Aravo in the Community

Aravoans are Committed to the Community

In addition to their dedicated work efforts, Aravoans are also committed to contributing to diverse causes in communities where they work and live.


Organization: At the Crossroads
Website: http://atthecrossroads.org/
Aravoan: Channa Bannis
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Participation: Serves on the Board on Directors in support of the organization's mission to empower homeless and indigent youth and young adults.

Organization: Boy Scouts of America
Website: http://scouting.org/
Aravoan: Butch Winters
City/State: Half Moon Bay, CA
Participation: Routine leadership of scouting expeditions for hiking, camping, skating, etc. in order to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them solid values.  

Organization: Boy Scouts of America, Troop 451
Website: http://www.troop451.org/
Aravoan: Scott Eggleston & Son
City/State: Flower Mound, TX
Participation: My son and I joined our local Boy Scout troop in order to spend time together serving our community. Assisted with the remodeling of a local church chapel, spent a week each year in rural Missouri helping re-roof buildings and building fences at a Boy Scout camp there, helped feed the homeless at Christmas in downtown Dallas, sang Christmas carols at a local retirement home, annually placed flags on soldiers’ graves at a local cemetery on Veteran’s Day to help recognize their service, helped raise money for our troop’s Eagle Scouts to help them perform their own service projects, etc.

Organization: Castro Lions Club
Website: http://www.castrolionsclubsf.org/
Aravoan: Moira Wilmes
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Participation: Volunteers at fundraisers, where every penny raised goes back to the community.

Organization: Gateway Green
Website: http://www.gatewaygreenpdx.org/
Aravoan: Harrison Green-Fishback
City/State: Portland, OR
Participation: Greenspace clean up and future trail building in support of the Friends of Gateway Green work to create off road bicycle and other recreational activities in an otherwise unused area of green space.  Portland is a great town for bicycling, but has a lack of off road riding that is close enough to ride to from within the city limits.  I am an avid cyclist and hope that by volunteering I can help to create more opportunities to ride off road in Portland.

Organization: LSSA and LSFA
Website: http://www.castrolionsclubsf.org/
Aravoan: Jim DeVoss
City/State: Lee’s Summit, MO
Participation: Volunteer coach youth soccer and football teams for the past 6 years and/or filling in when leagues are short on coaches and are in need.

Organization: North Texas Food Bank
Website: http://www.ntfb.org/
Aravoan: Allen Thompson
City/State: Dallas, TX
Participation: Served as a volunteer to prepare food for distribution to North Texas Food Bank’s 300 member agencies, which include soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries, afterschool programs, and religious/faith-based groups, etc.

Organization: Painted Turtle Camp
Website: http://www.thepaintedturtle.org/turtle/
Aravoan: Tim Albinson
City/State: San Francisco, CA
Participation: Serves on the Board on Directors for about five years and help with strategic advice, fundraising, and general governance. The camp plays an amazing role in the lives of the children with severe or life-threatening illnesses and families it serves. The camp was founded by Paul Newman and is one of a nation-wide network of camps called the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps.

Organization: Playland-Not-At-The-Beach
Website: http://www.playland-not-at-the-beach.org/
Aravoan: Roger Hand & Son
City/State: El Cerrito, CA
Participation: Carney! It’s a fun place where my 6-year old son can also volunteer.

Organization: Rowlett Lions Club
Website: http://www.rowlettlionsclub.org/
Aravoan: Steve Lones
City/State: Rowlett, TX
Participation: Donations of tickets to needy kids for a magic show/holiday program.