Every day, the Red Cross relies on volunteers to achieve its mission, and day-in and day-out, Melissa “Missy” Hall goes above and beyond to make sure that mission is fulfilled.
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| Missy (second from right) receiving the Volunteer of the Year award |
In the past year, Missy has logged more than 470 volunteer hours, responded to more than 45 home fires and served on 3 disaster deployments. She has never wavered in her willingness to respond to the call of action, and for these reasons we are proud to announce her as a recipient of this year’s regional Volunteer of the Year award.
Missy showed exemplary support to the Red Cross mission when she was deployed to the flood response in central and eastern Kentucky this spring. She initially assisted the response by conducting damage assessments in impacted communities, and was then asked, despite having no logistics or supply training, to continue her deployment as the Supply and Procurement Manager. Missy quickly took the required training and coordinated with the outgoing manager to get on-the-job training before successfully taking on the role. She also agreed to continue assisting the response until it ended – for a total deployment of one month.
In addition, after spending a 12-hour day doing damage assessment for this response, Missy received a call on her way home one evening regarding a multi-family fire. Without hesitation, Missy drove to the fire scene to assist the impacted residents.
Missy consistently puts the mission of the Red Cross at the forefront. She truly displays a superior commitment and responsibility towards mission and the needs of the people we assist. Missy is an amazing Red Crosser with a true servant’s heart and we are proud to support her nomination!
way to go Missy .. well done and well deserved <3
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