San Clemente volunteer helped with many projects over lifetime
By San Clemente Times
A San Clemente resident and long-time community volunteer, Don Glasgow was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award on Sept. 4 at the private residence of Dr. Ray Striler in Carlsbad.
The PVSA is the premier volunteer awards program, encouraging citizens to live a life of service through presidential gratitude and national recognition.
The award is a prestigious national honor given by the President of the United States. It honors individuals who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to volunteer service over the course of a year or lifetime. Don Glasgow has volunteered for numerous non-profits and community efforts in the 12 years he has lived in San Clemente with his wife Beverly.
In 2014 Don was also honored as the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year for his volunteerism. He was presented with the 2014-2015 Non Rotarian of the Year award by the Orange County Rotary Club district.
Don helped raise money for Courtney’s Universal Sandcastle Playground Park and was instrumental in helping get the playground built. He also helped collect more than 12,000 pairs of shoes for distribution to children of impoverished families in Mexico just outside of Tijuana on many of his mission trips. Glasgow helps build houses and churches for the needy across the border. He has delivered more than 265 used bicycles he collects from San Clemente residents, to needy children and adults in Mexico. He collected more than 700 complete sets of golf clubs and 36,000-plus golf balls for distribution to Camp Pendleton Marines who returned from overseas deployments. For several years he helped make the Friends of San Clemente Beaches, Parks and Recreation Foundation’s fall carnival a success with the presentation of numerous nonprofit expo booths.
“This is a huge honor,” Glasgow said in a press release. “I have enjoyed the journey and chose to volunteer—not for recognition but to help make our world a better place. I have been inspired and blessed by the people I have met along the way who have enriched my life in indescribable ways.”
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