For the month of December, Arkansas Single Dad or mum Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) is recognizing not one however two excellent volunteers within the Southeast Area!
Congratulations to Brian Wells and Aaron Simpson, each of Monticello, as ASPSF’s December 2022 Volunteers of the Month.
Program Supervisor Kerron Simpson described Brian and Aaron, who’re her brothers, as behind-the-scenes volunteers who had been raised in a single father or mother residence. They passionately consider in empowering single mother and father to pursue their schooling, improve their revenue, and lift their way of life.
When the NAACP had a Black Historical past Month parade, Brian Wells secured a side-by-side and connected ASPSF indicators to it. He drove it within the parade whereas Program Supervisor Kerron Simpson threw sweet and greeted the group members current.
Referred to as “a champion of ASPSF,” Brian is a volunteer Kerron can at all times depend on. He retired after 33 years with the Arkansas Division of Transportation however stays lively by preserving Kerron updated on group actions. He even secured (and drove!) a side-by-side so ASPSF may have a automobile for the NAACP’s Black Historical past Month parade.
“I can at all times name on Brian to help me,” Kerron mentioned. “He’s at all times prepared to accompany me as a driver by way of my very rural area. We had been even caught within the snow whereas driving at night time from Chicot County!”
Aaron Simpson helps Program Supervisor Kerron Simpson distribute checks throughout a drive-thru award pickup occasion.
Aaron, in the meantime, is Kerron’s co-pilot, doing no matter he can to serve the group. He helps by distributing scholarship checks and accompanying Kerron as she travels to go to college students and supporters in Drew, Jefferson, and Arkansas counties.
By way of his work as a resident specialist on the College of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Aaron has helped ASPSF set up a relationship with the varsity and its college students. Aaron can be employed on the Saracen On line casino Resort as a safety guard supervisor.
“He at all times has my again,” Kerron mentioned. “His focus is at all times about serving to single mother and father.”
If you would like to offer life-changing scholarships and assist to hundreds of low-income single mother and father, fill out the volunteer kind at aspsf.org/volunteer.
