Faith
Tanke honored as local Salvation Army volunteer of the year
The Salvation Army in La Crosse is celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Week by giving an award to an outstanding volunteer for the organization.
Ed Tanke received the local Volunteer of the Year honor on Tuesday for decades of assisting the Salvation Army as a board member, and as a worker at the local thrift shop.
Tanke, a veteran insurance agent in La Crosse, says enjoyment and satisfaction are the reasons that he volunteers.
“You don’t do it to be put on a board, I see they’ve got a plaque now for it,” said Tanke. “You do it because you want to help people.” Volunteers with the Salvation Army in La Crosse County spent over 16-thousand hours on service activities during 2020.
Tanke became involved with the Salvation Army because his late wife’s parents worked for the organization.