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Volunteer Spotlight

This Volunteer Spotlight section is to recognize social workers in the NASW Illinois Chapter who are going out and giving back to their chapter. As social workers, it can be difficult to make time to volunteer after a difficult day at work. However, the following individuals are being recognized for their efforts in going above and beyond to give back to their chapter and promote the profession.

Individuals selected to the Volunteer Spotlight are members of the association who are recommened by the Board of Directors and staff of the association. This list, by no means, includes all of the amazing members currently volunteering thier time and efforts for the NASW Illinois Chapter—we thank all of our members for your membership support and assistance.

Volunteer Spotlight

Phyllis Mitzen

Chair, Older Adults SIG

“Five years ago, Marcia Spira and Joel Rubin called the first meeting of the NASW Illinois Chapter Older Adults Shared Interest Group (SIG), and I jumped at the opportunity to participate. My interest in the field of aging was sparked in the late 1960s with the untimely illness and death of my father. That was also the watershed decade of Medicare and Medicaid. The bio-psychosocial focus of social work seemed the best fit to address the issues I was exposed to while working in nursing homes and a social service agency during the 1970s. I joined NASW when I entered → READ MORE...