Hot Shots – 2/23/22

Resident Honored With Volunteer Award

AARP Hawai‘i recognized volunteer leader and veterans advocate Vicki Franco (center) with the Andrus Award for Community Service, the organization’s most prestigious and visible state volunteer honor for community service. Franco helped organize the 2021 Hawai‘i Virtual Veterans Summit to connect veterans with information and resources, worked with other volunteers to put together kits with COVID-19 supplies for homeless veterans and, along with her team, wrote personal Veterans Day thank-you cards to send to residents at Tripler Community Living Center. PHOTO COURTESY AARP HAWAI‘I