European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sparks Cin lit Luct Lnger it chairmen of Volunteer Tor the Fried Borg fled Cloft. Its Plain Luremia Hoster Ann sorts a medical technician is chairman at the red Cross Tojun Feery in Classen. S�5r Luuy Lynow Sparks Barbara Swingle it the bed Cross i fun user mining chairman for the Butzbach Community. Getting invoked to Felp people by Connie Mickey stall writer Volunteer programs and he people who propel them arc piling up impressive numbers in . Military communities across Europe. Officials in Schalf Enburg Wesl Germany figure 63.000 Houis volunteered Al a general Schcdulc-4 pay scale equal $440,000 the government did l have to spend in 1987. In Giessow 71.590 hours Al a gs-2 rate add up to almost $38,000 saved. But there Are people behind those numbers 753 volunteers in Aschaffenbur. 550 in Gosien who have posted some impressive individual statistics Barbara Swingle red Cross nursing chairman in Bulz Hach. Averages about 175 to 200 hours in volunteering a month. And Moie it there Aie special projects. She also is an Insl Roclor Trainer Ford asses such As teen age babysitting cardiopulmonary resuscitation especially infant and child car and aids education i en0y helping people. I can t sit Aro ind the House doing Noah my and there is a real need lev medical help Here since the closes military Hospital is m Pran Tuit 25 Miles away she said. Throughout Europe Volun techs ouch As Swingle Are making a difference in what programs communities can provide and whal those programs Cost the government the Impact on programs and services we provide would be gnat if we did l have our volunteers said Ursula Coble. Giessen comm Unity Volunteer program coordinator. This is National Volunteer week and volunteers Are being recognized with special activities luncheons and assemblies. The common thread motivating the volunteers officials said is a desire to help people. Can dist Luchsinger has been chairman of volunteers for the Friedberg bed Cross for a Yea before that she helped the school nurse at the clime Nunry school Lor two years. She has lived Wilh her husband and iwo sons in Friedberg Lor 3v4 years. Bui her volunteering began when she was a teen age Candy Striper with an interest n nursing. Who nursing school was t Lor her. Luchsinger said helping others is Why she enjoys volunteering especially in the health Rolald Field Luchsinger oversees Sorna 50 volunteers at Tho elementary school various clinics the education censer and in other Community activities my husband is very supportive. I usually put in 16 to 20 hours a week in he office and countless numbers of hours at Home in the evening. He helps with the laundry and watches the children she said Rick Lewis programs coordinator for the us aft family matters division a rare Stern a. Compared Trio Volunteer program to a two sided Corn volunteers want to learn and they Are gaining new skills it s like gelling a class for nothing the government of course is benefiting from their Volunteer service " Lewis said there is no Central repealing office for numbers of volunteers throughout the command but int there ire about 5,000 Volu Neefs of rams Cin so. Without them there would be an Impact on our programs and it is the is san Al Olhorn bases " Barbara Withams. Usa eur Volunteer consultant in Heidelberg said usareuf1 also docs nol keep in gurus on How Many volunteers there Are. Individual Community Volunteer Coor Dalors keep their own so Alistick the programs i the communities that we be come to rely on could nol survive without volunteers Williams said Tho a per Ienco Tho volunteers acquire through their non paid services documented As work experience Williams said mostly if is up to the Volunteer to document Hal experience but if Shore is an installation Volunteer coordinator hero she will do Ino Doc manling and each Agency the Volun Lucr works Lor can also help Wilh the documentation Anne Solis chairwoman o volunteers Loi the Giessen red Cross lives in Gleasen Wilh her husband and 5 year old Daug Hlor. A red Cross Volunteer Lor seven years Sha is a medical technician and was a first Aid instr Ucler before heading up the Volunteer program Solis puts in about 40 to 45 hours a month in the Tolice. Evenings arc filled Wilh training and classes people have Lold me they Volunteer Lor Lols of reasons like they Are bored or they need to get away from the kid. And others just like to stay up to Dale in their professional Fields she said i like to try things hat Are now and got my lingers in a lot of Milf Cint things and i enjoy helping other  pril 22,19bb the stars and stripes Pago is