It might be easier to list all the places Sedalia residents Janice Naser and Leo Lewis haven’t volunteered; it would be a short list.
After nearly a decade of working in the community, the duo were recently named the Center for Human Services’ Volunteers of the Year and have no plans of slowing down.
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