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Wilkinson Volunteer Receives ‘Community Builder Award’

Posted by Vodi Cook on 12 Apr 2012 / 0 Comment


Wilkinson Center volunteer, Robert “Bob” Dickey became the recipient of Northern Star Lodge’s Community Builder Award, an annual honor sanctioned through the state Masonic body and presented by an individual lodge.  It “recognizes an individual who has distinguished themselves through their service to the community, to local, state and national governments, their church or synagogue, or to humanity”.
 
Bob has been volunteering with Wilkinson Center’s Adult Education program for four years.  He began as a tutor in the mathematics GED class but quickly began teaching his own math class.  Since inception of his class, the failure rate decreased significantly. Bob works with the most challenging population of students we serve – in neighborhoods where some volunteers will not go.  He creates his own curriculum and purchases his own supplies. Bob goes above and beyond to help his students by purchasing text books and bus passes.  Remarkably, Bob has not missed a Monday since he began teaching and has been in such great demand that he now teaches math classes at two different locations in South Dallas and Pleasant Grove.
 
During the lovely and moving ceremony by the Masons, they said that Bob worked for Master’s wages. That term has a special significance to Masons. They meant that Bob was paid by the fruits of his labors. In Bob’s case, that pay is the success, devotion and gratitude of his students. As Bob said, he may not always be in the best mood when he arrives at class on Mondays, but he always leaves class feeling happy and uplifted. We want to add our congratulations to Bob for this well-deserved award and our gratitude for the difference he is making in the lives of his GED students.
 
 



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