School retirees recognize Hatfield as volunteer of year
WAYNESBURG – The Greene County Association of School Retirees recognized Janice Hatfield as its Volunteer of the Year at the association’s fall luncheon Thursday at Jefferson Senior Citizens Center.
GCASR is the local chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees, an all-inclusive organization made up all school retirees whether they were employed as teachers, administrators, clerical staff, custodial staff, bus drivers or any others. One of the principle goals of the organization is the encouragement of their members to continue to contribute to their community as volunteers in as many ways as possible.
Hatfield is one who exemplifies that volunteerism beyond just her local community and beyond any expectations. Hatfield founded the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The effort, now 11 years old, serves students in Washington and Fayette Counties as well as her home county of Greene.
The mission of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of Southwestern Pennsylvania continues, “to stimulate, promote and reward creative excellence in the visual arts and in creative writing” to the middle school and high school students of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties.
Earning the Volunteer of the Year Award, Hatfield has given in excess of 500 hours of volunteer time encouraging students to express themselves through art and writing. When presented with the award, Hatfield humbly acknowledged that she continues to do the things she’s always done, help students in school.