Allen Smith

We at ALOHA heartily congratulate Allen Smith on receiving The President's Volunteer Service Award. He was nominated by IBM which has a volunteer program for its current and past employees. Allen retired from IBM, and previously from the U.S. Air Force, as a computer programmer/analyst.

Allen has volunteered at ALOHA since 1997, primarily as computer guru, but he also helped at yard sales and other events (as did his wife, Karyl). Allen is a whiz with computers, and has done many office tasks and set-ups.

He helped set up other technologies as well, too numerous to mention here, but it all helped in ways of better communication for ALOHA members and the visiting public. He has always been kind to ALOHA members, giving some of them lessons on how to do e-mail, and advising them when they encountered problems with their computers. He understands the plight of seniors trying to grasp the vast field of new technology, while at the same time dealing with their hearing deficits. Often, they cannot attend classes because they cannot hear the instructor.

Congratulations, Allen!