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There are many young volunteers working in the community, says writer |
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I find myself shaking my head at the claims that there are no young volunteers in the Kincardine community. As the current Home and School president for Elgin Market Public School, I find myself surrounded by "young" (the 25- to 50-year-old age group that was mentioned) regularly. I also found myself surrounded by many of them - including high school students - when I volunteered for the Terry Fox Run, and had my own six- and seven-year-old sons volunteering for the Terry Fox Run as well. I see these young volunteers every year at the Multicultural Night in May, and again to some degree at the World Peace Day in September. Throughout the summer, I was thankful for the teenage volunteers who allowed my special needs six-year-old, as well as all the other special needs kids, to have a wonderful summer within the Kincardine Recreation Department's Day Camp. I also watched them march with Girl Guides of Canada at the Tiverton Fall Fair two weeks ago. I watched the volunteer coaches for the Kincardine Barbarians Youth League do an amazing job with all the kids this past summer - every one of them within that "young" category. I'm sure the same can be said for the volunteers for Kincardine soccer, hockey and baseball, as well as Ontario Power Generation (OPG) basketball. There are "young" volunteers working throughout this community. Maybe the Doors Open isn't something that some of us have an interest in, and quite honestly, I don't volunteer for things that don't interest me, but I have spent much of my life volunteering - from Girl Guides in the past, to Home and School now.
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What also
needs to be realized is that many of us are working longer hours,
have less time to spend with our children and are not willing to give
up the little time we do have in order to participate in something
that we really have no interest in or something that isn't a
family-oriented experience. And when something is extremely
cost-prohibitive to a family on a limited income - such as Scouts - it
unfortunately does not fall in that category.
So, while some may say that there are few volunteers in the "young" age group (under 50), the many I see regularly in my own volunteering experiences tells me that all you have to do is open your eyes and look around and you'll see there are many of us there - we just may not choose to do the projects that are popular amongst the "older" crowd. Sincerely, Editor: Please see
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