A heart for helping others
Ms. Kendall Stiles is The Founder and Director of both The GIVE Center, (Georgia College & State University Involved in Volunteer Efforts) and Hands On Milledgeville.
She has been working in the field of Student Development and Volunteerism for 15 years, most of which has taken place at GCSU.
She received both her bachelor’s degree in elementary education and her master’s degree in leadership in higher education from Appalachian State University. She is on the Executive Board for the Georgia College Personnel Association, Georgia Association of Volunteer Administrators and is the president of The Georgia Campus Community Service Association.
She has served on the board of directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oconee, Oconee Prevention Resource Council, The American Cancer Society and the Life Enrichement Center. She is the treasurer for The friends of the Mary Vinson Library and is a Chamber Ambassador with the Milledgeville & Baldwin County Chamber of Commerice.
She recently earned the highest honor of student affiars within the state of Georgia by receiving the Theodore K. Miller Outstanding Professional Service Award.
She is also the founder of WRAPPERs, “We Recogntion and Appreciate People,” is the author of Sharing Moments of Recognition Everyday and is in the process of working on her second book. Her philosophy could not be stated any better than what Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
“I have been doing service all my life and it comes second nature to me. Most days I can’t believe that I have the job I have and how lucky I am to have this job. I absolutely love the students and learn from them everyday as well as they inspire me by how passionate they are. I am very proud of what the GIVE Center does as well as what it stands for and really look forward to where we are headed in the future. I have not ever had a day that I come into work that I wish I did not have to work, however there has been some days I wish I could have slept a little longer but never that I wish I did not have to come to work. This is a not a job to me but rather a career and a career that I am passionate about. We have been so lucky to have the support by the students,” explained Stiles of her role at the GIVE Center.
Stiles is passionate about helping children and likes to work with the Make A Wish Foundation, Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.
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on Jan 29 2010. Filed under Focus On.
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