Mater Dei
Volunteers By Dennis Niemeier ‘70
Mater Dei has long been blessed with a group of volunteers consisting of alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends that help keep the school and grounds in tiptop shape. Their efforts have helped the school save untold hundreds of thousands of dollars in labor costs through the years, expenses that otherwise would have had to be passed on to parents in the form of higher tuition costs or funds raised elsewhere.
Carpentry: Kenny Miller ‘75 and Jerry Kirchoff ‘70 seem to have been a team forever at Mater Dei. Kenny, a retired carpenter of Local 224 in Evansville, has an unseen autograph all over the building. From bookcases, to storage rooms, drywall to doors, frames and windows; Kenny has donated untold hours to our school. In the last five years alone he and Jerry have worked in the cafeteria kitchen, artroom, auditorium, girl's locker room, boy's locker room, various classrooms, the new conference room, and teacher’s lounge. Jerry, a retired teacher from the EVSC, was involved in home-building and remodeling on the side for years. He could easily pass as a carpenter who has done it all for 50 years. Let us not forget Al Weinzapfel ‘55, again, who faithfully builds the wooden base when MD brings home another state championship trophy!
