VIRGINIA B. PARMALEE

Virginia Butterworth Parmalee managed the Crossroads Thrift Store as a full time volunteer for over 22 years. She also worked extensively with youth, both through Crossroads Urban Center, and as a volunteer at the YWCA in Salt Lake City. Although she actively avoided recognition for her work, she received virtually every conceivable volunteer recognition award during her career, including the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from Crossroads Urban Center in 1994. Virginia was working in the Thrift Store, as always, the week before her death in May of 1997 at the age of 85. In order to honor this remarkable and irreplaceable life, the Board of Directors of Crossroads Urban Center dedicated the building housing Crossroads Thrift Store as The Virginia B. Parmalee Community Center on August 20, 1997. Virginia's compassionate spirit, dedication to service, and commitment to justice for the poor will inspire the people of our community for generations to come.