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Good Citizen: Kimball pays it forward |
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| BELFAST
(Oct 7, 2004): Ken Kimball lives and breathes computers. The Information
Technology Director at Moss, Inc. designs software by day. By night,
he goes home and develops websites and works on an automated voice
system he designed for his house.
He is, by any account, a busy man. But he manages to fit volunteerism into his life without thinking much about it. He has offered technical assistance to the Waldo County Technical Center, sat on committees responsible for hiring new computer teachers, contributed to the building renovation committee, helped with strategic planning and filled in teaching a computer course for a month when a teacher unexpectedly left WCTC. Paul Cochrane, director of WCTC, said Kimball always says yes when the school asks for help. "He's soft-spoken and he thinks before he speaks," said Cochrane. "But when he does, he really has something to say. He was the one on the hiring committee that asked the zinger questions for job applicants and we looked to him to know if the candidates had the right qualifications for the job." Currently Kimball is designing a new website, free of charge, for Maine Businesses for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit. Kimball shrugs it off. He loves computers so he doesn't consider it work. He considers it fun. As for volunteerism, he credits Moss Inc for providing the incentive to jump into the community where needed. "I started working at Moss when Marilyn Moss was still here," said Kimball. "I had done a little volunteer work before that. I designed a website for the Coastal Aids Network when I ran Custom PC, but I really learned to be charitable through Marilyn." Marilyn Moss and Kimball worked together for four years until she retired. Kimball describes Moss as a person willing to do anything she can to help humanitarian causes. Kimball said she created an atmosphere of community service at the company and provided incentives for employees to volunteer. "She mentored a lot of people through example as well as directive," said Kimball. "Remember the movie "Pay it Forward"? She encouraged that idea. When someone asks you to help, a lot of people look for reasons why they can't. Marilyn looked for reasons why and how she could help. I'd like to think I could be the same way."
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