East Tennessee Volunteer Spotlight, Kathy Walter - April 2018

A dedicated and trusted volunteer since 2015, Kathy Walter spends one afternoon each week (sometimes more) keeping the East TN chapter on track. Kathy holds the incredibly important job of Client Assistant Card (CAC) inventory lead volunteer. Each week she aids the business operations department with documenting CAC inventory, updating the database and distributing cards to Disaster Action Team (DAT) volunteers as needed. We want to recognize her for her outstanding volunteer work, attention to detail and commitment to this essential job duty.

In addition to CAC, Kathy serves on the chapter front line as an administrative-reception desk volunteer and helps Service to Armed Forces. 

Kathy is both a retired geologist and former Sertoma Center employee, where she worked for many years helping those with developmental difficulties. Kathy has enjoyed seeing some of her former colleagues from Sertoma as they’ve helped with several organization and clean-up projects at the chapter. She’s been a resident of Oak Ridge, TN for more than 40 years and decided to volunteer with the Red Cross of East TN to do something meaningful with her time post retirement.

To learn more about Kathy we posed the following thought-provoking questions:

What is your favorite color?       Blue

What sound do you love?            Bird Song

What sound do you hate?           Leaf blowers

What natural gift or talent do you wish you had?    The ability to sing and play an instrument

If you could try a profession that isn’t a current or past job, what would it be? Historian

What profession would you least like to do? Auditing

Other than East TN, where would you like to live and why? Northern California for the climate, ocean and natural beauty

What are you reading—what’s on your bedside table?

Richest Man Who Ever Lived (Biography of Jacob Fugger), Leonardo Da Vinci, White Eagles over Serbia, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts.

What do you love about volunteering at the Red Cross of East TN?

The useful work, the good people and great atmosphere.

Thank you, Kathy, for your time and dedication to the East TN Red Cross!