Joanne Powell named Volunteer of Year
Published 10:50 am Thursday, September 22, 2016
- Joanne Powell (LPN, Special Projects Manager for RCCHC; seated right) displays Hertford County’s SHIIP Volunteer of the Year award. She is joined by Alicia Mitchell (Respite/SHIIP Coordinator for Hertford County Office of Aging; seated left), along with, standing from left, Heather Howle (Hertford County Office of Aging Director), Katie Lee (Vice President AARP Chapter 2423 Ahoskie), Cynthia Liverman Vinson (ED Caseworker (Roanoke Chowan Hospital), Barry Mowbray (SHIIP Regional Manager for the Northeastern NC), Orlanda Reed (Senior Tarheel Legislature Alternate), and Wanda Ingram (M.A.P. Pharmacy Technician for RCCHC Pharmacy). | Contributed Photo
AHOSKIE – Joanne Powell, LPN/ Special Projects Manager for Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, was selected as Hertford County’s SHIIP Volunteer of the Year during the annual SHIIP Coordinator’s Conference held in Greensboro.
Powelll was presented with her award by Barry Mowbray, SHIIP Regional Manager for the Northeast Region at the SHIIP Volunteer Recognition Celebration held at RCCHC on Aug. 26.
Powell works tirelessly along with Alicia Mitchell, Respite/ SHIIP Coordinator for the Hertford County Office of Aging, to make sure the Medicare beneficiaries of Hertford County get the best assistance possible during the Medicare Part D OEP and throughout the year.
Gifts of appreciation from SHIIP were given to all the volunteers in attendance.
SHIIP and the Hertford County Office of Aging want their volunteers to know that they could not do what they do for the community without them.
Medicare beneficiaries receive much needed information when it comes to new updates on every aspect of the Medicare program. Some of the things the SHIPP volunteers do include, but are not limited to, doing actual enrollments in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, schedule appointments for Medicare Counseling, making referrals, passing out Low Income Subsidy (LIS) information throughout the community, doing actual LIS applications and helping people that are coming up to retirement age and need to know how to get Medicare.