Colborne Resident wins James Bryson Memorial Volunteer of the Year
Community Care Northumberland (CCN) is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the James “Jim” Bryson Memorial Volunteer of the Year is Colborne resident, Sharron MacDonald.
“This is the 12th anniversary of this award, named after a long time volunteer Jim Bryson. This award is given to a one volunteer annually recognizing their outstanding contribution made in promoting the agency and enhancing the quality of life for our clients,” said Trish Baird – Executive Director, CCN. “The recipient of this award is representative of all our volunteer’s contributions throughout the year.”
Sharron is described as an ‘uber-volunteer’. She will take on any task asked; Office volunteer, cooks at special events, fundraising activities and Advisory Committee member. She began volunteering in 2008 and truly represents the volunteers of CCN.
Attached: A photo of Sharron receiving his award at a recent CCN Annual General Meeting.
(L-R) Ray Lobban – Chair, CCN Board of Directors, Sharron MacDonald, Trish Baird – Executive Director of CCN
“Staff members in our Colborne office say that every time one of them mentioned that they need to look for a volunteer for something, it’s like Sharron can hear them from a mile away, and will jump in and do it,” said Baird. This volunteer is a great ambassador for Community Care Northumberland and we are happy to award this year’s volunteer award to Sharron.”
For more information about volunteer opportunities, please contact your local Community Care Northumberland office or visit www.commcare.ca/volunteer.html
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