Eastern Iowans to be inducted into 2022 Volunteer Hall of Fame

DES MOINES — Several Eastern Iowans are among those who will be inducted into the 2022 Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame at a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa state capitol building.

Being selected for the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame is the most prestigious state-level honor volunteers can receive as recognition of their service to their communities.

The 2022 Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame inductees include Tabinda Cheema of Davenport, Greg Fier of Clinton, Herbert Hazewinkel Jr. of Peosta, Dr. Steven Meyer of Sioux City, Pam Schoffner of Polk City, Edna Schrandt of Decorah, Tom Townsend of Dubuque, VaxDSM Project of Des Moines and Kathy Waychoff of Fairfax

The Excellence in Mentoring Awards gives Iowa MENTOR certified programs the opportunity to recognize outstanding longtime youth mentors. The recipients of the 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Award are Matt Guess of West Des Moines and Mike Leerar of Garner.

For comprehensive profiles of the Volunteer Hall of Fame inductees, visit https://www.volunteeriowa.org/hof. For profiles of the Excellence in Mentoring award recipients, visit https://www.iowamentoring.org/news/events/excellence-mentoring-awards.