021721 SSA Volunteer event (MA)

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, lets loose with a laugh as she waits windowside for volunteers to arrive to receive a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, lets loose with a laugh as she waits windowside for volunteers to arrive to receive a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, prepares to present a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel, left, meets with volunteer Barbara Veckey of Volo to hand over a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, prepares to present a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, bundles up for the cold weather as she waits inside for arrivals during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel, left, meets with volunteer Barbara Veckey of Volo to hand over a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, bundles up for the cold weather as she waits inside for arrivals during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, shows some of the inclusions in the organizations packages for volunteers during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, shows some of the inclusions in the organizations packages for volunteers during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Barbara Veckey of Volo, left, checks in with Senior Services Associates Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Barbara Veckey of Volo, left, checks in with Senior Services Associates Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Debbie Danitz, Director of Volunteer Services with AmeriCorps Seniors, hands over a clipboard for volunteer Mary Lonbg of Johnsburg to sign in with during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Debbie Danitz, Director of Volunteer Services with AmeriCorps Seniors, hands over a clipboard for volunteer Mary Lonbg of Johnsburg to sign in with during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates volunteer Shirley Cassens of Harvard shows her recent Governor's Volunteer Service Award as she pulls in to receive a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates volunteer Shirley Cassens of Harvard shows her recent Governor's Volunteer Service Award as she pulls in to receive a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, waits inside for arrivals during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, waits inside for arrivals during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Debbie Danitz, Director of Volunteer Services with AmeriCorps Seniors, heads to the car of volunteer Mary Lonbg of Johnsburg with a gift package during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel, left, hands over a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more to Shirley Cassens of Harvard during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Debbie Danitz, Director of Volunteer Services with AmeriCorps Seniors, heads to the car of volunteer Mary Lonbg of Johnsburg with a gift package during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, looks through a collection of new landyards for volunteers during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel, left, hands over a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more to Shirley Cassens of Harvard during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Christy Strissel, Transportation Coordinator for Senior Services Associates, looks through a collection of new landyards for volunteers during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates volunteer Shirley Cassens of Harvard shows her recent Governor's Volunteer Service Award as she pulls in to receive a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates volunteer Shirley Cassens of Harvard shows her recent Governor's Volunteer Service Award as she pulls in to receive a package including a lanyard, car placard, gift card, face masks, hand sanitizers, and more during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates volunteer Shirley Cassens of Harvard checks in with Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.

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Senior Services Associates volunteer Shirley Cassens of Harvard checks in with Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel during a volunteer recognition event at the Senior Services Associates building on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2021 in McHenry. The organization typically relies on 60 volunteers to help provide transportation for local seniors to needs-based destinations such as doctors appointments, but has been working with less than half the normal amount of volunteers since the pandemic hit. The biggest need for volunteers is in the southern portion of the county, as they currently have no drivers in Cary, one driver in Crystal Lake, and two drivers in Huntley, according to Transportation Coordinator Christy Strissel. New volunteers must be 21 or older, have a valid drivers license, and pass a criminal background check.