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2020 Virginia Gilpin Distinguished Service Award Winner Announced
We are honored to present the 2020 Virginia Gilpin Distinguished Service Award to Mr. David Whitley. David joined Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad (VBVRS) in 1979 and proudly served as an active member for over 36 years. The breadth of David’s service to VB...
Congratulations To The 2019 Virginia Gilpin Distinguished Service Award Winner
September 14, 2020 - Virginia Beach – Ellen McBride is awarded the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation's 2019 Virginia Gilpin Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious annual award is presented to an honoree whose outstanding actions...
2020 Langhorne & Pulley Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced
~Awarded in partnership by VBVRS and VBRSF~ May 31, 2020- Virginia Beach The thirteen student recipients of the 2020 Langhorne & Pulley Memorial Scholarship have been announced. This memorial scholarship was created in 2008 and is co-funded by the Virginia Beach...
2019 Langhorne & Pulley Memorial Scholarship Recipients Announced
Awarded in partnership by VBVRS and VBRSF April 30, 2019- Virginia Beach The ten student recipients of the 2019 Langhorne & Pulley Memorial Scholarship have been announced. This memorial scholarship was created in 2008 and is co-funded by the Virginia Beach...
2018 Virginia Gilpin Distinguished Service Award Winner Announced
Catherine “Kitty” Schaum honored for 13 years of tireless dedication April 30, 2019 - Virginia Beach Virginia Beach Catherine "Kitty" Schaum has been awarded the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation's 2018 Virginia Gilpin Distinguished Service Award at the...
Winter 2018 – Movin’ On Up!
Congratulations! Between September 28, 2017 and February 8, 2018, the individuals below advanced to the following EMT certification levels: Tenured ALS Braithwaite, Robert Senior Achesinski, April Carey, John Leach, James Life Glaser, Jonathan Smith, Leslie Smith,...
Winter 2018 – Meet Gina Benefiel, New Executive Director
Tell us about your nonprofit background. I started in nonprofit development work right out of college at WHRO, first as a volunteer, then in a paid role. Early on, I was in awe of how nonprofits worked from behind-the-scenes, and the satisfaction of the work itself is...
Winter 2018 – Rock the Squads! Returns May 20
You could feel the pride and appreciation all over Virginia Beach’s highest peak and most popular park last spring. Rock the Squads achieved the goal of the principal sponsors - the City of Virginia Beach and its Department of EMS, Sentara Healthcare and the Virginia...
Winter 2018 – Shift Change at Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Station 9
By Joel Rubin The best time to meet the most volunteer EMTs at any station is around 6:00 p.m., when the day shift checks out and the overnight one checks in. At Station 9 I met Katie East and Dan Russell, who both have run rescue for nearly six years and are partners...
Rescue Lines – Fall 2017 – “They’re My Heroes”
St. Patrick’s Day is a day the Marshall family will never forget. Virginia Beach resident Phyllis Marshall, 74, was enjoying a typical Friday evening at home; she’d just finished watching a movie with her husband, Robert and son, Ritchie. “I went to the kitchen and...