Good things

Random Acts of Kindness


College
1960’s International students/innercity kids to farm

1970’s Foster kids (age 18 months to 16 yrs)
1973 Started Blue Earth Area branch of AAUW

1974 GED tutoring (neighbor needed it, set up classes)
1975 ESL for Vietnamese refugee families in BE

Concerned Citizens for Refugees Community thanksgiving

1976 County Bicentennial committee; editor of Faribault Co. Panorama 5000 copies printed of 300 pp book; signed by Gov. Perpich
Started Town and Country Players w/6 others

1980 Sr Citizen Transportation Board for 2yrs (6000 miles driven)

1981 Trong and Huong (14&19) arrive from HK refugee camp)

1983-86 Semi Independent Living Skills program for 6 Mentally Retarded adults 24/7 w/another supervisor

1986 Faribault Co ABE consortium started w/help from State Dept of Ed

1986-1999 Training Facilitator w/Literacy Training Network of UST
1986-2000 Conferences, seminars, workshops (Atlanta,New Orleans, Louisville,St Louis, SanDiego

1987 Speech coach—assistant, full and shared later w/Nancy Willette

1988 Worked with Miss Blue Earth and Miss Minnesota pageants

1989 Studied Adult Literacy in New Zealand and Puerto Rico for International Literacy Year

19990-96 yearbook advisor Jr/Sr High to 94; BEAHS 93-96
1. Journalism trips to KS plant and conferences

1996 Appointed to Blue Earth Community Library board (til 2005)


1997 2005 Interfaith Caregivers (office volunteer:, fundraising, driving
12000 miles + MA driving