Item B1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
MEETING DATE: 5/17-18/00
DIVISION: COMMUNITY SERVICES
BULK ITEM: NO
DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Presentation of Employee of the Month award for January, 2000 to Theresa Lewis, Site
Manager, Plantation Key Senior Citizen Mealsite, Nutrition Program, Social Services Department, Community Services
Division.
ITEM BACKGROUND: See attached.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None on this item.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Present award
TOTAL COST: -0-
BUDGETED: N/A
COST TO COUNTY: -0-
REVENUE PRODUCING: N/A
AMOUNT PER MONTH /YEAR:
APPROVED BY: County Attorney N/A
OMB/Purchasing N/A
Risk Management N/A
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL
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DOCUMENTATION: Included
To Follow
Not Required
AGENDA ITEM #
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DISPOSITION:
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
FOR JANUARY. 2000
THERESA LEWIS
THERESA LEWIS HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE MONROE
COUNTY NUTRITION PROGRAM SINCE JANUARY 1995 WHEN
SHE WAS HIRED AS THE SITE MANAGER FOR OUR
PLANTATION KEY SENIOR CITIZEN MEALSITE.
THERESA REALLY LIVES FOR THOSE SENIORS!!! SHE HAS
MADE THAT CENTER A HOME-AWAY-FROM-HOME FOR
THEM. THERE IS A VERY WARM ATMOSPHERE AND YOU
CAN TELL THAT SHE REALLY CARES.
SHE DOES SO MUCH MORE FOR THEM THAN WHAT IS
REQUIRED. MANY TIMES SHE WILL BAKE THEM COOKIES
OR CAKES. SOMETIMES, IF THE WEATHER IS BAD, SHE WILL
PUT ON A POT OF SOUP TO BE SERVED WITH THEIR
REGULAR MEAL. SHE GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO DECORATE
THE SITE FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS AND EVEN BUYS TREATS
OUT OF HER OWN POCKET.
EVERYTIME YOU GO TO THE SITE, YOU CAN SEE SENIORS
WORKING ON JIGSAW PUZZLES, WATCHING TV, READING,
OR PLAYING RECORDS. THEY REALLY FEEL WELCOME AND
MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME.
SHE HAS ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH A FEW PROBLEM
CLIENTS AND HANDLES HERSELF VERY WELL. SHE CAN BE
FIRM BUT KIND WHEN NEEDED. SHE TRULY DESERVES TO
BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE GOOD JOB SHE IS DOING AND THE
EXTRA EFFORT SHE ALWAYS GIVES.