Updated
Friday, 23rd July 2021, 12:46 am
Age Concern Luton telephone befriender Theresa Rhodes, 61, has been volunteering since the tender age of 15. That s when she and her brother Michael Garrand attended a First Aid course organised by St John Ambulance for the children of Luton Vauxhall workers.
Michael is still volunteering for the charity 46 years later. The course led to the siblings enrolling as cadets with the organisation and instilled in Theresa a lifetime of service to others.
She s devoted herself to volunteering for a multiplicity of good causes, in spite of her own health and mobility issues. She s joined everything from the Luton and District Arthritic Society to