Edna Leonard, a longtime Peninsula resident, has been named the Volunteer of the Year by the California Highway Patrol, Redwood City Office and was honored at the CHP Awards Ceremony in Benicia June 11. She has been serving the CHP for eight years.
Edna has also served 11 years at the USO for servicemen and women and is also still volunteering at SFO Travelers’ Aid/Guest Services where she has been assisting travelers for the past 12 years. In 2011, she received a Commendation from the Commander for her work at CHP and also was awarded President Obama’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 4,000 volunteer hours of service.
Edna still finds time for world travel and will be travelling this summer in Italy, Greece and Turkey. Edna is a mother to two daughters and a son, has three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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