Viernheim. 60 volunteers have received the silver badge of honor from the district of Bergstrasse. Among them are eight from Viernheim: Herbert Friedel (TSV Amicitia, Squash Club, French Club), Ulrich Möhring (TV 1893), Eckhard Scholz (1st Judo Club), Herbert Kempf (Freundeskreis Heimatgeschichte), Peter Weiröther (MGV Liederkranz) , Berndt Schelhammer (allotment gardeners’ association), Christina Beringer (mortising and ring club) and Roger Deuser (Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe).
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At a ceremony in Bensheim’s Geschwister-Scholl-School, District Administrator Christian Engelhardt honored the achievements of the volunteers. “What the power of volunteering can achieve is something we are experiencing again with the wave of willingness to help that the refugees from Ukraine are carrying. But the same applies beyond that: Without volunteer work, we would be poorer as a society.”
From culture to nature conservation
The honorees come from different areas: from aid organizations, social groups, from sports, culture and customs, from animal and nature conservation as well as fruit and gardening. Numerous municipalities are also represented: Abtsteinach (3 people), Bensheim (7), Biblis (2), Bürstadt (9), Gorxheimertal (1), Grasellenbach (1), Heppenheim (8), Lampertheim (3), Lindenfels (6 ), Lorsch (5), Viernheim (8) and Zwingenberg (7). More than 40 honorees attended the ceremony in Bensheim.
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The district usually awards the Silver Badges of Honor every two years. Due to Corona, the last event did not take place until October 2021, so that there were now two awards within six months. The next award is not scheduled until 2024. wk
