Rhea Williams works, and has labored for 22 years, as a Senior Vice President, Director of Compliance, at First Safety Financial institution in downtown Conway. First Safety Financial institution is a privately held firm, based in 1932, that provides options for the monetary wants of people, companies, and the general public sector. Rhea’s major accountability is to make sure the financial institution is in compliance with federal and state shopper laws. Rhea lives and works in Conway, Arkansas, in Faulkner County, and volunteers with the Arkansas Single Dad or mum Scholarship Fund for Area 9 which incorporates Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, and Yell counties.
Rhea has been an impressive volunteer with ASPSF since 2012. Rhea donates her time to serve ASPSF by reviewing purposes for scholarships from single mother and father; interviewing single mother and father for semester scholarships; serving on the Regional Scholarship Committee for Area 9; facilitating and talking at scholar growth {and professional} growth workshops on Monetary Literacy for single mother and father; fundraising for Faulkner County and Area 9 counties; and taking part in Area 9 conferences.
In Rhea’s personal phrases:
I’m a volunteer for Area 9 beneath the superior management of Daphne Scott. I’ve been working with Daphne for 5 years.
Having been a single mother or father in faculty, I understand how difficult it may be to satisfy instructional tasks, elevate a baby, and work. I additionally know that any assist, whether or not it’s tangible or intangible, is a lift and an encouragement to proceed with that journey and attain the objectives which have been set. I applaud and encourage every single mother or father to persevere. It could get arduous, however push via and know that we’re right here to assist the place we are able to. I applaud the Arkansas Single Dad or mum Scholarship Fund for the half that they play in stopping the cycle of poverty for single mother and father in Arkansas.
Area 9 is extraordinarily fortunate to have Rhea taking part with us as a neighborhood volunteer for 10 years. She reveals up every time an invite or request is fabricated from her to help in our actions, and she or he helps steward and lead the actions and successes we expertise every semester and annually all through Area 9. Rhea was an unstoppable pressure within the final two years as all of us journeyed via these two years residing with the uncertainty of COVID in our lives. Rhea continued to point out up, be there, and assist our single mother and father via a really difficult time for them and the world.
Thanks, Rhea, for all that you simply do for our group, and to your fantastic management and contributions to our scholarship work all through Area 9! To search out out how one can share your time with us, go to aspsf.org/volunteer or e-mail volunteer@aspsf.org.
