ASPSF honors Betsy Baker as Volunteer of the Month

As soon as a single mother or father pupil, Betsy Baker of Rose Regulation Agency intimately is aware of the struggles of juggling parenthood, college, and work. She’s used that have to serve Arkansas Single Mum or dad Scholarship Fund as Board President.

For 2 years, she’s balanced budgets and supported fundraisers.  She attended scholarship ceremonies, penned authorized letters, and presided over conferences. She even labored on ASPSF’s new mission, imaginative and prescient, and values together with a daring strategic plan.

Board President Betsy Baker (left) and Board Member Sharmane Andrews settle for an award for ASPSF in spring 2023.

As she steps again to her new position on the board, Previous President, ASPSF has named Betsy the January 2024 Volunteer of The Month to thank her for her numerous hours main the group. 

“Betsy’s ardour has been contagious, and her impression, immeasurable,” ASPSF Government Director Ruthanne Hill mentioned. “I’m grateful for her selfless service, steerage, and unwavering help to single dad and mom.”

Betsy grew to become concerned with SPSF Pulaski County a number of years in the past after assembly native supporters and studying how the group supplied not solely scholarships but additionally sources and mentoring to single dad and mom.

Betsy Baker (second from proper), her husband, and coworkers attended ASPSF’s The Lunch Break final October. 

The mission struck a chord. Betsy had raised her now-adult son as a single mother whereas incomes her bachelor’s in journalism, working as a reporter, and later finding out to develop into a lawyer.  In the present day, she’s a tenacious litigator with quite a few accolades.

“I perceive the facility of training to dramatically enhance nearly each side of 1’s life in addition to their households,” Betsy mentioned. “I needed to have the ability to use my voice to assist impress on others the outsized impression this group has on households right here in Arkansas.”

Thanks, Betsy, for guiding ASPSF into the longer term!  Since 2019 whenever you joined the ASPSF Board, your imaginative and prescient, ardour, and tireless efforts have left a permanent mark, shaping our mission and impacting numerous lives.  

Betsy Baker attended ASPSF’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in 2023 on the Little Rock Regional Chamber.