Success Stories About
Volunteers
Federal Volunteer Winner!
David
Rose of Charlton, was named outstanding federal volunteer by the Greater
Boston Federal Executive Board at its annual Excellence In Government award
ceremony at the J.F.K. Library in Boston in May 2004.
The program honors the “best of the best” in local Federal service.
Mr. Rose has been a volunteer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for more
than 10 years, working on wildlife management, trail maintenance, park
management and improving facilities at five area dams. He suggested
implementing a bluebird nesting box program at Buffumville Lake, Charlton,
in 1992, and then started and maintained the program that is still ongoing.
"We appreciate the work that Mr. Rose does for us on a regular basis," said
Lt. Col. Brian A. Green, Acting District Engineer. "Volunteers are an
important part of our extended New England District family."
At Westville Lake in Southbridge and Sturbridge, he provided crucial support
to park rangers in the creation and maintenance of a loop trail.
“Mr. Rose donates hundreds of hours a year to the Corps,” said Park Manager
Keith Beecher. “He is always there when we need him. Without the support of
dedicated volunteers like David, we could not provide our visitors the level
of service we do.”
Last fall, Mr. Rose mowed and disc harrowed open areas at Hodges Village Dam
and Buffumville Lake in preparation for the re-introduction of bobwhite
quail. Fifty pair of quail were released in March this year in an effort to
bring viewable wildlife closer to the park.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers honored David’s wife, Virginia Rose, with a
Commander’s Coin at its Senior Leaders’ Conference at the Southbridge
Conference Center earlier in March.
“This was a team effort and David could not have been as successful without
Virginia’s support,” said Lt. Col. Green.
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