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Volunteer of the Year: Dave Werton

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By Dana Casadei, Angela Hospice Volunteer When Dave Werton received the Volunteer of the Year award last April, saying he was surprised is an understatement. Dave with a We Honor Veterans blanket. "I had no idea, really," he said. In fact he was tricked into going to the annual volunteer dinner, which he hadn't attended in years. He had been told there would be something for the We Honor Veterans program he's a part of. That didn't happen, and instead he got the night’s top award. And after speaking to Werton it's easy to see why. "When I first met him I thought he worked here. I thought he was a social worker," laughed Syndie Best, Volunteer Services Manager. "But then I found out he was a volunteer. And that's the thing. He's so unassuming. There's nothing about him that would stand out and go, 'Ta-do, here I am.' He's just not that kind of person." "I think that's pa...