LIBERTY BELL CHAPTER #6 "HALL of FAME" RECIPIENTS

-The "Hall of Fame" was established to honor the "Best of the Best". The Pioneers honored here have devoted countless hours to serving their communities with their time and leadership-

                                  Mary Belle Fabe: 2007 Hall of Fame

Mary Belle became a Pioneer with the Main Line Life Member Club in 1965. She served as Member-At-Large and was also Co-chairperson of Participation; helping to keep volunteer hours properly recorded and accessible. She was Literacy Committee Co-chairperson when thousands of books were presented to school children under the extensive Book About Me project.

Prior to the time she reached Life Member status she was a Fundraising Chair, Membership Chair and served as Secretary for her Council. After retirement in 1983, her Life Member Club involvement included chairing numerous committees as well as holding various offices. She served as a Main Line Life Member Club Member-At-Large, and Club Secretary, as well as, Club Vice-President. 

 Mary Belle served for a total of three years as the LMC President. At the Club level she served as Literacy Chairman, Map Chairperson, Fundraising  Chairman and Social Activities Chair, as well as Co-chair for her club's Hobbies and Crafts Committee.

While serving as the Social Activities and Fundraising Chairs for the Main Line she used her travel expertise to run many successful bus trips and cruises for the enjoyment of those participating and to increase the treasury of her club. She has continuously supported and participated in various other fundraisers for the Main Line Council, and for Liberty Bell Chapter #6. Because her Main Line Club found it necessary to dissolve, Mary Belle immediately transferred her Pioneer membership into the Diamond State Life Member Club.
The Diamond State Council is proud to have her as a member.

Domenic Chiavarolli: 2006 Hall of Fame

Domenic has served as Council and Chapter President,     Chapter and Council Treasurer, Chapter and Council Member-at-Large, and Special Projects Coordinator. He has held every position within the Chapter and Council.

Domenic has supported and coordinated many Chapter and Council fundraising efforts. Recently the Pioneers partnered with his church to help raise funds for their educational projects. You can always count on Domenic to volunteer for various projects, and if you need a coordinator he is the first to volunteer.

He has participated in the Literacy Project, Dictionary Project, Valley Forge Historical Work Days, Fort Mifflin
Cleanup, Chapter Special Needs Picnic, and Charity Golf Tournament. With his vast knowledge of Pioneering, its bylaws and fundamental principals and goals, Domenic has proven invaluable to the Chapter.

Bob Erne: 2005 Hall of Fame

Bob has served as President of the Diamond State Life Member Club twice, and was Member-at Large twice. He also served as Member-at-Large at the Chapter level and has been the MAP committee chair since 1996. Bob was responsible for getting playground maps painted at 55 locations  in New Castle County, Delaware. He developed procedures for all facets of the MAP project, including stencil design and training on how to make them.

He spearheaded the MAP project for the 1994 General Assembly in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where it was so well received that that he  provided instructions and stencils for all 90 Chapters in the U.S. and Canada.

Bob took on another enormous undertaking--the making of electronic maps to be used in the school classrooms. A total of 168 have been assembled to date. He helped redesign the original E-Map to its current and much improved version, then provided hands on training sessions to all interested parties.

Bob is also involved in the 911 project, volunteers at a local school for the hearing impaired, volunteers for wiring projects, builds ramps, helps with fund-raising at garage and yard sales and is very active with the Boy Scouts. He is currently collecting information on the beeping Easter Egg Project for the purpose of preparing an instructional manual. Bob is ambitious, dedicated, involved, engaged, and is the Liberty Bell Chapter's Pioneer Extraordinaire.

Harvey Woods: 2004 Hall of Fame

Harvey has been involved in Pioneering since 1970. He has served as President, Vice President and Treasurer of theDiamond State Life Member Club, Treasurer and Member-at-Large of Liberty Bell Chapter, Liberty Bell Chapter LifeMember Literacy Chairman and Diamond State Life Member Club Literacy Chairman.

He is active in the Chapter's Valley Forge Spring and Fall Clean-up, and Special Needs Party. Harvey also is active with the Diamond State Council's Toy Modification, Talking Books, Placemat Assembly, Adopt-A-Highway clean up program, Playground Maps, Electronic Maps, and is assistant Newsletter photographer and a member of the distribution committee. He is involved with Wilmington Public Library programs, New Castle County Libraries, Margaret Sterck School for The Hearing Impaired, The Meadows- Bingo, Christmas party and summer picnics, and has fifty years of scouting with the Boy Scouts of America as a Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster and is currently Troop Treasurer.

Regarding fundraising, Harvey is involved in Diamond State Council's numbers fundraiser, annual Auction, and garage and yard sales.

Harvey has received recognition for his contributions for a indoor Handicapped Access Ramp at Valley Forge National Historic Park, Outstanding Service to the Verizon Pioneers Liberty Bell Chapter Literacy program, Diamond State Council Pioneer in Excellence, Volunteer of the Year-Brandywine School District, and Recognition Award for outstanding assistance and service awarded by The Family Court of the State of Delaware.

Harvey truly is a Pioneer's Pioneer.

                                   Emerson Zeager: 2003 Hall of Fame
In his 57 years as a pioneer he has been chapter Pioneer administrator, Council and Life members club President, Member at large, Chapter senior Life member representative, chapter treasurer, and he is also the Chapter Life Member Chairperson for Environmental.  Besides volunteering for many chapter projects Bud is also the Chapter Liaison for Valley Forge national Park, he also trains all new treasurers and handles the annual golf tournament, and prepares all the appropriate financial forms. He also volunteers at Fort Mifflin on the Delaware and the special needs holiday Party at Christmas. Bud is a strong supporter of all fundraisers.  Over the years bud has been recognized for his caring personality with the TPA Pacesetter Award, Pioneer In Excellence award, TPA Achievement award for the 1984 Olympics Torch relay and the Liberty Bell Chapter TPA Lifetime Achievement.  From the Valley Forge national Park he received awards for building of Handicapped Access ramp, Restoring the landscape, lighting of the memorial Arch, and the tree-planting project.  He also has received a certificate of Appreciation awards for his support of the WW2 memorial in Washington, DC, Patriot of the Year award on behalf of thousands of Veterans and a citation from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth by the House of Representatives for his true humanitarism.  He is still active with many Marine Corp activities.

Russ Wainwright: 2002 Hall of Fame

For his outstanding contributions to Pioneering and for all of the children's lives to which he has given hope, the Liberty Bell Chapter presented Russ Wainwright of the Diamond State Life Member Club with the 2002 Hall of Fame award.

Russ has been a Pioneer since 1970 and held the Member-At-Large office within his club. Russ charged ahead making his commitment to make Pioneering a strong organization to meet the needs of the community and others we serve.

Russ co-chaired Toy Modification for his club for years. and now is it's chairman. He was also instrumental, along with fellow Pioneer Bob Erne, in developing the Electronic Map. They were instrumental in writing and conducting the seminars on the Playground Map  for the Telephone Pioneers at their Annual Meeting in 1994, which was held in Pittsburgh, PA. At the time, Liberty Bell Chapter won the "People Who Care Award".

Russ's love for the children with special needs is obvious when you see the wooden toys he has made for children in therapy at the Delaware Curative Workshop, and Alfred I. DuPont hospital.

He has also adapted equipment other than toys to make learning and playing easier for some of the kids. Included is removal of seat backs and also steps that can be adjusted for any size child, which helps them sit erect, which is often a problem for some special needs children. He modified a motorized car to help the children get around the playground with their friends.

Russ has made over 30 English Carts which are small three-wheeled scooters that children with Spina Bifada or other needs can sit in and propel themselves around using their arms.

Russ has won several awards: Chapter Pioneer in Excellence Award, Telephone Pioneer of America Pacesetter Award for Dedication, Good Neighbor Award presented by the President of Verizon-Delaware, Merit Awards from Alfred I. DuPont Hospital and Delaware Curative Workshop.

Russ is known as the "Toy Maker". This is just another facet of Pioneering as in the slogan "Answering the Call of Those in Need". If Russ can be a small part of a childs growth, that is his reward.

Janet Pierson: 2001 Hall of Fame

 






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Deborah Kelly: 2000 Hall of Fame

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