Six Rapid Citians will be honored for their contributions to the
community at the 2009 Wind Beneath Our Wings awards luncheon
Friday, Nov. 6, at the Radisson Hotel.
This year's six honorees are: Marilee Sage of Rapid City Regional
Hospital, Gogie Enstad of Black Hills Gold Jewelry by Coleman;
Thomas Bosworth, CASA; Adeline Kalmbach, Pennington County Council
of Aging; Tom Miller, Black Hills Services; and Julie Larson, Youth
& Family Services.
Former Peace Corps volunteer Karen Pearson will be the guest
speaker for the event. Pearson, who is associate director of the
South Dakota State University West River Agricultural Center, spent
30 years in the health and human services field, including working
in public health in Alaska.
Her presentation will pay tribute to community volunteers,
including the six honorees:
- Marilee Sage is the department director for the Respiratory
Care Services at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Sage was
instrumental in working with the Board of Regents and Dakota State
University to develop a respiratory care Associate of Science and
Bachelor of Science program in Rapid City.
- Adeline Kalmbach retired from Wells Fargo Bank. Kalmbach
volunteered for more than 27 years at the Central States Fair as
grandstand coordinator directing about 45 volunteers and benefiting
13 organizations. She is secretary/treasurer of the Meals on Wheels
Program, Minneluzahan Center site manager and serves on the
center's board of directors.
- Julie Larson has worked at Youth & Family Services for 19
years as a nurse and is the YFS health adviser. As health adviser,
she provides health guidance to all YFS programs including YFS
Child Care, Girls Inc., YFS Counseling Center, YFS Nutrition
Services, YFS Rapid City Head Start and YFS Rural Head Start.
- Thomas Bosworth, a family and children's social worker,
volunteers his time and expert knowledge as a trainer for the 7th
Circuit CASA Program.
- Gogie Enstad has been involved as a volunteer in a number of
service organizations including Youth & Family Services, Zonta
Club of the Black Hills and Catholic Social Services.
- Tom Miller started working at the Bandit Inn at Ellsworth Air
Force Base for Black Hills Services in 1990, where he now holds a
supervisory position. Miller's strong leadership skills and desire
to advocate for others led to his recent election on the Black
Hills Workshop Board of Directors.
