(Submitted Story) 

 

The 2018 Outstanding Senior Citizens are Sandy Kath, Buffalo and Roger Brenny of Buffalo.

    The purpose of the program is to recognize that the senior citizen population is a very valuable resource to the communities as they continue to give back of their time and talents to the residents of our communities.

    The eligibility criteria for the outstanding senior are that they are a Minnesota resident and must attain the age of 70 by Aug 1.

    Only volunteer activities after the age of 65 for which there is no compensation (except for reimbursed expenses) are considered. The committee looks for leadership, diversity of accomplishments and the variety of services performed.

    The Outstanding Seniors Volunteers selected are: 

    Sandy Kath, who has been involved with a wide variety of volunteer activities.  Some of her volunteer activities include working with Meals on Wheels, Toys for Tots, Buffalo Food Shelf and Blessing Closet doing whatever she can to help others

    Roger Brenny has been involved with many groups doing volunteer work. A few of the many groups  he works with are Buffalo Food Shelf, Adopt a Family,  Fare for All and Communiuty Breakfast,  giving time and his talents to help others.