News » Access Tucson Says Goodbye to Outreach Manager Vicki Evans

After 8 years of service to Access Tucson, Vicki Evans is moving on to bigger and colder things–well, moving to Ohio anyway.

Vicki began as a volunteer host for Local Matters, Access Tucson’s community information program and continued to host the program through it’s 576th episode.

She began her employment with Access Tucson as a Member’s Service Representative at the front desk. She then put her production skills to work as a Production Assistant helping Access Tucson producers in the studios and edit suites. From there she moved on to fill the position of Outreach Manager. Vicki found the perfect fit in this position–working with groups and organizations and coordinating production volunteers.

Vicki has worked to provide hundreds of non-profit organizations with representation on television. These organizations had little hope of seeing much more than a sound byte in the mainstream media, let alone full length programs focusing on their community service. Her work in coordinating volunteers has made it possible for community organizations to receive thousands of dollars worth of television time tailored specifically for their message.

The volunteer technical production crews are asked to start early and work late—sometimes in 110 degree weather. Vicki has been the critical motivating factor in their continuing participation. She created a willingness of commitment from volunteers from her embodiment of the spirit of service. She worked tirelessly, or beyond tired, alongside volunteers and demonstrated that no job is menial or meaningless.

She has made a great effort to make sure that volunteer service at Access Tucson is recognized and respected, organizing an annual volunteer recognition and on-going public acknowledgment. This genuine appreciation has created a long-term, dedicated core of volunteers and has inspired a steady influx of new participants. She fostered the growth of each volunteers’ skills and provides new opportunities for development though opportunities in training and increased responsibilities.

Here’s what Vicki had to say in parting:

It has been my great pleasure getting to know and work with you. This is my last day at Access Tucson. My cousin, Keith Wilkowski is running for the Mayor of Toledo and I’ll be working on his campaign. Needless to say, I admire his thinking and goals and I’m excited to be apart of this adventure.

-Vicki

Happy trails, Vicki. We will miss you a lot.