About 2 years ago I also took on the role of Scheduling Coordinator for the clinic. It’s a pretty detailed job which is my thing. Scheduling is no easy task, but I find it fun and challenging, and I get to work with some of the nicest people around. Yes, I’m talking about attorneys! Attorneys who volunteer their time to help people who just need some legal advice and probably can’t afford to retain their own attorney privately.
About 6 weeks ago I received a voice mail from the woman in charge of the NLC programs. She wanted to know if I would be available on the 20th of November for their volunteer recognition event. Why? Because they wanted to honor me as outstanding scheduling coordinator! What a surprise. Well, shock is more like it.
I try to do the best job I can, sure, but I had no idea anything like this would happen. I certainly don’t do this for accolades. The work is so rewarding by itself especially since the clients are very appreciative and you know you are making a difference in some lives.
As for the event, of course I would be there. The evening was held at Benaroya Hall (Seattle's symphony hall). It started with a reception followed by the awards ceremony. And after that we attended the symphony concert for the evening which included Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet.
One of the first things I did was call my friend Kimber to see if she and Mike would like to come along and enjoy the evening with me and Walter. Lucky for me they said Yes!
The evening was really nice. It was fun to get a little dressed up. We met Kimber and Mike at my office building (next door to the symphony hall) and walked over together. We all wore name tags and since I was receiving an award I got a red rose corsage. Thank you to Kimber for figuring out how to get it attached to my blouse. That was no easy task!
In fact I really want to say thank you to Mike and Kimber for making the evening even more special and certainly more fun than it would have been without them.
Walter and I enjoyed watching the awards ceremony and chatting with them about various topics. When it was my turn to receive the award, Kimber cheered me on (Yay Carm!). She also took some pictures for us.
I participated in a group photo of all the award recipients. We enjoyed some cheese and cookies and drinks and more chatter. And then we went off to the symphony concert.
As you can see from the photo we had pretty good seats. I was very pleasantly surprised as I was afraid we might be at the back of the hall. Not only could we hear well but thanks to Mike and Kimber we had fun picking out some of the more interesting characters in the orchestra. (Imagine a violinist with a beard down to his waist and a cellist with Einstein hair!) At intermission and at the end of the concert we enjoyed more conversation with Mike and Kimber about symphony orchestras and what goes into them. It was a really great way to spend an evening with our friends.
Thanks to the King County Bar Association for sponsoring this special evening. From now on I will plan to attend the annual volunteer recognition events if for nothing else than to support all the other volunteers.
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What a terrific night they gave you! Congratulations on your volunteer achievement!
Thank you Christina! It really was a fun time.
I hope all is well with you!
Carm
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