VolunteerNow Honors Ruth Altshuler
Nonprofit celebrates 45th year milestone with Ruth Altshuler and 45 Volunteers:
Dallas’ ultimate volunteer will receive the VolunteerNow Lifetime Achievement Award
45 Volunteers Honored Throughout 2016
(DALLAS, 1/13/16) – VolunteerNow will celebrate and honor Ruth Altshuler’s commitment to service in Dallas with the 2016 VolunteeerNow Lifetime Achievement Award. Mrs. Altshuler will receive the award at the 10th Annual Hearts of Texas Luncheon on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Belo Mansion. Gene Jones, Mrs. Altshuler’s good friend, will serve as honorary chair. Mrs. Jones received this award in 2014. Hearts of Texas co-chairs are Phyllis Bernstein and Shelly Dee.
“I am honored to share this moment with Ruth,” Gene Jones said. “She has long been an inspiration to me and to philanthropists across North Texas. Her great service to Dallas is directly in line with VolunteerNow’s critical mission of transforming communities through volunteerism.”
Ruth Altshuler defines what it means to be a community volunteer. Through more than six decades serving her hometown of Dallas as a civic leader, she blazed trails for women, mobilized support from her friends for worthy causes, and volunteered her time to transform Dallas. Mrs. Altshuler has served on numerous community boards, and for many of these organizations, she was the first woman to serve on and/or chair the board. Her board leadership includes Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees, Communities Foundation of Texas, Salvation Army National Board and Salvation Army Dallas Advisory Board, United Way, Zale-Lipshy Hospital, and Goodwill Industries. Mrs. Altshuler credits her time with the Junior League of Dallas as sparking her lifelong commitment to transforming her community through volunteerism.
“We are all grateful for Ruth’s service to this community, and I am humbled by her commitment to volunteerism and servant leadership,” VolunteerNow CEO Tammy Richards said. “As this organization celebrates its 10th Hearts of Texas Luncheon, I can’t imagine a better volunteer and philanthropist to honor and help us mark the occasion.”
This year, VolunteerNow is celebrating its 45th anniversary of transforming the North Texas community through volunteerism. Mrs. Altshuler’s support, along with many others, has been crucial to the organization’s success. As part of celebrating this milestone anniversary year, VolunteerNow will be honoring exceptional volunteers through our Volunteers Change Everything: 45 Years of Impact initiative. The series launches on February 2 and will recognize Lynn McBee, Chief Executive Officer of Young Women’s Preparatory Network, as the first of 45 volunteer honorees. Ms. McBee is a noted community leader and volunteer extraordinaire who was nominated by Ruth Altshuler.
Volunteers Change Everything nominations for this award will be accepted through November 15 and each week a new volunteer will be profiled online, through social media, and collectively in VolunteerNow newsletters. Additionally, the organization will host an event at their Dallas office in early December during which time the 45 volunteers will be honored together for their impact. For more details, email Jenny King at jking@volnow.org or view nomination criteria at www.volnow.org.
“Honoring 45 volunteers who make a difference every day is a fitting tribute to volunteers to their legacy of impact and VolunteerNow’s years of service to North Texas,” says Tammy Richards. This volunteer recognition series is our way of both commemorating VolunteerNow’s 45th anniversary and recognizing volunteers at all levels, from the boardroom volunteers to those volunteering in the direct service roles.
About VolunteerNow:
VolunteerNow (formerly the Volunteer Center of North Texas) serves as the hub of volunteerism in North Texas, and provides the people power for nonprofits to make a real difference. Last year, volunteers served 1.2 million hours, generating $28 million in economic impact for the region. VolunteerNow drives this impact by connecting more than 33,000 volunteers annually to 1,900 local nonprofits. VOLY.org, powered by VolunteerNow, is the 24/7 virtual connection point between volunteers and local service opportunities. As a national thought leader in volunteerism and one of the largest volunteer centers in the country, VolunteerNow provides a wide range of programs and services that build capacity for nonprofits, including training and consulting services, as well as the most affordable and comprehensive background checking service in the state.