Today is the last day for one of the Mueum's longtime volunteers. Her name is Maxine Thompson and she has been a volunteer since 1996 and a Museum member for more than 20 years.
Maxine lives about 50 miles outside of Kansas City and has continued to make the drive on a regular basis to volunteer at the Museum. She has served in many capacities from holiday gift wrapping to special events. Her enjoyment of the Museum, our visitors and the staff members is evident to everyone who comes into contact with Maxine.
For special events Maxine would add a touch of whimsy by dressing up such as the beautiful red Chinese style dress she wore for Chinese New Year. One of my favorite stories about our volunteers features Maxine doing what she does best.
Maxine recently turned 80 and decided it’s time to change how she supports the Museum. Today is her last day in Coat Check and the last day she’ll have a regularly scheduled volunteer role. She’ll continue to help with special events and to prepare classroom materials at home.
I'm glad she will still be connected to the Museum but we will all miss her smiling face and cheerful hello.
