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Marlena Adkison
2001 Adult Volunteer of the Year

Marlena Adkison was named the 2001 Adult Volunteer of the Year and presented with a T-shirt and certificate of appreciation at the HHHS annual meeting in May.

Marlena promotes shelter animals and activities live on K-Country 106.9 radio station every single day. She serves on the Board of Directors for Helping Hands and chairs the public relations committee. She co-chaired last year’s Paws in the Park committee and this year she is chairing the Paws in the Park publicity committee.

As an advocate for dogs in her neighborhood, Marlena recently took in a stray until she could locate the owner. She excels at collecting in-kind gifts for the shelter and promotes all kinds of donations for Helping Hands. She visits the shelter to periodically check on certain animals to see if they’ve been adopted.

Marlena always lends a hand at special events like walking dogs in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. She will do anything that needs to be done and with a smile. Her advocacy has reached many people in the community and saved the lives of hundreds of homeless animals.