Last night I was in attendance when the Town honoured over 275 volunteers. It is by far not the total of the volunteers just those who were able to take time out of there schedules to drop by. Be thanked and receive a small token of appreciation from Mayor Rick, Town Staff, community Volunteers and members of Council.
The name of the event was “You don’t need a Cape” and was designed to highlight how everyday, people are out trying to give back and make our community a great place to live. Halton Hills has over 10,000 Community hours logged by various people with different groups. Truly we could not afford to pay them for all their work if we had to. Some groups rely on a small group of dedicated individuals who make everything happen.
We all need to work to give back to our community and volunteering even a couple of hours a week can make a difference.
Today I was out handing out the Certificates of Appreciation to various schools, businesses and community groups to thank them for their help in participating in the 22 Minute Makeover as well as other earth week activities I have sat on the committee for a number of years and under the leadership of my colleague Jane Fogal it has done tremendous work. This year we had 100% of the Halton Hills schools participate.
Of special note is the work of HARP (Hornby Area Rate Payers) who were one of, if not the first group, doing cleanups every spring. They use it as a tremendous community event, followed by a BBQ at the Hornby Park. Each year they collect hundreds of bags of garbage, pile of scrap metal and tires that people thoughtlessly dump in our rural area.
Again more volunteers making our Town Great!
The name of the event was “You don’t need a Cape” and was designed to highlight how everyday, people are out trying to give back and make our community a great place to live. Halton Hills has over 10,000 Community hours logged by various people with different groups. Truly we could not afford to pay them for all their work if we had to. Some groups rely on a small group of dedicated individuals who make everything happen.
We all need to work to give back to our community and volunteering even a couple of hours a week can make a difference.
Today I was out handing out the Certificates of Appreciation to various schools, businesses and community groups to thank them for their help in participating in the 22 Minute Makeover as well as other earth week activities I have sat on the committee for a number of years and under the leadership of my colleague Jane Fogal it has done tremendous work. This year we had 100% of the Halton Hills schools participate.
Of special note is the work of HARP (Hornby Area Rate Payers) who were one of, if not the first group, doing cleanups every spring. They use it as a tremendous community event, followed by a BBQ at the Hornby Park. Each year they collect hundreds of bags of garbage, pile of scrap metal and tires that people thoughtlessly dump in our rural area.
Again more volunteers making our Town Great!
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Congratulations on getting into the blogoshere. I certainly remember handing out the litter bags at McDonalds even though it was a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteThanks... I was looking for a photo of the litter bags as I figured that was nicer then a pile of trash!
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