Carrie LaFollette
Carrie LaFollette
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Volunteer of the Month
December 2008
At NILMDTS headquarters, we are often familiar with the names that are submitted for volunteer of the month (VOM). That was definitely the case with this month's honoree as our leadership team selected Carrie LaFollette as VOM. As though her plate is not full enough at home in the Oklahoma City area as a professional photographer and a NILMDTS Area Coordinator, Carrie regularly offers to help with organization wide duties, including the recent task of organizing all of the music donated to NILMDTS and making it available for photographers to use for this work.
Today, Carrie could use a return favor, and we are sending her as much good energy as we can following her recent diagnosis of colon cancer. Carrie is putting her professional and volunteer work on a temporary hold as she focuses on her health. She is scheduled to undergo surgery this week. As Carrie is a strong person and always thinking positively, we expect her strength to help her through this battle. We have benefited first hand at headquarters from Carrie's willingness to work hard and pitch in when others need help.
In light of Carrie's recent diagnosis, she has notified us she only plans to take off the amount of time absolutely necessary before she returns to help her Co-Area Coordinator, Christy Goodger, and their team in the OKC region.
Congratulations, Carrie, you are clearly due this honor!
A huge thank you to all of our wonderful Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Volunteers!
The Process for choosing the Volunteer of the Month
The Co-Founders select the Volunteer of the Month by considering many deciding factors including -- Nominations from families, hospitals and fellow photographers
- The nominee’s established leadership in their community
- And their hard work following the necessary guidelines within NILMDTS including completion and logging of consent forms.
Nominations should be e-mailed to headquarters@nilmdts.org with the subject line of "VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH NOMINATION". The Headquarters Office will accept nominations at any time throughout the month.
Each NILMDTS Volunteer of the Month receives a congratulatory plaque which can be proudly displayed in their studios as well as a profile here throughout the month of their award.
This is a wonderful way for us here at NILMDTS to recognize the outstanding achievements and the giving nature of ourvolunteer base.
Thank you to each and every one of you!