Peggy Nelson serves others while participating in one of her favorite pastimes: deer hunting. She and her family volunteer as guides for the annual Making Memories Hunt, an event where people with special needs — including wheelchair-bound children and wounded warriors — get the chance to hunt for a day. Regions is donating $1,000 for the Making Memories Hunt to the Quality Deer Management Association-Gulf Coast, the nonprofit organization that coordinates the event.
Nelson also volunteers for several other causes across the South Alabama area. As an American Red Cross Advisory Board member, she chairs the organization’s Bank Baldwin in Blue Jeans fundraiser. She is a charter member of the Central Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club and secretary/treasurer of the Robertsdale Baseball Booster Club.
She is a member of the Central Baldwin Education Foundation, the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and the Baldwin County Economic Development Board. She serves as assistant finance chair for Rosinton United Methodist Church, where she also supports fundraising for youth programs and global missions.
Watch this video to learn more about why Peggy Nelson is our March Better Life Award winner.