ALTRUSA

Marie A. Sieker, Madison, WI, was recently awarded third place at a conference for the Lamplighter award given to an individual in Altrusa who has done outstanding work in the community.

Altrusa is an international organization of professionals dedicated to community service. Sieker is a member of the Madison chapter that is dedicated to providing funds for programs with an emphasis on literacy through grants & scholarships.

Sieker has been a member of Altrusa for 21 years including one year as club president and two years as secretary. She has also sponsored seventeen other members of Altrusa.

Within the club, Sieker has pioneered in the restructuring of the finance committee. Under her leadership, the committee now oversees their charitable giving.

Over the past two summers, Sieker has spent over eighty hours volunteering in the Summer Training for At Risk Students (STARS) program at Aldo Leopold Elementary School. To increase her usefulness in this program, with its diverse student population, she even took two years of Spanish classes.