To Volunteer

To recognize their important roles, Community Care maintains in-house programs for volunteer training and support, and holds regular volunteer appreciation and promotion events. In 2006, we were pleased to have 56 of our volunteers receive Ontario Volunteer Service Awards from the province, saluted more than 430 collective years of volunteer service. Our agency relies upon the contributions of more than 600 volunteers every year.

Volunteers saluted for five years of
contributions to the agency at the
2008 Volunteer Appreciation event were,
l to r: Dorothy Merrikin, Allan Hughes,
Betty Wilson, Doug Maddock, Alice Hutchinson,
Otmar Herbach, Joan Simpson, Ursula Blesse,
Barb Jenkinson, Nancy Tennier, Jim Boorman.

Honoured for 10 years of volunteer service
at the 2008 Volunteer Appreciation Tea were,
l to r: Ann Hughes of Lindsay, Grace Harding
and Bill Cragg of Fenelon Falls,
and Alex Murphy of Lindsay.

Grace Kelsey of Woodville received
a distinction for 15 years of
volunteer service to Community Care.
Program manager Linda McLean
presented her with the award.