PORTLAND Red Cross Southern Maine Chapter recognizes volunteers for outstanding achievements Recently, the American Red Cross recognized its top volunteers with the Clara Barton Award. These individuals embody the organization’s core values of compassion, commitment, credibility, creativity and collaboration. The American Red Cross Southern Maine Chapter recognized John Leeming of Cumberland as the 2023 Clara […]
VOLUNTEERS, who had helped struggling students through years of schooling, were ordered out of schools when the covid lockdowns took effect last year.
Nola Shoring… “For most of our kids, they’ve missed a chunk of their education last year, and will need help to try and catch up.”
And now they’re in limbo, because even as restrictions have eased, some school principals have been reluctant to re-engage with volunteers, according to the president of the School Volunteer Program ACT, Nola Shoring.
She says volunteers were asked to leave schools as lockdowns took place across the country last March. At the time, there were more than 140 volunteers in 35 Canberra schools.