Elliott Greenblott of Brattleboro recently was named the 2016 winner of the AARP Andrus Community Service Award.
The award, AARP's most prestigious volunteer honor, is named for AARP founder Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, an educator and tireless advocate of community service and volunteerism, according to a news release. Its purpose is to recognize outstanding AARP volunteers and members who are making a difference in their communities “in ways that are consistent with the nonprofit's mission and that inspire others to service.”
“Elliott provides an excellent example of the difference that volunteering can make in the lives of individuals and in the well-being and vitality of a community” said Greg Marchildon, AARP Vermont state director, in the release.
Greenblott heads up AARP Vermont's Fraud Fighter program as part of the AARP Fraud Watch Network. He delivers consumer fraud and ID theft prevention presentations, coordinates a team of volunteers, and is the author of a regular fraud-prevention column in newspapers across Vermont.
Greenblott has been a member of and a leader within the Windham County unit of the Vermont Retired Teachers Association. He is on the board of the Community of Vermont Elders and has been chair of the Brattleboro Board of Civil Authority, which supervises elections and acts in a quasi-judicial role conducting tax appeal and abatement hearings.