their case for the Lee County Council on Aging. Caroline Costello, Jonathan Rivera, Isabel Lindenmeyer have each volunteered time working at the LCCOA. It takes many volunteers to make this a success and these students vol- unteered to help. The LCCOA provides education, recreation, wellness, financial counseling, Medicare counsel- ing, information on financial assistance that seniors might not be aware of and much more to residents of the county over age 50. Game days and exercise classes are held at the LCCOA as well as a Senior Prom. One of the goals of this group, with the funds awarded, is to help the LCCOA purchase amplification phones for use of the senior citizens and provide additional activities for the seniors. A large number of Crest Foods employees were present to listen to these groups and then tasked with the diffi- cult job of making a decision on awarding the funds. It took some deliberation and voting to award the three levels of grants. Jeff Meiners told the group “We can tell all three groups worked very hard and we liked your knowledge of your subject and level of involvement. So based on presentation and involvement, we will award Rochelle Township High School $2,500; Dixon High School $1,500 and Ashton-Franklin Center $1,000.” Again, Crest Foods would like to thank each of these groups for their involvement in our program. Everyone walks away a winner when funds can be given to something you have a passion for. We encourage young and old alike to try volunteering. You might just find you enjoy it! Ashton Celebration Parade Celebrating EMT’s & First Responders at Crest Foods Crest Foods participated in the Ashton Celebration Parade on Sunday, June 11th. The theme was “Celebrating Heroes” and we chose to feature our employees who are volunteer EMT’s and First Responders at Crest Foods! We have 15 employees who currently fill this role for us, and we appreciate their commitment to helping our employees whenever they are needed. These employees are: Matt Richardson (EMT), Brian Schafer (EMT), Ben Yates (EMT), Dean Rhodes (EMT), Randy Reuter (First Responder), Alfonzo Alvarado (First Responder), Cat Larson (First Re- sponder), Justin Guenther (First Responder), David Henrikson (First Responder), Ben Nelson (First Responder), Stina Kanaris (First Responder), Dakota Olalde (First Responder), Jesse Morris (First Responder), Marc Smith (First Responder) and Stephanie Eich (First Responder) A special thanks goes to those who came out to walk and throw candy in the parade on a 90 degree afternoon! This group was the proud recepient of the Grand Marshal’s Award!
Jesse Morris, Stephanie Eich, Alfonzo Alvarado, Randy Reuter, Ben Nelson, Matt, Courtney & Jordan Richardson represented for the EMT & First Responder group.
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