When Cindy Cavett and Angie Larson joined the YMCA 35 years ago as part-time employees, neither woman dreamt that their respective part-time gigs would lead into a full-time – and long-term -- career. Later this month, after threeplus decades after they first started, these ladies are going out together … much like they came in together.
Larson wasn't even looking for a job when she was hired. Her youngest son, Joe, had just started kindergarten and she joined the YMCA of McDonough County to work out.
'Some woman named Carla called me one day after I left and asked me if I wanted a part-time job. I'd only been a member for two weeks,' Larson recalled with a laugh. 'So I drove back to the Y and met with Kay Ackil (who was the director) and Carla Bainter (now Teslicka) and I thought why not since I'd get a free membership.
But a job wasn't even on my radar at the time.'
Larson joined the staff as the front desk clerk, but that part-time job evolved into numerous titles, including membership director, as well as a full-time job just a few years later when Teslicka went back to school. And with that, Larson's part-time work morphed into her longtime career.
