Verizon Telecom Pioneers honored at luncheon

The Wilkes-Barre Verizon Telecom Pioneers 7 were recent guests at a volunteer appreciation luncheon sponsored by RSVP for the group's continued participation in the Pen Pal Program and other RSVP volunteer functions. The Telephone Pioneers is a nonprofit organization of retired and active members of Verizon Communications. At the luncheon, from left, first row: Dolores McGill, Pioneer volunteer; Valeria Jenkins, Pioneer Partner volunteer; and Terry Labaugh and Beckie Adams, Pioneer volunteers. Second row: Dee Pavlick and Rosemary Gawat, Pioneer volunteers; Jackie Boyle, former RSVP director; and Mary Ellen Arasin and Judy Betti, Pioneer volunteers.