PADUCAH- What bigger New Year’s resolution to accomplish than to accord the allowance of life. This year, there’s a actual appropriate account abaft the Red Cross’s anniversary New Year’s claret drive.
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Larry Dickey receives an accolade of Appropriate Recognition from the American Red Cross fro his committed account as a volunteer.
Larry Dickey was a adherent volunteer. He collection added than 9,030 hours and 318,812 afar so analytical claret donations got to the patients who bare them. He additionally fabricated 175 claret donations. In October, Larry was dead in a car crash. Now, the Red Cross and his ancestors are anniversary his anamnesis and aggravating to apprentice to alive after him.
“Larry and I, this accomplished May, were affiliated 33 years,” Dianne Dickey said.
Suddenly in October, it was over.
“Just how bound things can change,” explained Dianne of the shock her ancestors is feeling.
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Dianne is still accepting acclimated to activity after her husband. Their son, Rick, is accepting acclimated to activity after his dad.
“Rick and I are accepting to apprentice to do a lot of things that we didn’t accept to anguish about,” Dianne said. “Red Cross is accepting to accord with, you know, what are they gonna’ do after him?”
Larry Dickey (to the far right) stands with adolescent Red Cross volunteers for the 2017 Advance Awards accident in July.
Finding a affectionate advance like Larry, says the Red Cross’s Anthony Tinin, won’t be easy.
“Larry is one of our drivers. He collection our shuttle, that shuttles claret to and from hospitals,” Anthony said. “Literally logged hundreds of bags of afar accomplishing that.”
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There are few pictures of Larry in his Red Cross gear. His ancestors provided Local 6 with one, breadth Larry is accepting an accolade for his committed service. He additionally airish for the account to the larboard for the Red Cross Advance Awards accident in July of 2017. Viewers apparently never saw him in video of claret drives covered by WPSD. It aloof wasn’t Larry’s appearance to seek out absorption for his work.
“He was consistently added abaft the scenes. He was never one to be in advanced of the camera,” Rick said of his dad.
“Did you apprentice a lot from your dad in the way that he gave aback to others?” Local 6’s Jennifer Horbelt asked Rick.
“Oh, honestly, yeah,” Rick answered. “One of the better amount ethics that I’ve abstruse over my activity is to serve others.”
“The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates animal adversity in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the ability of volunteers and the generosity of donors,” Dianne said, account the mission account of the Red Cross.
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Larry Dickey, his wife Dianne, and son Rick on vacation.
Larry absolutely believed in that mission.
“A lot of people’s lives were helped because of what he did,” Dianne said.
The Red Cross’s anniversary New Year’s Claret Drive in Paducah is actuality captivated in Larry’s account this year. Actuality are the details:
Where: Concord United Methodist Church, 5178 Hinkleville Road, PaducahWhen: Sunday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.Monday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.Tuesday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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To apprentice added about to American Red Cross, and to accomplish an arrangement advanced of time, bang here.
To apprentice added about accessible claret drives in the Paducah area, bang here.
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