. The 2007
award for Outstanding Performance by a Coordinator was
presented to William Bell from the First State RC&D Area.
The Mid-Atlantic
RC&D Association 2007 award
for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Organization was
presented to the Palmer Home Foundation of Dover for its support of
First State RC&D's Emergency Home Repair Project. The Palmer Home
Foundation was nominated by First State RC&D.
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(Left to right) Howard Coffield, President of the Mid-Atlantic
RC&D Association; Sharon Ruggi, President of the National Association of RC&D
Councils; Jack Preston, President of the Pennsylvania Association of RC&D
Councils; and Bill Bell -receiving the 2007 Mid-Atlantic RC&D Association Award
for Outstanding Performance by a Coordinator. |
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