USO Vicenza Volunteer of the Quarter - 1st Quarter Terri

Please join the USO Vicenza in congratulating Terri Bender on being named our 1st Quarter 2022, Volunteer of the Quarter! Terri has been volunteering with the USO Vicenza since the middle of August of 2021 and has become an invaluable member of the team and an amazing volunteer. She has been instrumental in the kitchen helping us prepare for our food events and always seems to have a smile on her face regardless of how tired she is from work. She is an expert baker and often bakes items at home to bring into the center. Over Christmas she baked several pies at home and brought them in for our Christmas event just prior to boarding a plane for the U.S. Not only does Terri volunteer in her off time she is a substitute teacher for DODEA and is utilized nearly full time. She currently resides in Italy with her husband Terrance and her daughter Cassandra. She has a son in the Marines and has just become a grandmother to an adorable little girl, Elizabeth. When not volunteering, Terri plans to travel around Italy as much as she can. When asked why she volunteers with the USO, Terri said that she has always been around USO’s when her husband would travel for his reserve duties and once her son joined the Marines, she was ecstatic how well the USO would take care of him, so she wanted to provide the same feeling for other parents of service members. Once again, join us in congratulating Terri on becoming our 1st Quarter 2022, Volunteer of the Quarter.