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Volunteer efforts honored with Gift of Time awards 10 recognized with Gift of Time Awards for service to community. 6:22 AM, Jun. 17, 2011 |

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Giving freely of their time, these volunteers work to make their community a better place. The Council of Churches of the Ozarks honored 10 of them Thursday at the 20th annual Gift of Time Awards at the Ramada Oasis Convention Center.

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This year's honorees include Holly Beadle of Nixa; Ron Enos of Willard; and Buddy Ball, Virginia Jones, Pat Dickens,

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women on June 7, 1992, founded One Missing Link Inc., which helps families of missing persons. "A lot of people think it takes too much time to volunteer, but really it takes so little," McCall said. "It means so much to the people you help, but also to the volunteer. If

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you give, you'll get so much back." Ball works primarily with the United Way and the Ozarks Food Harvest. He said he started volunteering in 2006 after he retired and moved to Springfield from Kansas City. "I thought I needed something to do to get me off the couch," he said. Beadle

He said his job as a mentor with O'Reilly Automotive made for a good transition to volunteer work. "I like to help people," he said. "Some people need a lot of help." Former Council of Churches Director Dorsey Levell, who helped found the award 20 years ago, spoke at the event and summed up why volunteers do what they do. "The intent of mankind is to leave the world a little better place," Levell said. All 10 winners' photos will be displayed on the Rosanna Bradshaw Memorial Wall of Fame in the Busch Municipal Building.

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Levell credits Bradshaw, the council's associate director at the time, for coming up with the idea. "She took it on as a joint project with the city," Levell said. Bradshaw died before the first award ceremony in 1991, but Levell said it could not have happened with out her. "She was a wonderful person," he said. Including Thursday's winners, the Gift of Time Awards has honored 200 people. There were 63 nominees for this year's awards.

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2011 Gift of Time Winners Holly Beadle, Nixa Nominated by the Junior League of Springfield, Beadle has been responsible for coordinating Isabel's House volunteers and being the liaison between Isabel's House staff and the Junior League Community Council. Buddy Ball and Virginia Jones, Springfield Nominated by the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks. Buddy, the husband of the pair, works with the United Way of the Ozarks as part of its annual campaign cabinet. Virginia works with the Breast Cancer Foundation and has taken over a number of fundraising projects. Pat and Bob Dickens, Springfield Nominated by CoxHealth, the two are Cox hospital

volunteers. Bob works at the information desk and Pat works at the surgery waiting desk. Ron Enos, Willard Nominated by Ozarks Technical Community College, Enos has worked as a volunteer at OTC Adult Education and Literacy and helped establish the Greene County Justice Center as a GED testing site, allowing those who are incarcerated the opportunity to change their lives. Dwight Ingalsbe, Springfield Nominated by Southwest Center for Independent Living, Ingalsbe has coordinated groups of volunteers to build wheelchair ramps for people with disabilities. (He was not present Thursday.) DeAnn Kraichely, Springfield Nominated by the Victim Center, Kraichely has been a volunteer victim advocate since April 1999. She has contributed nearly 12,000 hours of service. Janis McCall, Springfield McCall was nominated by One Missing Link, the organization she founded with her husband after the disappearance of her daughter and two other women in 1992. Through the organization, McCall puts aside her own tragedy to help other families deal with their own. Greg Weaver, Springfield Nominated by Tara Benson, Marissa LeClaire and Jeanette Lauver, Weaver serves as an advocate, volunteer and philanthropist. He contributes time and effort to many causes, such as Developmental Center of the Ozarks, CASA, Habitat for Humanity and more.

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