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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021
2021 Women of Achievement Finalists VOLUNTEER
Alyssa Fabik
leader and game director. She lends her talent as a Facebook editor for the church. She also volunteers as digital coordi- nator for Mothers of Preschoolers, where she assists with a digital story every two weeks that appears on Facebook. She also acts in these videos and has mailed activi- ty packets to the MOPS Kids. Since 2004, she has been a timer for over 15 races a year sponsored by the Platte River Fitness Series and also helps with set-up and tear-down. In 2020, she became assistant director of PRFS.
Revolution, she created plaques for Buffalo Bill’s Scout’s Rest Ranch to help tell the stories of the photographs that are being restored there. Fabik took on the project “with no finite number for plaques and has donated the time, materials and la- ser equipment at Bible Supplies,” Gertsch wrote. For the Westfield Business Association, she manages promotion and social media as well as helping at events. At Bethel Church, she has been a Sunday school teacher, Awana helper, story-time
Alyssa Fabik “isn’t a ‘f lash in the pan’ volunteer out for the honor, she just ‘does’ and has the record to back it up for over 17 years,” wrote Marie Gertsch, who nomi- nated her. Fabik is partner and vice president of marketing at Bible Supplies, where she is the head laser art and concept designer and manages advertising and social me- dia. She uses her professional skills in her volunteer work as well. For the Daughters of the American
Michelle Lupomech
amendments and the Bill of Rights. In light of the economic hardships facing many families, Michelle appealed to lo- cal businesses to provide basic supplies for children who do not have pencils, pens, erasers, marking pens, clay and other ma- terials. “I would love to volunteer. Please call me whenever you need help,” were Lupomech’s first words when she met Wendy Dodson, executive director of the North Platte Catholic Schools Endowment- Trust. Dodson added, “Michelle quickly became our go-to volunteer for nearly any task at hand.” Often she feeds the Catholic priests when they gather in North Platte. Moreover, Lupomech performs service with other clubs, societies and organizations such as Rotary.
recognize and honor veterans,” wrote nom- inator Molly O’Holleran. She helped organize and honor POW- MIAs at the America’s 20th Century Veterans Memorial. As a co-chair of DAR Constitution Week, she distributed American f lags, Constitution Week bro- chures, manuals for citizenship and Flag Code leaf lets. She led her committee to ob- tain a proclamation from the mayor to commemorate Constitution Week. Although the pandemic reduced par- ticipation in Wreaths Across America, Lupomech helped organize “Bells Across America” and similar patriotic efforts. In addition, she writes personal cards to mili- tary veterans and active-duty military. Volunteering in schools included putting displays in schools about the Constitution, families, myself included, to receive the as- sistance that was needed at that point in time,” wrote her niece, Mendi McCuiston. Smith worked many years at RDAP, where she was able to make an impact on the lives of those who were in the middle of extreme trauma. She currently works with families that have been split apart by parental actions that led to court involve- ment, and she is establishing a nonprofit Shirlene Smith
Michelle Wickizer Lupomech’s service to the community is ref lected in historical preservation, patriotism and education. The Daughters of the American Revolution, Sioux Lookout Chapter, did ex- tensive historic preservation at the Scout’s Rest Ranch Barn. Lupomech helped clean the barn, hang the historic photos of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, and ar- ranged a Victorian Tea to celebrate Scout’s Rest Ranch at Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park designation as a National Historic Landmark. Lupomech is con- serving and preserving historical and genealogical materials by helping clean the mansion’s historic artifacts and mem- orabilia. “As a veteran herself, Michelle dem- onstrates infinite patriotic energy to
Shirlene Smith has made an impact on many lives in the community through her work with the Rape and Domestic Abuse Program, Salvation Army Jail Ministries and Guardian Light Family Services. She does not hesitate to help those in need and will follow through to ensure the help was received and the needs met. “She has set an example of self lessness, giving and faith that has helped many
organization rescuing horses to rehabil- itate them to, in turn, “rescue lost souls and give them a fresh look on a more posi- tive future,” McCuiston wrote. After spending hours working with families that need guidance, she returns home to work with horses that have been through traumatic situations themselves. She is also a part of the Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska.
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