Army Reservist Serves Country and California Community Dedicates Time to Improving Life for Central Valley's Mentally Disabled
As a volunteer Catherine Pauley caters to mentally disabled adults by providing fellowship, worship services, arts and crafts activities, and an annual eight day retreat. As an army reservist, Staff Sgt. Catherine Pauley is the senior enlisted member of the 91st Division's public affairs office.

/Military and Defense News Articles/ - CAMP PARKS, CA, April 15, 2007 - As a volunteer and co-chairwoman for the Stockton based Good Shepherd Family Ministry, Catherine Pauley caters to mentally disabled adults in the Central Valley by providing fellowship, worship services, arts and crafts activities, and an annual eight day retreat. As an army reservist assigned to the Camp Parks based 91st Division (TS), Staff Sgt. Catherine Pauley is the senior enlisted member of the division's public affairs office.

For the last seven years Pauley has dedicated an average of 28 Saturdays to the Good Shepherd's group activities plus 8 days for the groups retreat in July every year. Along with her co-chairwoman, Debbie Leggett, Pauley is currently planning and organizing this years retreat to Lake Tahoe, at which she is also a counselor.

"The love these "kids" have for life, their "teachers" and each other fills me up every week with that spark I need," said Pauley. "Watching each of them accomplish things they do is totally amazing, I feel very blessed to be a part of their lives. We have everyone from Downs's syndrome to cerebral palsy to mental retardation to the "clover" head syndrome and their ages range from 21 to 76." Pauley also said that the majority of their attendees come from Lodi, Stockton and Manteca but there are some who come from as far as Modesto and Fresno too.

Staff Sgt. Pauley is the non-commissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) of the 91st Division Public Affairs Office on Camp Parks in Dublin, Calif. She was mobilized with the division from June 2004 to Oct. 2005, and has been in the military for 30 years.

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Sergeant Jason Hudson
91st Division (TS)
Public Affairs Manager
510 Evans Ave
Camp Parks, California
United States 94568-5201
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