Volunteer Recognition

Congratulations to Holiday Baskets Shopping Captains, Anastacia Grenda, Wendy Rees and Kathy Ling! These three were an integral part of the leadership team that made Holiday Baskets such a smooth and successful program for 2022. Cathie Byrd, Holiday Baskets Project Coordinator writes: “I first worked with Wendy and Anastacia for HB21...

From Resale Store Manager Robert Pontier: “As you can imagine, as with many businesses, these last few months have been challenging for us in resale with staffing. Without the volunteers we have working with us in our shops it would have been very difficult. Hilario has been with us a...

Katrina was nominated by both our CEO, John Van Cleef and our Chief Philanthropy Officer, Debbie Murray. In her nomination, Debbie writes: “Katrina Dodson has volunteered at Community Resource Center for over nine years, and started as a volunteer at CRC’s Encinitas resale store. She supports our fundraising efforts, provides...

From Executive Assistant Brianna Duplessis: “Ricka stepped in to help Susan (HR Manager) and me rollout the new employee recognition program on November 1 and we absolutely couldn’t have done it without her. She jumped into the platform and quickly learned the ins and outs of the Recognize software so...

Katrina Dodson has volunteered at Community Resource Center for over nine years, and started as a volunteer at CRC’s Encinitas resale store. She supports our fundraising efforts by making thank you calls to donors to acknowledge their gifts, serves on the Development & Marketing Committee and for our annual Tea...

Siegrid joined the Encinitas Resale Store volunteer team in August and has been an incredible asset since! Robert Pontier, Senior store manager, says: “Siegrid is friendly, welcoming, and extremely outgoing, with great customer service skills. She has been an amazing help to us since she came on board. She signed...

Leah is a volunteer in our Food Pantry and was recently trained to work at our Front Window position, serving clients. Yanira, our Food and Nutrition Manager says, “Leah has happily stepped in with short notice as a substitute volunteer numerous times when needed. We love knowing that we can count...

This post is written by CRC Volunteer Rylee Boyles. My Girl Scout Gold Award Project aims to address the issue of fast fashion in my community and globally. Fast fashion is the mass production of cheap clothing quickly for the public to buy. With so many new trends in the...

Congratulations to Rylee Boyles, August Volunteer of the Month! Rylee is a dedicated, hardworking volunteer and a great example of the power of young people standing up for a cause. Mary Cunningham, her direct supervisor at the San Marcos Resale Store writes: “Rylee is one of our best volunteers! She...

Congratulations to John Hardin, July Volunteer of the Month!  From nominating staff supervisor Heather Johnson: “John Hardin is an excellent volunteer maintenance person who has been volunteering his time and talent in the Domestic Violence program. He always comes to volunteer with a great attitude and is very intuitive and...

Coach: More than just a pretty bag. In the Spring of 2021, Dawn Rodriguez, a manager and Coach Cares Ambassador at the Coach Outlet Store in Carlsbad, reached out to CRC to discuss a possible volunteer opportunity with our Resale Stores. She was particularly interested in using her experience with...

Michelle Russell and Carla Anderson were the behind-the-scenes volunteer technical team for our recent CRC Tea fundraiser event. As members of the CRC Tea Committee, Michelle and Carla donated their Zoom expertise to help make sure the virtual event was a success. They held practice sessions with CRC staff, shared...