Outstanding!

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Tina Lawson has been selected by the South King County Genealogical Society as its recipient of a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.


Tina has made a quiet impact since she joined our society, volunteering to solve problems as we moved from mostly in-person meetings to a mostly online group during COVID. She took our Google workspace, and made it work for both the board, our members, and eventually, our website. She even figured out how to keep our website constantly updated, teaching all responsible parties how to edit the shared calendar, spreadsheet, or PDF document, which show up on SKCGS.org.

She figured out how to include our blog posts and index in the website.

Tina also quietly created a publicity team who worked together seamlessly, sharing information about our meetings and our mission widely. She also volunteered to lead the bylaws team, which brought us into compliance with the new Washington State non-profit law.

As a board member, Tina helped each of us use our online tools effectively, and used her experience both in business and in other non-profits to help us develop plans, surveys, and programs, raising our success and enthusiasm greatly.

It is with great pride and much appreciation that Tina Lawson is recognized as an Outstanding Volunteer by the Washington State Genealogical Society and the South King County Genealogical Society.

 

 
 

Michele Norton Mattoon has been selected by the South King County Genealogical
Society (SKCGS) as its recipient of a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

Michele has been treasurer of SKCGS for several years, performing all the duties of the office very efficiently. In addition, she has taken on side projects of sorting and cataloging newspaper obituary clippings and digitizing miscellaneous society records. These are projects she has quietly completed for the posterity of the society.

Michele's dedication behind the scenes is greatly appreciated by the society.

It is with great pride and much appreciation that Michele Mattoon is recognized as an Outstanding Volunteer by the Washington State Genealogical Society and the South King County Genealogical Society. 

 


Valorie Cowan Zimmerman has served SKCGS as President 2001—2025. Her service to the Society has gone far beyond the duties of President. Valorie has:
  • Organized and led a Research Study Group
  • Led the Genetic Genealogy/DNA Special Interest Group
  • Participated in the leadership of the Technical Users Group
  • Participated in the FamilyTree Maker Special Interest Group
  • Assisted the Publicity Team
  • Actively participated in the Education Committee
  • Written many of the weekly Blog posts published by the Society
  • Served as a Genealogy Help Desk Volunteer in King County Libraries
  • Represented SKCGS in the Presidents' Council, WSGS and NGS
It is with great pride and much appreciation that Valorie Cowan Zimmerman is recognized as an Outstanding Volunteer by the Washington State Genealogical Society and the South King County Genealogical Society.  

Thank you to Washington State Genealogical Society for helping us to honor the service of Tina, Michele and Valorie along with all our volunteers. 
 

 

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