Renee Vanselow – AuntieNae

[AuntieNae]

With the nominations I have received, I put a great deal of consideration before accepting and pursing running as a WGA board member:

First post, a bit about myself:

I am a Recreation Supervisor with the City of Greenfield Dept of Parks & Recreation. I manage programs in the Aquatics, Playgrounds, Fitness, Enrichment, Arts, Dance and Safety areas. I have a Bachelor’s degree from UW-Milwaukee in Community Recreation and am completing a Master’s degree from UW-LaCrosse in Park & Recreation Management via Distance Education.

I am an American Red Cross Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor plus an Instructor Trainer in CPR/AED and First Aid. Our Greater Milwaukee Chapter recently merged and became the American Red Cross in South Eastern Wisconsin. I currently serve on the Health & Safety Instructor Support Committee which oversees the Instructor Trainers and Instructors. I am entering my third year of a five year term for this position.

Besides Geocaching, I also enjoy scrapbooking, quilling, camping, canoeing and sailboating.

I began Geocaching in February 2004. I spent several hours in parks I knew finding my first caches before TamCo & I headed to Charleston South Carolina for a conference. We had a great time discovering Charleston while learning how my GPS worked and what the different cache types were.

AuntieNae
Renee A. Vanselow

[AuntieNae]

Contributions to Geocaching:

With my involvement in Parks & Recreation and training background, it became a good fit to offer Geocaching Basics workshops. My purpose has always been to get new Geocachers off to a good start with the background information that I wished I had learned when I started. I researched and created a PowerPoint presentation that is continually evolving. In the workshops, I try to present different cache containers and hides with hands on experience. The assistance of other local geocachers has been invaluable.

With my involvement in Parks & Recreation, I have planned and conducted several geocaching events. Of course, I am the person that experiences 18 inches of snow and even a deluge of rain during their event BUT MUCH to the amazement of the Park & Recreation staff Geocachers still come!! With the Tapps, we just held the 3rd Annual Waukesha JanBoree Geocaching event and Greenfield All A Glow event. The number of participants at events is definitely growing.

With my involvement in Parks & Recreation, I have also been in a role of explaining and promoting Geocaching to the other local Parks & Recreation Departments. It definitely is no secret that I am a geocacher so when they are contacted by a geocacher, the Park & Recreation staff call me to get more information before returning the call. Most recently these have been, Waukesha County Parks, Whitewater Recreation and Brown Deer Park & Recreation.

[AuntieNae]

I just wanted to post a note,
I am attempting to reply to the various threads posted. We had a death in the family this week and we have family members staying at our house for the weekend. I am jumping online between things.
AuntieNae

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Please accept my sympathies.

Take your time answering all the threads in this incredibly popular thread.

[Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu]

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family, Renee. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you. I may be a distance, but always will to lend a hand and make the drive if needed.

With Deepest Sympathy….

Anne

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