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® $ e . C __[Community Care Colborne thanks its many volunteers f K T]j‘fire would be very little Community â€" Canadians volunteer for nonâ€"profit and piiys s i 7 W carel activity in GCramahe Township charitable organizations, providing more l ts | t Lamal L‘”'T'fitfi?f"' 1'_’»"-2\ [ is without the dozens of volunteers who _ than one billion hours of service. Seniors l P c h tronta | support the agency‘s programs. who volunteer average the highest number | d L# s1 Utpluan‘ ; \ Community Care Program Coordinator «ofhours, . f | â€" ce y# m P 6 k. | en w â€" Cheryl Storey and Northumberland In Northumberland County 900 ] A 1 4 U h + RLE Community Care Executive Director Trish . volunteers provide 67,000 volunteer hours ¢ A 1 I < mhS‘ [ t Baird made that fact obvious at the Thank for Community Care. Drivers from the hi f4 4w w ltk the Volunteers Brunch Nov. 26 at Colborne Colborne branch average one trip a week. | 06 8 i ; o / Silig United Church. Nine volunteers made 1,000 phone calls to ! s t / In \her welcome to about 50 volunteers ensure client safety and to bring them # To 4 { 3 7 ‘ Ms. Storey spoke of the 2,500 phone cheer. ' @ 6} [ security calls, 1,000 hours of home help and In closing, Ms. Storey reminded the s maintenance, over 400 meals delivered, â€" group of the contributions made by several [ l X T over 1,000 drives. Nearly 5,000 hours of local . businesses including. . Mr. + h bu ,(/ k | yolunteer work was completed by close to . Convenience, Colborne Home Hardware, â€" o Y ,a{ > + 100 Community Care Colborne volunteers Downey Pharmacy, Rutherford‘s market, 4 & ] y infie past year. $ a goodland‘, Food 4 All and Black Dress - ‘@g’ h y f | Ms. Baird took a broader picture an atering. ; Je . A 9 : told the group that more than one in four > ye Lh AiLG H M t group Cocgogk®‘t . Z:C-Sffif’ 4 . 1 Cns yYpF ts o | | Ferne Dobson, right, pictured with Program | _ P 0 0o P | CGommunity Gare Colborne Program Goordinator Cheryl Storey was thanked at the _ | i e ak : | Goordinator Ghery! Storey, left, thanks brunch for her work on behalf of Community, : B I CSc : |\ Nancy Smith for her assistance in the Gare. Feme and Agnes Corbett are the current . } Ssd o | wellness program. Absent: June Granston... friendly visitors. k & k | g < | is P > ue 300 fls in 3t an . | g _ ilq?;g*‘ (ropat [ | | | | es Lel~/@utin, | is ; t | l To dsX I ) \\Vf,l‘\l“% | s 99 4 I es i 9" NR o A ; leS t I & t ie 10 ematny | ind o ; | n ue dA | | T. S ;‘fi"fi{" HPIFES , a'jftj}f{;j. f _ Je â€"tribld y cak 4 _ nd °ts P o I l ~~~ _ _ i Wke O P » .Helping to keep the Community CGare office ticking, from left, are. Nancy Vickers, Anne ‘McGrath, Pat Judson, Liz Rotteveel, Rose Sheldrick and Jean Cooper. Seated from left are 7 7 P s ' ® Sharron MacDonald and Betty White. Absent from photo â€" Susan McFeteridge. Above, you don‘t have to be a kid to deliver raito "'*"“r“ glnal â€" 1 # - Meals on Wheels. Octogenarians Bill and | $ 1A (ous | h m ul ltrmin x w# d ©/c & say | June Ball and Flo Dale on the left work with ‘~AMbus‘ | ? oo t oo l..:;*t_‘_ hi the other youngsters in the Meals on B uy 4 | |j hn tal §\ l4 . # _ © Wheels deliveries. Beside Flo are Joan and 4 h (wo p d d a 1 Gord James, Andre Reny and Cecilia | / ce | b tm c 2 4 _ | Geens. Drivers from Colborne and Salem Mf ho o onA N Bs / United Church, Old St;. Andrew‘s | 9l 100 ) Cl tukee, Â¥ j Presbyterian, Trinity Anglican and the i8 e m e 9t l i Colborne Branth of the Legion all assist ~NHP { Â¥ Reâ€"8â€"8 ',;;_.ffi,w_i’,_“fi\ with the program. ' | I | U f ;' :' ho l i | NA itufalse _ «Right, Dorothy and Walter Rutherford put in | ol a.pinl many hours to keep the Colborne Food EN val <® m mBants operating.o 5 me berie on‘ pauikiee in ty ; | * L% | | 3 a M 1 1 , P PL e s 0 Te e .: ipediindiy on ult ons ts tennipe a ons ~ We (ge )7 7 | | 3 SToRy AND pHotos: Bos Owen/Sun MEpia weyt . t takes a lot of drivers to keep Community Care Colborne running. Many of ihe.‘ " mm mmmoonoommmmemenmmmmeme I Transportation Committee drivers were at the Nov. 26 thank you brunch. Seated in front are,