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22 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Aimee Vandemark <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Aimee Vandemark <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 309 N. Churton Street <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone: 919-370-0132 <br /> Email: aimeevandemark@gmail.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2004 <br /> Township of Residence: Hillsborough <br /> Zone of Residence: Hillsborough Town Limits <br /> Gender Identity: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 35-59 <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Licensed Clinical Social Worker (with a small psychotherapy practice; <br /> aimeevandemarklcsw.com) <br /> Certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide (www.forestbathingnc.com) <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Commission for the Environment <br /> Please explain how your background, education and experience is relevant to this board <br /> As a Certified Forest Therapy Guide, one of my guiding principles is reciprocity with the nature all <br /> around me. Not just what nature gives to me but what I can give to nature. My hope would be <br /> able to share this principle of mutual connectedness between us and nature with the board. I <br /> believe it is within that connectedness we can make sound environmental policy and <br /> recommendations to our community leaders and educate others about environmental issues <br /> facing our community. <br /> Please explain your reasons for wanting to serve on this board <br /> As a social worker, one of my professional guiding values is SERVICE. While I see my therapy <br /> practice as a service to the community, I would like to further be of service to my community <br /> through service to the environment. Another social value is SOCIAL JUSTICE and as the climate <br /> change impacts seem to impact the most vulnerable in our communities the hardest, I feel <br /> compelled to be a part of the solutions to lessening that suffering. <br /> How would your particpation on this board contribute to the diversity of viewpoints? <br /> I am not exactly sure how my participation might add to the diversity of the board, but as a <br /> citizen, a parent, a business owner and an environmentalist I would hope to be another voice <br /> supporting the special nature and environment I call home. <br />