CoBANK Awards Generous Gift to the Agape Foundation

Agape had the honor of accepting a $5,000 check from CoBANK to the Agape Foundation. The check was presented by Agape volunteer and CoBANK employee Lee King this week at our all-staff meeting.

Lee received the check in combination with winning the CoBANK volunteer of the year award for 2015. We are grateful for this generous gift and what it will provide for patients and families in need.

As Volunteer Manager Beth Kelley said at the acceptance ceremony, Lee approaches her work as volunteer the way she approaches her life: Fully focused and dedicated to whatever she is doing. That means putting concerted effort into knowing each patient and family, what's important to them and how she can help make their days as meaningful as possible. Here's just one example:

Volunteer Lee King with Agape Owners,
Larry Woods and Kim West

When 97-year-old Trudy came onto Agape service, she asked if any of our volunteers hailed from Kentucky. Unfortunately, none of them did, but Lee King entered the scene and did the next best thing: She poured herself into learning about Kentucky, even finding a link to the town newspaper where Trudy used to live.

And Lee learned a whole lot about basketball. She said, "Basically, basketball in Kentucky is nothing short of religious. They love their basketball!"

This was true of Trudy. So Lee, armed with her new Kentucky knowledge, planned a special evening. She made Trudy's favorite foods (potroast, veggies and potatoes) and she, Trudy and Trudy's son gathered to watch the Kentucky Wildcats play Ole Miss.

The icing on the cake? Final score: Wildcats 80/Ole Miss 74.

We congratulate Lee for winning this honor. Humble thanks to Lee and CoBANK for the incredible support.

Patient name is pseudonym to protect privacy.