ELSIE CALAMESE

Elsie is referred to as the “Clara Barton” of the American Red Cross, Firelands Chapter. She has given of herself for the past twenty years. She not only volunteers at the ARC but is intensively involved in our community and serves on the American Red Cross national volunteer list. She is a quiet gentle great grandmother who can be summoned at a moment’s notice to jet off to the scene of a disaster anywhere in the United States. In response to September 11, Elsie boarded a plane the next day and worked 12 hour days to help those in need.

Elsie volunteers one day a week at Care and Share, Second Harvest doing whatever is needed to assist the hungry in our community. She was one of the co-founders of this organization. She has also been a long time board member of The Erie Huron Counties Community Action Commission.