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UMW alumna Meghan McLees ’23 received the Outstanding Young Adult Volunteer Award at last night’s 2023 Volunteerism and Community Service Awards ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Richmond. Pictured here are, from left to right: Chairman of the Virginia Governor\u2019s Advisory Board on Service and Volunteerism Cliff Yee, Virginia First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and McLees. Official Photo by Christian Martinez, Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the elementary school student she was tutoring via Zoom appeared on the screen, Meghan McLees \u201923 sensed something was wrong. So, she quickly switched gears, replacing the scholarly lesson she\u2019d planned for the day with an educational game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just did that the whole time, and we talked about his day,\u201d she said of the session with a student from Stafford Junction, a nonprofit dedicated to helping families struggling with poverty. \u201cHe was having a hard time at school.\u201d<\/p>\n

The call was just a small part of the volunteer work she completed as a University of Mary Washington student, but it created a career path for McLees, who enrolled in a master\u2019s program for school counseling at the University of Maryland after graduating from UMW in May. Now, in addition to a chosen profession, her penchant for giving her time to others has earned her something else \u2013 the 2023 Outstanding Young Adult Volunteer Award<\/a> from the Virginia governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeghan is a great role model with a wonderful combination of passion for making the world a better place and organizational skills,\u201d Center for Community Engagement Director Sarah Dewees said in her nomination letter for the award, bestowed on McLees at a ceremony last night.<\/p>\n

Growing up in Chesterfield, Virginia, McLees was immersed in volunteerism. She\u2019d lend her efforts to her mother\u2019s American Heart Association events \u2013 taking pictures and handing out flyers \u2013 and the functions her father put on for the Army.<\/p>\n

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UMW alumna Meghan McLees won this year’s Young Adult Volunteer Service Award from the Virginia governor’s office. She majored in psychology at Mary Washington and is pursuing a master’s degree in school counseling. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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During her time at UMW, McLees (right) led teams of volunteers in efforts to pick up trash, do projects at the SPCA and more. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Meghan McLees ’23 volunteers her time and efforts at the local food bank. The UMW alumna donated more than 100 service hours last year alone. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

So the civically engaged culture she found at Mary Washington was a bonus, she said, and she set out to fit service into her schedule. A psychology major with a contemplative studies minor, she joined UMW\u2019s Community Outreach and Resources (COAR), logging more than 100 hours last year alone.<\/p>\n

For Stafford Junction, she recruited volunteers, provided transportation and poured herself into the afterschool Brain Builders initiative, bringing in her own lesson plans, along with whiteboards and worksheets. Along the way, Dewees said, McLees discovered a love for helping children who are low income, have language barriers or just need support.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not just interested in working with students,\u201d said McLees, who persevered through the pandemic, meeting with community partners to figure out how to offer virtual tutoring. \u201cI\u2019m interested in working with students in their own environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

At UMW, she entertained children while their parents did chores at Fredericksburg\u2019s Brisben Center for people experiencing homelessness, worked at the local food bank and led student volunteers weeding gardens, picking up litter and doing projects for the SPCA.<\/p>\n

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Habitat for Humanity is just one of the organizations to which McLees volunteered her time while studying at UMW. She also donated hours to Stafford Junction, the Brisben Center and more. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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As part of her volunteer efforts for Habitat for Humanity projects, McLees took the lead, managing student volunteer work, balancing budgets and creating a unique fundraising to support the trips. <\/div> <\/div>
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McLees (left) participated in three Habitat for Humanities trips, building and repairing houses, during her time at UMW. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

She also joined three Alternative Service Break trips, traveling to different states to repair and build homes with Habitat for Humanity. There, too, McLees became a leader, managing student volunteer work, balancing budgets and creating a fundraising project called \u201cFUNd Fair,\u201d a carnival-like activity held on Mary Washington\u2019s Campus Walk.<\/p>\n

She hopes her passion for volunteerism \u2013 and the statewide award she received for her efforts last night \u2013 will be contagious.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully more people start volunteering,\u201d McLees said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much more than just mentoring people and building houses. Everyone can find their own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UMW alumna Meghan McLees ’23 won this year’s Outstanding Young Volunteer Award from the Virginia governor’s office. She poses here (front row, pink dress) in a group shot from last night’s award ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Richmond. Official Photo by Christian Martinez, Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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UMW alumna Meghan McLees ’23 (left) poses with Center for Community Engagement Director Sarah Dewees at last night’s award ceremony. Dewees nominated McLees for the Outstanding Young Adult Volunteer Award, given annually by the Virginia governor’s office. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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McLees poses with her award. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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