Basile said she and her husband, Mike, who retired last year as the director for Murray State University's Institute for International Studies, plan to visit their daughter in Boston and then go to live in Regensburg, Germany for a semester while Mike teaches at the University of Regensburg. She said this would be the longest she has lived in one place outside the United States. She said she used to be a Peace Corps volunteer and that she and Mike lived in Brazil after they were married while he was still a member of the Peace Corps staff. At other times, they were in Iran and the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, but it their stays were usually only for a few weeks, she said.
Brazil RPCV Jan Basile will leave after three years as manager of Angels Attic Thrift Shop
Angels head, Basile, retires
By HAWKINS TEAGUE
Staff Writer
After three years as manager of Angels Attic Thrift Shop, Jan Basile will leave her post and will leave Murray for close to a year.
Basile said she volunteered at the shop, which provides 85 percent of the funding for Angels Community Clinic, when it began in 2002 before eventually becoming manager. She said she initially became involved because she believed in the clinic's mission and wanted to help in any way she could, but had no medical background.
Basile said she has enjoyed her time at Angels Attic a great deal and has loved working with a diverse group of volunteers, employees and customers. Angels Attic is now taking applications for new managers and Basile said she hopes to teach her successor about the job and pass it on sometime in March.
"I hope whoever takes it over will continue its success," she said. "It's much more than merchandising. It's working with a wide variety of people, helping the Red Cross and other service organizations and many different parts of the community."
Basile said the store provides volunteer opportunities for anyone who wants to help the community and often serves as a place for young people who might have gotten their first traffic ticket to do required community service.
Basile said she and her husband, Mike, who retired last year as the director for Murray State University's Institute for International Studies, plan to visit their daughter in Boston and then go to live in Regensburg, Germany for a semester while Mike teaches at the University of Regensburg. She said this would be the longest she has lived in one place outside the United States. She said she used to be a Peace Corps volunteer and that she and Mike lived in Brazil after they were married while he was still a member of the Peace Corps staff. At other times, they were in Iran and the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, but it their stays were usually only for a few weeks, she said.
Basile said that when she and Mike get back to Murray next January, she plans to return to Angels Attic as a volunteer.
Angels Attic board member Donna Herndon said Basile has done a wonderful job as manager and that she had generated more than $874,000 in support for the Angels Clinic since she took the job.
