Jean Miller

• Name: Jean Miller

• Age: 72

• Family: Six children, 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren

• City of residence: Marysville

• Occupation: Retired homemaker

• How long have you lived in the Yuba-Sutter area? For the past 35 years

• Hobbies, interests: I like to travel, especially cruises, and crocheting.

• For what groups do you volunteer? Butchie's Pool for the past five years — this year named as co-Volunteer of the Year. I do whatever I'm asked to do, help in the office, with the fundraisers.

Though I officially no longer volunteer with the American Cancer Society after more than 20 years, I still drive friends who are patients from their homes to medical treatments.

I also helped with Relay for Life when it started.

I don't volunteer as much because of my health.

• How do you fit it into your schedule? I don't have much of anything else to do — you put it on your schedule.

• Words of advice: Everybody has time. You have to find what you're interested in and ask.

• Quote: By volunteering, "You've used your time a little bit wiser."

Volunteer of the Week runs Tuesdays on the Local page. To submit the name of a volunteer to be featured, contact Leticia Gutierrez, Community Editor, at lgutierrez@appeal-democrat.com or call 741-2400.