Staff & Volunteers

CES has a staff of 13 paid workers, five of whom are full-time and seven part-time. We also have two that work with us and are paid through the National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) program.  CES Meals on Wheels (CES MOW), although on a separate budget, has a total staff of 8 part-time employees.

In addition to this, there are over 1,000 volunteers that help CES in one capacity or another throughout the year, half that assist CES and half with CES MOW.

CES Staff Members

Following is a detailed list of CES staff members:

  • Rev. Mark Peterson, Interim Director
  • Jeff Noyed, Assistant Director
  • Beckie Anderson, Receptionist/Donor Receipting
  • Lester Brown, part-time Food Shelf Coordinator (NICOA)
  • Josephine Howell, Housing Specialist
  • Juanita Lindgren, Assistant to Executive Director
  • Jim McGee, part-time Custodial
  • Marshall Segal, part-time Intern
  • Don Rudrud, part-time Church Liaison
  • Carol Smith, part-time Bookkeeper
  • John Strong, part-time Client Intake Receptionist (NICOA)

    •            Coordinator

CES Meals on Wheels (MOW) Staff

Following is a detailed list of CES MOW staff members (all are part-time):

  • Chris Tachnick, Program Coordinator
  • Krista Noyed, Assistant Coordinator

  • Richard Howell, Driver/Administrative Help
  • Bob Krause, Kitchen Coordinator
  • Jim Magee, Driver
  • Bob Nepple, Driver/Administrative Help
  • Don Rudrud, Client Visitation

Volunteers

In addition to paid staff, CES has more than 1,000 volunteers who assist in different ways, half of whom help deliver the CES MOW's meals and half who assist CES in numerous areas and with various programs.

Volunteers perform duties in the following ways:

  • Interviewing persons on a one-on-one basis with the goal of assessing the physical, emotional health, personal growth and any spiritual hunger the individual may have.  If there is no apparent "spiritual hunger," the client is respected and affirmed in their current efforts.
  • Driving a van or acting as an assistant to pick-up and deliver food, but also other items that may be donated.
  • Sorting & stocking the food that arrives with the goal of depositing the food into the proper storage areas and the pantry before it is given out to clients.
  • Assembling of the monthly newsletter for bulk mailing by our mailing team as they gather in the morning once a month.
  • Providing office and clerical support for special projects.
  • Delivering CES Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors.
  • Assisting our custodial help with extra projects, such as deep cleaning, carpet cleaning, summer or winter yard upkeep, etc.
  • Lending a helping hand with special maintenance projects such as minor repair work, general carpentry, painting, plumbing, replacing carpet and even electrical duties.

The greatest challenge that CES faces is the ever-increasing number of clients coming with crisis needs, requiring ever increasing finances.  There are volunteers from every walk of life that partner with us in regards to ever pressing necessity of funds to maintain the high quality of direct service that we seek to continue.

CES often sees that there are underlying issues besides the obvious crisis needs.  Therefore, staff and/or volunteers meet twice daily for about 30 minutes to take these requests to prayer.  There are several others that partner with CES in this prayer ministry as well.

See also Volunteer Needs

  • CES Board of Directors