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Volunteer Centres Ireland would like to pay special tribute to the teams of volunteers who help us out throughout the year.
2010 Volunteers
Stephen O’Leary - Copy Writer
Stephen O’Leary has started working as a copy editor with VCI. Stephen does (no idea what you want to put in here!) He has recently set up his own company, O’Leary Analytics. When he’s not working, he likes to watch, play or talk about sport with his friends.
Alan Traynor - IT Training Support
Alan Traynor was born in Tallaght Dublin, where he co-founded the Tallaght Homeless Advice Unit with Patrick Burke of Simon Communities Ireland. Alan also worked for three years in Dublin’s first Deaf/Blind centre in it’s early stages, established in Stillorgan Dublin.
Alan then traveled to America and spent nine years playing jazz/blues guitar in three different bands. While in America he also managed to spend five years working at Perkins School for the Blind as a teacher’s aide and life coach to blind teenagers.
Alan is currently doing a BSc in IT Management at ITT Dublin and is planning on using this knowledge to support the staff at various different volunteer centres across Ireland.
2009 Volunteers
Hazel Hogan - Transition Year Volunteer
Hazel has been working with Volunteer Centres Ireland for three months as part of her transition year work experince. Hazel put together a collage about volunteering in Ireland that was displayed at an international volunteering conference in Sweden.
Deirdre Maher - Give it a Swirl Communications Support
Deirdre Maher has recently started working as an intern with VCI, where she is helping with the organisation of Give it a Swirl - the national day of volunteering. Deirdre will shortly be commencing her final year as a European Studies student at Trinity College Dublin, and would love to travel and work abroad for a while before finally deciding, to the great relief of her parents, what she wants to be when she grows up!
Sabina Mazzucchelli - Research Support
Sabina hails from Milano Italy and moved to Ireland over a year ago. Sabina has a social science background and has been working with us on the "making skills count survey", the training evaluation process and will be working with Fiona examining the demographics for volunteering in Ireland.
Alex Klimek - Graphic Designer
Alex is from Poland and has been helping us out with our graphic design needs for the past year. Alex is a multi-talented artist about to add another string to her bow as she goes back to college to study web design.
2008/2009 GIAS Volunteers
In particular we would like to thank Heloise Pepin and Foteini Oikonomitsiou our EVS volunteers for 2008/2009. We would also like to pay special mention to Paula Togher, Rachel Gilliland and Niamh Skelly for their enthusiastic and memorable contribution to Give it a Swirl 2008.
Since Gias 2008 we have been thrilled to have the support and guidence of a number of highly skilled marketing and project management professionals helping us with the organisation of GIAS 2009.
Stephen Odlum
Stephen Odlum is the former Marketing Manager of Odlums with over 20 years experience of brand and product development. He has also worked on a number of charity-led initiatives with organisations such as the National Children’s Hospital, Tallaght, National Council for the Blind and the Irish Heart Foundation.
Evelyn McLoughlin
Evelyn Mc Loughlin has more than 15 years practical project management, planning and event management and formally worked with Cadburys Ireland ltd. She recently took up a new and exciting role with KP.
2007 Volunteers
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our 2007 volunteers Corine Juvaron, Philippe Carr, Fiona Geraghty, Natalie Hemsing and Joanna Jawor.
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