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Aheartfelt thanks is in order for our volunteers! We have had volunteers step up during this crisis. It has been no small task to undergo these changes to our day-to-day operations. Our volunteers have stayed with us, checked in to see how they could help, and new volunteer applications are still coming in from the community. We are flooded with the basic human greatness all around us. Our community has banded together and continued to move forward with live as best they can. Even during trying times, volunteers showing up has been the highlight to remind us of why we are able to move forward with our mission.

Our Volunteers have been such an amazing help this year, These are the total hours of volunteer time served at each center!

Brunswick Center at Calabash- 7,970.68 volunteer hours Brunswick Center at Leland- 4,972.6 volunteer hours Brunswick Center at Southport- 4,966.18 volunteer hours Calabash Thrift- 4,796.98 volunteer hours Brunswick Center at Shallotte- 4,645.09 volunteer hours Brunswick Center at Supply- 4,195.65 volunteer hours Shallotte Thrift- 540.55 volunteer hours

Volunteers Needed:

In preparaƟon for our busiest summer months we are opening up spots for addiƟonal Meals on Wheels volunteers who will be backup drivers. We will also have spots available for once‐a‐week delivery drivers. Find out more about this engaging volunteer opportunity by going to the volunteer role descripƟons on our website.

hƩps://bsrinc.org/volunteer‐posiƟon‐descripƟons/

Contact Sarah Powell, BSRI Volunteer Coordinator at: spowell@bsrinc.org to find out how easy it is to join our team! Online applications can be filled out on our website, www.bsrinc.org/volunteer Or you can call (910) 880-2777

On the Line for Curbside Congregate Meals

Deputy SuƩon and BSRI Volunteer Flo Pflaster direct traffic as parƟcipants pick up lunch at the Brunswick Center at Calabash.

By Holly Tate

If it’s lunchtime on a Monday at the Brunswick Center at

Calabash, BSRI congregate lunch participants will see Florence (Flo) Pflaster plating and serving lunches. A familiar face to many, she’s been volunteering at Calabash since the location opened.

Although the Calabash center is currently closed, Pflaster is still involved with lunches for seniors. Nowadays she packs and distributes meals and directs traffic as participants pick up lunch curbside.

Asked why she volunteers, Pflaster says it’s a way to give back to the community, and her health service background makes it easy to see why she cares. A retired nursing administrator, Pflaster spent her career working with disabled children and young adults.

In addition to her BSRI role, Pflaster volunteers with Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, a hospice organization. She also serves on her community’s care team, helping neighbors with tasks like meals, transportation, errands, and more.

Pflaster loves being with people and can’t wait for the Center at Calabash to safely reopen. In addition to volunteer work, Pflaster keeps busy playing mah-jongg and welcoming newcomers to Carolina Shores, where she and her husband have lived for about 15 years.

Enthusiastic travelers, Pflaster and her husband also look forward to seeing family and exploring new locales once it’s safe to do so again. They would like to return to Japan, where two of their grandchildren live.

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