Pam Beggan Made Honorary Member of Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club

by Bruce Malkin

On December 21, Pamela Beggan was awarded an Honorary membership in the Mount Vernon Kiwanis Club (MVKC) for over 30 years of community service, especially for organizing the fresh fruit and produce collection after the weekly Farmers Market at the Sherwood Hall library's parking lot. She takes the food to UCM's Food Pantry. Her plaque read "In commemoration of exceptional service to the local community, first, for originating the program, and second, for the dedication demonstrated by weekly collection of donated fresh produce from the Mount Vernon Farmers Market and delivery to the local food bank at United Community Ministries for use of local needy families, from May through November annually for thirty years, the last five years assisted by Mount Vernon Kiwanis ".

Marcos Castillo, Volunteer Coordinator of UCM, Greg Engelking of MVKC, Joanne Malkin, Membership Chair of MVKC, Pam Beggan, Dr. Dave Reynolds, President of MVKC