How create you lot serve your community? Volunteer in addition to community service groups inwards the Richmond expanse offering a diversity of meaningful ways to instruct involved in addition to assistance brand a difference. But you lot may non know that many of your beau Reynolds employees are involved inwards these noteworthy volunteer efforts. In an endeavour to encourage to a greater extent than Reynolds employees to instruct involved inwards volunteering in addition to to highlight some of the valuable community service efforts that our employees are already engaged in, the Reynolds LEADS squad has interviewed several Reynolds employees almost their sense equally volunteers inwards the local community. Over the adjacent iv Reynolds Wrap-Up publications nosotros promise that hearing the stories of these colleagues in addition to the tremendous joy each 1 gets from their volunteer efforts volition inspire others to instruct involved inwards 1 of the many community service opportunities inwards Richmond!
You may know other Reynolds employees who are involved inwards noteworthy volunteer projects! Consider nominating a deserving Reynolds squad fellow member for the Community Impact award. Nominations are due past times March 4th.
Reynolds Volunteer Spotlight: An Interview amongst Karen Layou, Professor of Geology
Q: Describe your volunteer efforts. What groups create you lot serve in addition to what are their missions?
KL: I sit down on the WCVE Community Idea Stations Science Matters Leadership Team. The mission of this grouping is to work the communication tools of Central Virginia’s PBS in addition to NPR stations to inspire viewers in addition to listeners to value science. I am purpose of the Leadership Team, along amongst WCVE representatives, math in addition to scientific discipline college professors, K-12 educators, in addition to other scientific discipline professionals from the region. We offering perspectives in addition to opinions on how best to make our various audience, in addition to render suggestions for full general Science Matters content.
I am also the Pack Secretary for my sons’ Cub Scout group, in addition to my duties include taking minutes for monthly meetings, completing administrative paperwork for novel scouts, in addition to writing letters in addition to give thank you lot you notes. There are seventy scouts inwards this pack!
Q: How did you lot instruct involved inwards volunteering?
KL: I was root approached past times the Science Matters Project Manager inwards 2014 to participate inwards the Science Matters Explore the Outdoors program. This is a one-day trial held inwards the bound during which over xl local vendors in addition to organizations develop exhibits on the WCVE campus to encourage families to instruct exterior in addition to watch what our percentage has to offer. I loved the thought of it in addition to created an exhibit of the Geology of Virginia, amongst a display of rocks, fossils, in addition to maps from around the state. Attendance at the trial topped 4000 individuals inwards the concluding year.
Scouting is a identify unit of measurement activity—my hubby is Den Leader in addition to my 2 sons are scouts; everybody participates. We bask fun activities similar museum sleep-overs.
Q: How long accept you lot been involved? How much fourth dimension create you lot devote to volunteering?
KL: I represented Reynolds at the Explore the Outdoors trial inwards bound of 2014, in addition to before long later I was invited to bring together the Science Matters Leadership Team. We [filmed] a video slice for fossil hunting inwards Virginia inwards summertime of 2015, [which also showed upwards on] PBS kids cartoons in addition to on NPR! The audience for this video was families amongst children, in addition to then my boys were involved too. The fourth dimension involved is variable…the bi-annual meetings are almost 2 hours, the Explore the Outdoors twenty-four threescore minutes catamenia is a full-day commitment, but otherwise, it’s non besides much time.
Q: Do your volunteer efforts touching your task at Reynolds?
KL: Participation inwards the Explore the Outdoors twenty-four threescore minutes catamenia has allowed me to brand contacts inwards the Marketing Department hither at Reynolds. I accept also gotten lots of cracking feedback—“hey, I heard you lot on the radio/saw you lot on TV!”—which I promise has been helping to advertise the geology plan at Reynolds.
Q: Do you lot accept whatever tips for others who desire to instruct involved?
KL: I could ever work a manus on Explore the Outdoors event—if anyone is interested inwards setting upwards other outdoor/science related exhibits at the Reynolds tabular array amongst me - that would move great! The Science Matters plan also has a Science Calendar of Events, on their website, in addition to then you lot tin dismiss merely instruct involved past times deal in addition to supporting Science Matters events in addition to full general science-related activities around town. Science Matters website: http://ideastations.org/sciencematters