Vets remembered, volunteers at MIA Hospitality Lounge receive thanks

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Gloria Burns
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Vets remembered, volunteers at MIA Hospitality Lounge receive thanks
Angel Rodriguez, Military Hospitality Lounge president and executive director, addresses volunteers at Appreciation Dinner held in December at Seasons 52.

During the holidays, veterans who have passed as well as active and retired military are remembered. Yolanda Woodbridge, a Coco Plum Woman’s Club member and Coral Gables Rotarian who volunteers every week at Miami International Airport’s Military Hospitality Lounge, was one of many Coco Plum Woman’s Club members accompanied by their president, Annie Goodrich Sorgie, who visited the Veterans Cemetery during the holidays to lay wreaths at the graves.

For Woodbridge, this is just one of many ways she lends her support to veterans including having volunteered for years at the VA Hospital where her Rotary Club holds monthly bingo games for the veterans.

Woodbridge was one of 20 or more MIA Military Hospitality Lounge volunteers attending an appreciation dinner at Seasons 52 on Dec. 18. That evening, Angel Rodriguez, Miami International Airport’s Military Hospitality Lounge president and executive director, welcomed everyone and thanked them for their service, stressing the importance of their time and the need for more volunteers. Ideal volunteers are retired military, police or firefighters.

The lounge is open seven days a week and is located on the second level of Terminal E. It provides a place for travelers to rest, grab some snacks, and freshen up on long trips.

Volunteering at the lounge is easy and fun with free parking at the employees’ lot with a shuttle that takes you right to the terminal. Your job is greeting visitors, checking IDs, offering a friendly smile, and helping with incidentals, restocking snacks and keeping things tidy. The lounge is opened from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional volunteers may enable the lounge to extend those hours.

To learn more about volunteering, send email to angel.rodriguez@yahoo.com.

 

 

 

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Gloria Burns
A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.

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