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All work and no play
When she’s not working, Schell’s hobbies include reading, gardening, traveling and volunteering at her church, St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Beaverton.
Schell is particularly proud of her involvement with Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is an international, Christian, non-governmental, nonprofit organization devoted to building quality, low-cost, affordable housing; the houses are built using volunteer labor.
“My husband, Stanley, and I have organized a team of volunteers from our church that travels to Yakima, Wash., for a week-long Habitat for Humanity work camp,” Schell said. “We’ve done this every year for the past 18 years.”
Schell said that her team consists of 25 to 35 people, and they “camp out” in a Yakima church for a week.
“I do the organizing, plan menus and lead a work crew that prepares the food,” she continued to explain. “My husband is in charge of assigning (construction) work to the crew.” She said her Portland-area group works with the Yakima Valley Partners Habitat for Humanity.
Schell and her husband have also worked with one of the Portland-area Habitat for Humanity organizations.
In addition, Schell said she and her husband participated during the past two years in two mission trips with their church to Tanzania, Africa. Schell said her husband worked on construction projects for a village hospital. Schell helped with a school and was part of the support for construction workers in Tanzania.
“This was really a fantastic opportunity to learn more about African culture,” Schell said, “and it gave me a deeper appreciation for the great diversity in our world.
“One of the things I just love about working at Midland,” she added, “is the diversity of people that come into our library. We have people that use our library from every part of the world. We have people from Africa, Russia, Ukraine and Asian countries,” she commented, “and many times I hear myriad languages spoken as I’m working throughout the library. This is a wonderful experience. We know this is the way America grows and becomes strong.”
(Editor’s note: The Midland Library’s monthly schedule of events, along with the Gregory Heights Library at 7921 N.E. Sandy Blvd., can be found in our monthly Calendar, either in the newspaper or online at www.midcountymemo.com.)
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