Volunteer Spotlight

August 1, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Janet Edwards and her ShihTzu, Suki, for their contributions to the facility. Janet has been volunteering with Suki for about 2 years. Janet is currently retired after 30 years of teaching elementary school students. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and is married to Clarence “Skip” Edwards. The couple... Read More

July 2, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Christine Bodendorf for her contributions to the facility. Christine is the daughter of Elizabeth Glascock who resides in the Senior Living Facility. Christine grew up at Woodberry Forest School where her father Jack Glascock was a professor.She completed high school at St. Margaret’s School in Tappahannock, Virginia. Christine attended... Read More

June 1, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Ella Elizabeth (Woolfolk) Holley-Goodwin for her contributions to the facility. Liz was born and raised in Spotsylvania County Virginia. She was the youngest of 4 children and the only girl. Liz graduated from Spotsylvania High School in 1952 and earned a degree in Music Education from Madison College (JMU).... Read More

May 2, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Larry Lloyd who has been volunteering with Dogwood Village since 1991 when his mother was a resident in the facility. He was so impressed with the care that she received during her years at Dogwood Village, he wanted to give back by volunteering.  Larry is a former Orange Town... Read More

April 2, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize the Orange County Master Gardeners for their contributions to the facility. This group has been assisting residents in the facility since 1997. The Master Gardeners are part of the Rapidan River Master Gardeners group under the auspices of Virginia Tech. One of the stated goals of the Virginia Tech... Read More

March 1, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Wanda Jerman for her contributions to the facility. Wanda was born and raised in Tennessee. She met her husband Ralph and moved to Rhoadesville where she lived for 43 years. The couple moved to the town of Orange about 3 years ago. Wanda worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant... Read More

February 1, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Fedie McClung for her contributions to our facility. Fedie was born and raised in West Virginia and graduated from Shepherdstown High School.  She trained to be a registered nurse at Winchester Memorial Hospital in 1956. Fedie retired from her nursing career in 2003 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville,... Read More

January 2, 2018 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize G.W Plumb for his contributions to our facility. He was born in Charlottesville, VA and raised in Orange County. He attended Orange Co Nursing Home Childcare as a child where he got his first taste for volunteering with residents. He graduated from Orange County High School with honors and... Read More

December 1, 2017 — Dogwood Village would like to recognize Kendall Short for her contributions to the facility. Kendall lives in Unionville and is in the 8th grade at Prospect Heights Middle School in Orange. Kendall is the daughter of Martha Robeson and Benny Short and has been a part of Dogwood Village all of her life. Her mother,... Read More

November 1, 2017 — Ms. Doris Shumake was born and raised in Louisa, Virginia and attended Louisa County High School. After high school Doris worked for the Bank of America in Orange for ten years. Doris and her husband, Buddy, moved to Orange, Virginia in 1960 and raised two sons, Mark and Shawn. She retired from working for the... Read More