Mary Anderson, St. Louis Area Chapter manager of disaster readiness and response says, “Skip has held a leadership role in nearly every Red Cross disaster services program, event and service. He is a wonderful person and he has a positive influence on everyone he encounters. We are lucky to count him as a Red Cross volunteer.”

When asked if he has advice for someone who has never volunteered, Skip immediately says, “Give it a shot. After working for 25 years in the Air Force, I thought I had seen everything, but the Red Cross put me in parts of the country I’ve never been to. There is always a sense of newness, and I enjoy being challenged. There is a real feeling of excitement in the volunteering that I do. So my advice is—give it a shot.”

Skip balances his volunteer life with spending time with his family and being a volunteer youth bowling coach. “I am a better coach than I am a bowler,” he says. Skip coaches young players from age five all the way up to high school age kids.

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