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Community Hope Center, Inc. Board of Directors 2009
CHC Board of Directors Biographical Overview
Lyn Cloninger - President: Lyn has been associated with the Community Hope Center for over 4 years; initially helping to finish construction of the Children’s Hope Center. He is a retired Systems Manager from Southwestern Bell and has worked in ministry in the River Bend Area and overseas for the past 30 years. He has three years of Bible College and a B.S. degree in Organizational Leadership. He has worked in volunteer ministries for over 30 years and currently serves as the Executive Director for the Community Hope Center, Inc.
Floyd Worthen - Vice President Floyd has three children and six grandchildren. He has been a member of the Church of God, home office of Cleveland, Tennesee for 42 years and has served as a Sunday school teacher, bus minister, mid week program director and church custodian. He is presently attending the Bethalto Church of God.
He is a veteran that served two years in the U.S. Army. Most of his time was spent in Germany; 249th Engineer Battalion, as a company clerk and driver for the Company Commander.
He is retired now after working as a technical artist for Boeing/McDonnell Douglas for 42 years
Robert Bethel: Bob has a Master’s Degree in Education from SIU Carbondale and a B.S. in Industrial Education. Bob has been an ordained Deacon in the Southern Baptist church for the past thirty years and has held positions on numerous boards & committees. He has been a member of the Board of Directors for the CHC for the past 11 years.
Lenora Bethel: Lenora is a homemaker and mother of three sons and four grandchildren. She has over 30 years of volunteer experience – local hospitals in hospice work, Scouts, and five years at Operation Blessing food pantry in Wood River, IL. In the past, she has ran a daycare from her home and worked in the local schools and at H&R Block. She has held her position as Board Member of the CHC for 11 years and currently serves as the Clothing Services Director.
Amy Maberry Has grown up in the Riverbend area, and is fortunate to know many friends and family members that have joined her in working to help others. Amy’s background in Real Estate development, has lead her into a career of custom home building and custom remodel designs. She is currently serving as the Director of Maintenance, which means she works closely with groups who are coming out to volunteer for all kinds of special projects, to help maintain and improve the quality of the facility in which we serve our clients. In the summer, her primary job is to work with the College/High School students who come one day a week to work. Being a mother of three, Amy has seen first hand the impact the ministry of helping others has had on her children; she encourages everyone to get their kids, youth groups, sports teams, any organizations involved in volunteer work.
Gerald (Jerry) Scroggins Jerry has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies and a B.S. in Special Education from SIUE. He currently is a Managing Consultant for IBM and in this position travels quite frequently. Jerry has many years of maintenance experience while working almost 18 years at the Shell refinery prior to its sale to Conoco-Phillips in the late 1990’s. Jerry has been a member of Main Street United Methodist Church for over 10 years and has been active in youth education and has been involved in their Sunday School programs. Jerry has been involved as a volunteer for the Hope Center for a number of years but this last fall was called to create the Wheels of Hope Ministry. This ministry involves obtaining and repairing bicycles for the annual Christmas Toy Giveaway program in addition to providing safe, reliable bicycles to area adults for transportation. Jim Ellebracht I have been a long time-resident of the Riverbend area with my wife Debbie and we have two sons and daughter-in-laws and two granddaughters. My background is in Architectural Design and Project Estimator, plus Business and Personnel Management. Currently I own a cleaning business after being unemployed for eight months which led me to volunteer at the Hope Center.
My hope is to continue to encourage more people to get involved because it has made such a difference in my life.
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