Volunteer Spotlight

“I like helping people,” says Bob Noble, volunteer coordinator for the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department volunteers.  “That’s a big thing for me.”

Bob, a 20-year resident of Henderson County, has been volunteering with the Sheriff’s Department since 1991 and has been an RSVP volunteer since 1996.  He routinely puts in between 80 and 100 hours a month and has a lifetime volunteer record with the department of over 12,000 hours.  Bob says he enjoys getting to set his own hours.  He also likes patrolling the local subdivisions.  “The people love it,” Bob says.  “I get to stop and talk to citizens.  I pick up a lot of information that way.”

Bob used his law enforcement background from serving with a police department in Connecticut to organize the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department volunteers under the leadership of then Sheriff George Erwin.  “I started with a few friends and neighbors,” says Bob.  There are now over 40 men and women volunteering for the department.

The Sheriff’s Department volunteers have taken on two new tasks recently.  They now escort funerals and also give a hand to the City of Hendersonville by walking patrol downtown.

Bob has been instrumental in helping organize other similar volunteer groups in Murphy and Winston Salem, North Carolina.  “It’s been a rewarding experience,” he says.

RSVP matches people age 55+ with volunteer opportunities in non-profit and local government agencies in Madison, Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania Counties.  To learn how you can join RSVP and get involved with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department or one of the other 100+ organizations and agencies in the region,  call (828) 251-6622, toll free at (800) 727-0557 or email Connie Pegg at connie@landofsky.org. 

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