Joan Patterson, from Maine, comes to Alaska the first of February each year to help in the office. She helps with mailings and other office projects as well as answering the phone. The phones are ringing constantly and without Joan to help, no one would be able to get their part of the race preparations done. Joan s office is at the table in the office kitchen. But she doesn t mind, she just wants to help wherever she is needed.
Volunteers are like that.
Gidget Wilkens used to live in Wasilla, but is now living in Arizona. She comes back to Alaska each year to help the Chief Veterinarian get the trail medical boxes ready for the checkpoints and then to help around the offices. One of the things I have noticed with the human volunteers is that you have to have a pot of coffee going all the time. Gidget is getting a refill before tackling the next item on her list of to do s . Deby Trosper is the Re-Start Coordinator.