WITH DEDICATED VOLUNTEER AND PARTNERS, WINONA VOLUNTEER SERVICES (WVS) HELPS PEOPLE ADDRESS LIFE'S CHALLENGES IN A RESPECTFUL AND DIGNIFIED MANNER. WVS RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSITANCE IN OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS. WVS WAS RECERTIFIED THROUGH THE POINTS OF LIGHT FOUDATION AS A SERVICE ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION. THIS DEMONSTRATES HOW COMMITTEED WVS IS TO EFFECTIVELY DELIVERING ON OUR MISSSION BY ALIGNING VOLUNTEER PASSIONS AND SKILLS WITH MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. THROUGHOUT 2020, OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS REMAINED COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WITH FOOD & OTHER SERVICES IN THE SAFEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE WAY IMAGINABLE. WE ADJUSTED OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION MODEL MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY COVID-19 AND SUSPENDED THE USE OF FOOD SHELF CARDS AND OTHER PAPERWORK SINCE THE GOVERNMENT INCREASED INCOME ELIGIBILITY. MASK WEARING, PHYSICAL DISTANCING, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SHOPPERS INSIDE AND CLOSING OUR LOBBY AREA PROVIDED A SAFE