Volunteers from the Machinists Volunteer Program performed 10,529.5 hours of community service around Puget Sound in 2012, Machinists Union District Lodge 751 announced.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The union will honor its top volunteers at an awards banquet at 5 p.m. April 20 at its Seattle Union Hall, 9125 15th Place S.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The list of the MVP’s projects in 2012 included:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0A series of fundraisers \u2013 including an event in Kent — that brought in a record $299,000 for Guide Dogs of America.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Building seven wheelchair ramps for families in Auburn, Graham, Kent, Shoreline, Stanwood and the Seattle neighborhoods of South Park and West Seattle, plus installing safety railing at a home in Bothell.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Support for community service agencies including Northwest Harvest in Kent, the Salvation Army of White Center and Toys for Tots in Everett.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Participation in the annual Letter Carriers Food Drive in Snohomish County.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Taking part in two outreach events to provide services to homeless people \u2013 the Community Resource Exchange in Seattle and Project Homeless Connect in Tacoma.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Regularly preparing and serving weekend meals to homeless people at the Everett Gospel Mission and The Rescue Mission in Tacoma.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Two Adopt-a-Road clean-up sites, one in Everett and one in Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
MVPs also spearheaded an effort that collected 552 jars of peanut butter \u2013 part of nearly 2 tons of peanut butter collected by the Pierce County Central Labor Council in 2012 to benefit food banks countywide.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Machinists Volunteer Program was established in 1997 by the late Bill Johnson, when he was District 751’s president. Johnson died March 5.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Bill was very proud of what the MVPs had become and of all the things they do to help others,” said Ed Lutgen, a current District 751 staff member who was the first MVP Committee chairman. “He had a vision for what the committee could be, but I think even he was surprised at how much it has grown.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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