Giving back earns Wolschina 2025 Driscoll award

The Haddonfield Civic Association’s annual town dinner to honor citizens and organizations that have fostered community engagement and inspired others will be held Wednesday.

The event began in 1937 and recognizes individual residents with the event’s Alfred E. Driscoll Community Service Award. This year’s recipient is Lisa Wolschina, a borough native and former teacher who runs her own real estate agency. The mother of three is a graduate of Haddonfield Memorial High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, a class officer and competed at the highest level on the tennis and track teams. 

Wolschina then earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University and a master’s in education from Rutgers. After teaching social studies and history at the high school, she became a Realtor 22 years ago and is currently in charge of her own agency, Lisa Wolschina & Associates Real Estate, where she is managing broker.

Wolschina is also actively involved in the community, from making donations to volunteering for various borough organizations.

“It’s a great feeling to give back to others,” she said, “so that’s something that’s important to me, and it brings me joy. That’s a bonus of supporting people that makes me feel really good.” 

Wolschina is a board member of the Haddonfield Educational Trust who sponsors fundraisers for the organization and other borough initiatives and hosts some fundraisers in her own home. She is one of the main organizers and hosts of the Rally in the Alley, a trust fundraiser held annually since 2022. 

“I’m basically dedicated to supporting just about everything in this town …” Wolschina noted, “everything from kids sports and youth activities to women’s health and fundraisers … Every school, whenever they have a fundraiser, I participate, either helping raise the funds and often contributing myself.” 

Wolschina also raises money each year to provide prom dresses for female students who don’t have the money to buy their own. 

“I love knowing that somehow we’re sneaking a nice treat into their lives,” she acknowledged. 

Wolschina’s efforts also benefit the Healthy Running Series for Kids, the high-school’s drama club and the Women in the Arts program run by the Fortnightly. She regularly supports and cooks for the Ronald McDonald House in Camden, collects donations for the Cathedral Kitchen pantry, distributes Thanksgiving meals to families in need and organizes school-supply drives. 

“The school system is something most people have a passion about,” Wolschina said, “keeping our schools really strong.” 

She has also attended mission trips with her daughter as a member of the First Presbyterian Church. 

The Driscoll Award is not Wolschina’s first in the borough: The Haddonfield Alumni Society chose her as the recipient of its lifetime achievement award in 2021. The New Jersey Association of Realtors gave her its Circle of Excellence Award and she has been a Platinum Level Producer for 11 years. 

Wolschina’s community efforts and accomplishments are what fulfill her the most. 

“It’s best to find something that you have a little passion about,” she observed. “… So I would encourage people to sort of find what their internal interest is, and then get involved by supporting that cause. Because when it’s something that’s important to you personally, then it’s not a chore to volunteer and give back.

“It’s more something that just comes from your heart, so it’s easier to follow through that way.”