VIA assists shelter with supplies, food and funds
Check presentation attendees shown are (l-r) VIA President Ann Sebastian; Toni Short, director of Sheltering Heart/Lighthouse for Broken Wings; VIA member Susan Siemionko; and Karen Dettwyler, VIA chair for civic engagement and outreach. SUBMITTED PHOTO February 27, 2021
Village Improvement Association of Rehoboth Beach club members live up to their reputation for being creative, resourceful and generous volunteers, even during a pandemic.
The VIA is a women’s civic and charitable organization dedicated to community improvement through volunteer service.
One member’s compassionate idea coincidentally matched an urgent appeal from a shelter in need of food and critical supplies. The result was a humanitarian project that expanded rapidly and continues today.
Service included Delaware Association of Counties, New Castle County Council February 16, 2021
Presentation attendees are (l-r) JuneRose Futcher, Sussex County Councilman Mark Schaeffer, recipient Dick Cecil, and son Robert Cecil. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Richard Dick Cecil of Lewes was recently honored with a Sussex County Council proclamation for his decades of public service in two counties and to the State of Delaware.
Upon Cecil’s retirement in January from his position as executive director of the Delaware Association of Counties, Councilman Mark Schaeffer, District 3, sought to recognize him for more than 40 years of public service and community contributions. Cecil joined DAC in 1989 and became its executive director in 1997.