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arolyn Koblin, 58, 
is a JARC board 
member, “Queen of 
Trinkets & Trash,” owner of 
her own company Cueenllc, 
motivational speaker and so 
much more. 
Koblin has been a proud 
board member for JARC for 
more than three years. JARC 
is a nonprofit that serves 
people with developmental 
disabilities via group homes, 
independent living support 
and in-home respite care. 
“As long as Carolyn has 
been on our board, she has 
gone above and beyond to 
help wherever she can. She 
stepped up during the pan-
demic and delivered meals to 
our persons-served daily. She 
wanted to do more, so she 
started doing monthly virtual 
story time and really engaged 
people in the meaningful 
stories she chose. She is truly 
an amazing volunteer,” said 
Jessica Tierney, JARC com-
munity engagement manager. 
While there are many 
volunteers who help serve 
JARC, Koblin was nominated 
for her selfless and inspiring 
spirit to give back. When 
asked about what inspires 
her, Koblin replied, “it’s just 
who I am. I can’t explain 
it. You can’t tell me to slow 
down.” 

Throughout the pandem-
ic, Koblin delivered food 
almost every single day. “It 
helped me stay focused, have 
purpose and reason to wake 
up and keep going,” Koblin 
added. 
Koblin says she earned 
the title “Queen of Trinkets 
and Trash (Queen TT)” by 
selling promotional items 
for 27 years. She also created 
a company called, Cueenllc 
(the word “queen” with the 
“C” standing for her initial), 
with the goal to inspire peo-
ple to be their best through 
motivational speaking. 
“By sharing stories of my 
past very authentically and 
openly, I hope that it encour-
ages people to move forward 
in facing fears or challeng-
es and start the process of 
becoming unstuck,” Koblin 
said. 
Throughout her life, 
Koblin says she has faced 
many challenges, including 
battling a lifelong eating dis-
order. “I was diagnosed in 
my late 20s and I recovered 
big time. Once you experi-
ence something like that, it’s 
always a part of your life, like 
alcohol, drugs or anything. 
But I conquered it and I had 
the right support. And so I 
want to give back,” she said.
Using her own person-

al journey as inspiration, 
Koblin actively lives true 
to her “Cueen” message to 
inspire and even wrote a 
children’s pop-up book titled, 
The Whimsical Tale of the Letter 
C with all its support from 
A-Z. “It’s all about support 
and respecting our inner 
‘Cueen,’” explains Koblin. 
So far Koblin says she 
has sold most of her books, 
raising $3,000 for an entre-
preneurial scholarship she 
started. Koblin says she is 
working with M3Linked, an 

entrepreneurial community 
group, to help those who are 
not financially able but want 
to join the organization and 
want to explore their entre-
preneurial dreams. 
“I believe passionately that 
volunteer work is critical to 
humanity. It is so powerful 
to give back —the personal 
and professional growth is 
incredible for both the giver 
and receiver,” she said. 

Read more about Koblin on her 

website, Cueenllc.com.

Meet Carolyn 
Koblin: 
The ‘Cueen’ of 
Giving Back 

RACHEL SWEET ASSOCIATE EDITOR 

OUR COMMUNITY

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK

“Delivering delicious meals 
during the pandemic was a 
priority for me, nearly 365 days 
of 2020-21.” — Carolyn Koblin 

“Family traditions are important, 
and I love sharing the holiday cel-
ebrations with JARC, too!” Koblin 
said. Mark Koblin (husband) Alex 
Koblin (son) and Carolyn Koblin.

