Chuck Kurhajec volunteers at the Shawano Area Food Pantry and Resource Center, Shawano Medical Center and the Disabled American Veterans.
He is a native of Sturtevant, which is near Racine. After Kurhajec graduated from Horlick High School, he joined the Air Force, serving for four years. For 35 years, he was a pipe fitter at Johnson Wax Co. in Sturtevant. In 2004, Kurhajec and his wife of 41 years, Reva, bought land in the town of Wescott. They built a house and have lived there since 2007, when they retired.
They have two daughters and one granddaughter. Kurhajec likes to golf and plays on the senior men’s softball team. He and his wife like to fish.
Q Where do you volunteer?
A “I spend Mondays at Shawano Medical Center. I’m at the Shawano Area Food Pantry and Resource Center on Friday and Saturday. I drive the van for the Disabled American Veterans.”
Q What do you do for each one?
A SAFPARC: “I clean on Saturday and pick up bakery. I sweep and mop the floor. I go to the drop site (Shawano Area Food Center) when it’s needed. I do whatever Flo needs me to do.”
SMC: “I work in transportation there. I assist patients in getting to and from their procedures. I’ve been doing it about five years. They brought some procedures from the clinic because of the construction. I am there on Mondays from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.”
DAV: “Since February 2009 I pick up veterans in Shawano, Clintonville and New London and transport them to Milwaukee to the Zablocki Medical Center for their appointments. On any day, it is nine or 10 hours. The latest I can leave the medical center is three in the afternoon, but it depends on the appointments. Anybody that feels they owe the veterans anything or do something that feels good should go to the Veterans Service office and put your name in. You don’t have to be a veteran to drive.”
Q Why do you volunteer?
A “I volunteer because my life has been blessed with a good job and a good wife and I felt I needed to give back to the community and I needed something to fill the day.”
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