May 2014


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Dominion Celebrates 30-Year Legacy of Volunteers Serving Neighbors, Improving Communities


Honoring 30 individuals and group initiatives as 2013 Volunteers of the Year Celebrating 30-year anniversary of corporate volunteer program Donating $30,000 on behalf of honorees’ charities


Lola Ausby - Photo courtesy of Roanoke Salem Missionary Church


Joann Ball


RICHMOND, Va. – Thirty years of growth, goodwill and giving to neighbors will be celebrated this month as Dominion marks the anniversary of its corporate volunteer program. The company will pay special tribute to 30 current individual or group volunteer initiatives during its 30th Anniversary Volunteer of the Year Celebration.


“Over the span of three decades, Dominion volunteers have established an extraordinary legacy of helping those in need – working one-on-one or in teams to brighten the lives of schoolchildren, the elderly and the poor,” said Thomas F. Farrell II, chairman,


president


executive officer. “In some cases, projects


that were intended Maryland,


and chief to


last


one day have endured for well over a decade – and are still going strong.”


Pennsylvania,


Hailing from Connecticut, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West


Virginia, the 2013 Volunteers of the Year


will be recognized at awards


ceremonies in Richmond, Va., Akron, Ohio, Lusby, Md., and Waterford, Conn.


These dedicate their


Dominion time


cemeteries volunteers an array of charitable activities to


and skills to --


from mentoring children to serving meals for seniors, from refurbishing abandoned


teaching


military veterans how to fly-fish. A wide range of nonprofit organizations has benefited, including those working to revitalize communities, meet human needs, promote education and improve the environment.


Five are from Hampton Roads and Northeast North Carolina, three


Elsie Harris


of whom earned lifetime achievement awards!


people. 1.


Lola Ausby, Dominion North


Carolina Power, Roanoke Rapids, N.C - Lifetime Achievement Award


Lola has spent decades as a volunteer working to better her community of Garysburg, N.C. Ausby has served as a Garysburg town commissioner every year but one since 1984, declining to accept the stipend that accompanies the position. She also serves as mayor pro-tem, finance officer and budget officer. In her spare time, Ausby has served 35 years as a firefighter and secretary with her local fire department, and is active with her church as well.


2. Joann Ball, Dominion North


Carolina Power, Kitty Hawk, N.C. - Lifetime Achievement Award


person for local Dominion volunteer projects for more than


Joann has served as the point 30 years.


Whether she’s organizing a fundraiser for March of Dimes, purchasing Christmas gifts for needy children or rallying employees to repair the storm-damaged home of a coworker, Ball is the ‘go-to’ volunteer to get things done in Kitty Hawk.


3. Elsie Harris, Dominion


Virginia Power, Virginia Beach, Va. Lifetime Achievement Award


Elsie lives out her commitment of cheerful service in her community each day. From donating and collecting school supplies and clothing, to visiting nursing home residents, to planning a major landscaping project at a local school, Harris is there to


LEGACY OF VOLUNTEERS PAGE 14 These are truly phenomenal


Vincent “Duke” Leaks


Alsendia Wells


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