Peggy Trail – 2009 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award Winner
Last week, I announced that Peggy Trail of Paragould, AR is the 2009 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award winner. Since I was running short on time, I had to make the announcement a quick one and couldn’t really detail why she had bee chosen as the winner. However, I would like to highlight a few reasons why she was given this award.
One person wrote that they sincerely appreciated all of her work at the state convention of the Arkansas Council of the Blind, as well as the national convention of the American Council of the Blind. In both instances, she was said to go above and beyond the call of duty to encourage and assist everyone around her. She was especially helpful regarding transportation, and would pick up everybody and bring them from building to building instead of leaving them to walk. She also brought people on a shopping trip during some downtime at the convention. She is very active at her local senior center as well.
We had another person write in expressing how appreciative they were of her work at the Arkansas School for the Blind Alumni Conventions and the amount of support she gave to everyone around her.
Many other submissions reflected similar experiences, all of which mentioned her kindness, patience, and unwavering willingness to help those who needed it.
It is because of the resounding opinion of her character by those who have met her that we chose her to win the award. Thank you for your service, Peggy, and please continue your very successful work within the blindness community.