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June Loo completed her Emergency Disaster Services (EDS)/Service Extension duties for the Southern California Division July 31, retiring after over 42 years of employment with The Salvation Army.
Loo became a social services aide at the Glendale Corps in 1972 and helped start its Meals on Wheels program. In 1975, she transferred to the Army’s divisional office in Los Angeles, where she worked in the finance, youth and women’s services departments. In 1980, she moved to the EDS and Service Extension department, becoming its director in 2004.
Loo’s recent responsibilities included seven service extension offices in California: Bell (EDS warehouse), Atascadero, Morro Bay, Newhall, Simi Valley, Arroyo Grande and Paso Robles.
During her tenure with the Army, she served on the board of the Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA), Los Angeles County Community Resilience Project for the Vulnerable Population, Rotary Club, and Mass Care and Sheltering for Los Angeles County.
Her awards include Employee of the Month (several times), Employee of the Year (twice), USA Western Territory Professional of the Year in 2002 (given by The Salvation Army), and Spirit of Partnership Award from the American Red Cross in 2008.
With EDS, Loo coordinated supplies and personnel during the El Salvador and Mexico City earthquakes; Los Angeles riots; Whittier Narrows and Northridge earthquakes; Station, Sayre and Santa Clarita fires; and South Central flooding.
