Melfort, SK, Canada / CJVR Today s Best Country
Apr 20, 2021 12:00 PM
It is National Volunteer week and northeastNOW is featuring community volunteers who go above and beyond all year round.
Melfort’s Pat Rumberger has spent countless hours as a volunteer in the region over the years and finds it difficult to narrow down everything she has given her time to.
“People who volunteer don’t do it for recognition but to improve life in their community for others and make it a place for people to want to live in,” Rumberger said.
In recent years, she focuses on volunteering for the North East SPCA, which she said is near and dear to her heart.
Melfort, SK, Canada / CJVR Today s Best Country
Dec 16, 2020 12:46 PM
It is the season of giving and a pair of volunteers for the North East SPCA (NESPCA) have taken that to the next level.
A $16,000 donation to the NESPCA was brought in through sales of masks over a number of months.
Johanna Hnatiuk began sewing face masks for her neighbour who is a nurse when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The large fundraiser for the SPCA really took off from there when Hnatiuk began to sew even more and made them available for purchase.
Bonnie Cross took care of the selling and distributing of the masks to the public.