Page 12 - winter 2015 magazine

Compiled By Pat Williams

Friends of Red Rock Canyon is a volunteer organization lucky enough to have two part-time employees who
help us continue our mission of preserving, protecting and enriching this wonderful place called Red Rock
Canyon National Conservation Area. However, two part-time employees, no matter how talented, cannot
accomplish everything that we do.
Meet the people who help keep Friends one of the most successful volunteer groups in the nation.

Las Vegas has been my home Creating and maintaining a history
since I was four months old. In of Friends of Red Rock Canyon, ar-
2009, after 32 years of service, I chiving all important papers, locating,
retired from the U.S. Postal Service copying, identifying and filing early
and my volunteering with Friends
began the following month. photographs of Red Rock are all part
of my Historian duties.
You can see me at the Infor- Cam Camburn
Leila Arthur mation Desk in the Visitor Center I also assist the Cultural Resources Historian
Dedication Walkway on Wednesday afternoons and I am committee in the creation of a history of Red Rock and vol-
on the Dedication Walkway Committee. unteer on the magazine. I have my own business working
as a nurse in the role of geriatric case manager in addition
to reviewing pre-publication continuing education modules.
Naperville, Illinois was home before
moving to Las Vegas in 2013, joining After 8 years of full-time travel,
Friends and chairing the new “Ask
Me!” program. After college, I worked my husband took a position with the
at Bell Labs in Naperville. federal government as a bank exam-
iner and I hike and volunteer at
My volunteer work began as an at- RRCNCA as often as I can.
home mom; Girl Scout leader, volun-

teer at my kids’ school, Sunday School Before coming to Las Vegas, I prac-
teacher and church board member. Jan Barry Liz Carmer (left) ticed law, paid-off school debt and
When the college years hit for our three Ask Me! Canyon Clean-Up
kids, I went to work at the library until I relocated to Las built-up savings. After selling everything, I traveled and
Vegas. volunteered, mostly in Alaska state and national parks, in
addition to two winters in Belize running an island library.
I volunteer on the Graffiti Team, as a hike assistant, on the
Landscape Team and now as the Canyon Clean-Up Chair.
Reviewing and providing comments
on Friends of Red Rock Canyon’s writ-
ten policies and procedures is my job. For over a year I’ve been chair of the
License Plate Committee. Some of my
I also have fun working with the Natural
Resource Team on trails and area reha- other volunteer contributions include trails
bilitation and on the Graffiti Removal maintenance, graffiti removal and assist-
Team. My husband and I previously ing with special events.
Naomi Bettencourt owned and operated an air-conditioning Before relocating back to Las Vegas, I
Policy Review
company in Las Vegas. Currently I am served in the U.S. Air Force and was a Dwight Hempel
pursuing a Master's in accounting. Realty Specialist for the Bureau of Land License Plate
Management.
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