Jan Hill - 2009 Volunteer Extraordinaire  

The Volunteer Extraordinaire Award is given each year to a Sustaining member of the League who exemplifies the true spirit of voluntarism. She is a visionary who served others throughout her league career and continues to dedicate her time and efforts in our community. The League is proud to have chosen Jan B. Hill as the Volunteer Extraordinaire 2009.

Jan's service to the San Antonio community began in 1976, when she and her husband, Roger, returned to San Antonio from Dallas. Jan first served the San Antonio area through her involvement with the San Antonio Art League and the Junior Committee of the San Antonio Symphony. As a young wife and mother, she welcomed the opportunity to meet new people while working on projects that made a difference to the San Antonio community. An Education major by trade, Jan always searched out programs that revolved around children. Jan became a member of the Junior League of San Antonio in 1979. Jan credits the Junior League with providing great training for her volunteer development. She had the opportunity to try out many different jobs and developed many new skills, while learning much about the needs of the community. Jan is grateful to the league for providing valuable leadership skills and lifelong friendships. Jan served as the 1989-1990 President of the organization.

Jan credits the leadership skills she learned with the Junior League, for paving the way for her service to United Way. Jan has been involved with various aspects of United Way of Bexar County since 1985. She has chaired the Fund Distribution committee, the Child Care Field of Service, the New Program selection committee, and has served on the Women's Leadership Council and the Executive Committee of the organization. Jan describes her United Way experience as one of the most rewarding experiences of her life. She says she has great respect for the local United Way and the wide array of programs it supports that truly change people's lives. Jan's involvement with United Way has given her the opportunity to witness, first hand, the unique and diverse community and the various agencies that touch lives in meaningful ways.

Jan's volunteer service has allowed her a unique opportunity to explore different areas for personal growth and development while allowing her the satisfaction of feeling like she is contributing to something bigger than herself. Jan says that each and every board she has served on, from the Alamo Heights School Foundation, Charity Ball Association, Battle of Flowers Association, Respite Care of San Antonio, Character Education Institute, Southwest Foundation, Military-Civilian Club, Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health, have all enriched her life and instilled the desire to give what she can in gratefulness for all that she has been given.

Jan and her husband Roger have been married 27 years. They have three grown children, Roger C. Hill, III and his wife Sally Sellers; Landon Hill Lanier, and her husband Stephen; and Carlotta (Carlie) L. Hill. Jan is also the proud grandmother of two grandsons: Hicks Lanier and Roger Hill, IV.

The Junior League of San Antonio is proud to award this honor to Jan. Her service to the Junior League and the community we live in, helps make San Antonio a better place for all of us.