{"id":35539,"date":"2013-04-27T16:20:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T23:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=35539"},"modified":"2013-04-30T21:23:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T04:23:34","slug":"palmdale-salutes-its-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/27\/palmdale-salutes-its-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale salutes its volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Volunteers<\/a>
Volunteers from the Legacy Commons for Active Seniors and Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford pose for a picture Thursday afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 The City of Palmdale has over 200 volunteers on record who devote tens of thousands of hours to different City departments each year.<\/p>\n

Those men and women were honored Thursday afternoon at the City\u2019s annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon held at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s theme is Volunteers are the Pride of Palmdale<\/em>, and it is appropriate,\u201d said Community Programs Supervisor Trish Jones. \u201cThis is a community with a lot of engagement, a lot of involvement, and we are absolutely so proud of the efforts of the number of people who come out and give endless hours of time to our many programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers<\/a>
Volunteers from the City’s Adopt-A-Wall program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About 100 of the City\u2019s 200 volunteers attended Thursday\u2019s luncheon.<\/p>\n

They were recognized for devoting countless hours to various City departments and programs, including the Recreation and Culture Department, Palmdale Playhouse, Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale City Library, South Antelope Valley Emergency Services (SAVES), and Legacy Commons for Active Seniors.<\/p>\n

Volunteers were awarded certificates of recognition from the City of Palmdale and from California Assemblymember Steve Fox, 36th Assembly District.<\/p>\n

\"About<\/a>
About 100 City volunteers attended the appreciation luncheon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe strength that our volunteers bring to our day-to-day programs here in the City of Palmdale makes all the difference in the world. We couldn\u2019t be who we are without you, and we just want to be able to say thanks,\u201d Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford told the volunteers.<\/p>\n

Military veteran James Bryant said he volunteers once a month at Legacy Commons for Active Seniors, and he has done so for the past three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s essential to be able to help people, especially since we\u2019re all seniors,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cI enjoy the opportunity, and as long as they feel that I\u2019m providing a service, I\u2019m happy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshie Jacobs began volunteering with the City\u2019s Adopt-A-Wall program in 2010, and she is also a Neighbor Watch Block Captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take pride in what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Jacobs said. \u201cWhen I wake up in the morning, I want to go out and look at my home with pride that this is my neighborhood. This is where I\u2019m investing my money.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out how to volunteer for the City of Palmdale, contact Volunteer Coordinator Trish Jones at 661-267-5181 or visit http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/pbp\/volunteer.asp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 The City of Palmdale has over 200 volunteers on record who devote tens of thousands of hours to different City departments each year. Those men and women were honored Thursday afternoon at the City\u2019s annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon held at the Larry Chimbole Cultural Center. \u201cThis year\u2019s theme is Volunteers are the Pride […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}