 Florence Rozeff has been part of the volunteer team at RMHC for 6 years; she has donated a total of 208 hours.
Florence has been an active volunteer throughout her life. When residing in Hawaii Florence started her volunteer steps with the Boy Scouts as a Den Mother. With her children in school, she actively participated with PTA, as an officer. She became a support for students thru the HOSTS program, which helps students improve their reading skills.
Florence started as a volunteer with RMHC thru a fellow volunteer, Shirley Snavely, who asked Florence if she would like to volunteer. Volunteering at the office she also has become an active volunteer at the VBMC Family Room-Harlingen. Florence feels she is able to contribute her time and talents to our organization. |
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Yosene Hammond has been part of the RMHC volunteer team for about a year; she has donated a total of 192 hours.
Yosene read an article about needing volunteers at RMHC. She started by donating pillow cases, and stuffed toys she makes. Yosene was given the opportunity to attend orientation for the VBMC-Family Room. She has also assisted in the office and is always available to be our HERO for last minute needs.
Yosene was a church secretary for 10 years and Sunday school teacher. She enjoys people, and is an avid listener to those who open up and share their stories. Yosene feels she is able to contribute to the families who she sees at the Family Room. Making a difference in people’s journey thru life is what she feels is most rewarding.
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Ray Anzaldua has been part of the RMHC volunteer team for about two years; he has donated a total of 427 hours.
After retiring he found lots of free time and decided to volunteer. Ray assisted at as a shuttle driver for a tournament at Palm Valley. At the event he met Shirley Robinson who told him about Ronald McDonald House Charities. He decided it would be a good way to use his free time.
Ray enjoys the appreciation he gets from those he has helped. He believes in the saying It is more blessed to give than to receive. Ray’s experience as a volunteer has given him the opportunity to do for others and get much more in return. He feels blessed to be able to bless others. “I am honored and humbled by this award. I thank you, the Staff at RMHC-RGV, for giving me this opportunity to serve my community.”
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Reger found she enjoys making a difference in people's lives
By ED ASHER
 Gayle Reger studied to be a teacher, but she found her life taking a different direction after she volunteered to work with Girl Scouts in the mid 1980s.
That’s when her career working with nonprofit organizations began.
“I really got involved in Girl Scouting doing some volunteer work and I decided that was my thing; that was what I wanted to do,” Reger said. “So instead of teaching, I decided to stay with Girl Scouts.”
The Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas offered her a job and she ended up serving 20 years as a program director.
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Ronald McDonald volunteer has helped for more than 10 years
By ED ASHER
 Shirley Snavely worked with families and children as a teacher and guidance counselor for more than 30 years.
She didn’t stop when she retired from the Harlingen school district in 2003.
A few years before retirement, a friend told her about Ronald McDonald House.
“I wanted some way to volunteer and be helpful to the community. I talked to a friend who was involved with Ronald McDonald House and thought I would like it,” Snavely said.
She has been a volunteer now “for at least 10 years.”
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Ronald McDonald House helps family overcome hardship
By ED ASHER
 When Joseph Alaniz’s 2-month-old daughter became sick and had to be placed in intensive care in a Harlingen hospital, he wasn’t sure how he was going to manage his family of six in Brownsville and still be by his baby’s side.
But no matter what it took, he was going to find a way.
“Because when your child is sick, you have to be there. There are no other options,” Alaniz said. “You have to find a way.
“I might have sold the car or something else from the house so we could stay in a motel.”
Alaniz didn’t have to sell anything because of the Ronald McDonald House in Harlingen.
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Grand Opening of the Family Room at Valley Baptist Medical Center
Left to Right:
Tiffany Kennedy (Board Member), Linda Burke (Board Member), Gayle Reger (Executive Director), Sandra Flinn (Board Member), Quita Wittenbach (Board Chair), Kimberly Morales (Board Member), Cary Montalvo (Board Member), Frank Acevedo (Board Member), Jim Simmons (Board Member), Albert Reyna (Board Member)
Front: Ronald McDonald |
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