Kathy Schneider

Kathy Schneider

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Volunteer of the Month

This month's Volunteer of the Month is Kathy Schneider of the Denver area. Just like the regions in where you live, the city of Denver has more than a dozen hospitals regularly requesting NILMDTS services.  As Denver is where NILMDTS started, our "reach and frequency" is quite large; and our need for help is great.  In addition to the NILMDTS volunteer network in Colorado needing assistance, so too, does our headquarters office, and Kathy Schneider is a superstar helping our staff each week.

We are truly blessed and honored to have her as part of this organization.

Kathy and her husband David did not know about NILMDTS until they read an article in the Rocky Mountain News nearly one year ago in September of 2007. You see, it was exactly six years prior that Kathy gave birth to their first child, Isabelle, on that fateful day of September 11th, 2001. Isabelle did not survive an umbilical cord accident, and while the world was in disbelief at the terrorist attacks, the Schneiders were in mourning having just lost their daughter at the same moment in time that one of the planes slammed into the World Trade Center.

Now, seven years later, Kathy finds time while raising her two small boys, Matthew and Andrew, to take on Area Coordinator duties for the Denver area, help at the office, and participate on the Forum. When the call goes out for a volunteer, the staff at NILMDTS knows that they can count on Kathy, no matter how unexciting and administrative the task may be. Her tireless work for the organization is a true inspiration.

In her spare time, Kathy enjoys quilting and going to the pool with her boys and volunteering her time with many other causes. She is also a former pediatric dietitian at PSL, and her empathy and caring reflect her understanding of both sides of loss.

Congratulations, Kathy!

Thank you!