Meet Volunteer Deb Wolf!
Deb Wolf has been volunteering with Administer Justice for many years. One event you are bound to see her coordinating is our annual Fun Fair.
Deb works part-time as a legal assistant in Elgin. Her afternoon shift allows her time to volunteer at church one morning a week and attend a women's bible study, yoga class and keep up with cleaning at home. She also serves her church in the Women's Ministry and sings on the Worship Team one Sunday each month.
Deb's interest are far and wide. Making her own jewelry since high school, her sisters usually arrive to visit her with bare ears in the hopes Deb will make some earrings to match their outfits, which she does gladly. She also loves to cook and in the summer cans vegetables from their garden, saying "You'll never taste a better canned tomato than one you put up yourself." Friends and family take a special liking to her bread and butter pickles. As for scrapbooking, she uses her desktop publishing as a time saver since regular scrapbooking takes too long for her. With her computer she can print 8x10 pages and insert them right into the album, adding special stickers if they're on sale.
Deb heard about Administer Justice just as the founder, Bruce Strom, was applying for non-profit status. He was opening an office and looking for volunteers to help run it and she previously heard wonderful things about the legal clinics he held at Fox Valley Church one Saturday morning each month. As it happened, Deb had been praying for a way to use her "office gifts" to serve the Kingdom and the Lord had been preparing her heart. Bruce welcomed Deb and soon she was doing the bookkeeping for half a day each week. One winter day, Bruce came up with the idea for a Fun Fair. Deb helped at that first Fun Fair and has really enjoyed serving on the Fun Fair planning committee every year. "When you come to Fun Fair this summer, look for me. I'm one of the ladies selling food."
Deb feels that volunteering is a way to put faith into action. She wants people to understand that there is no hardship in volunteering - when you serve God, He makes it joyful and fulfilling. "Whether I'm working alone at my computer designing the programs for Fun Fair or selling hot dogs there, it's fun for me. Hearing the children laugh at the fair is a wonderful bonus!"
Deb works part-time as a legal assistant in Elgin. Her afternoon shift allows her time to volunteer at church one morning a week and attend a women's bible study, yoga class and keep up with cleaning at home. She also serves her church in the Women's Ministry and sings on the Worship Team one Sunday each month.
Deb's interest are far and wide. Making her own jewelry since high school, her sisters usually arrive to visit her with bare ears in the hopes Deb will make some earrings to match their outfits, which she does gladly. She also loves to cook and in the summer cans vegetables from their garden, saying "You'll never taste a better canned tomato than one you put up yourself." Friends and family take a special liking to her bread and butter pickles. As for scrapbooking, she uses her desktop publishing as a time saver since regular scrapbooking takes too long for her. With her computer she can print 8x10 pages and insert them right into the album, adding special stickers if they're on sale.
Deb heard about Administer Justice just as the founder, Bruce Strom, was applying for non-profit status. He was opening an office and looking for volunteers to help run it and she previously heard wonderful things about the legal clinics he held at Fox Valley Church one Saturday morning each month. As it happened, Deb had been praying for a way to use her "office gifts" to serve the Kingdom and the Lord had been preparing her heart. Bruce welcomed Deb and soon she was doing the bookkeeping for half a day each week. One winter day, Bruce came up with the idea for a Fun Fair. Deb helped at that first Fun Fair and has really enjoyed serving on the Fun Fair planning committee every year. "When you come to Fun Fair this summer, look for me. I'm one of the ladies selling food."
Deb feels that volunteering is a way to put faith into action. She wants people to understand that there is no hardship in volunteering - when you serve God, He makes it joyful and fulfilling. "Whether I'm working alone at my computer designing the programs for Fun Fair or selling hot dogs there, it's fun for me. Hearing the children laugh at the fair is a wonderful bonus!"
posted by Bruce D. Strom at 11:00 AM
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