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Volunteer Week: All for the kids
By Mo Cranker on April 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker For Ron Schaerer, volunteering has become a way of giving back to the community he has spent his entire life in. For the last 11 years, Schaerer has spent his winter nights tending to the Riverside High-Board Arena, getting it ready for the next morning’s skaters. “This is all for the kids,” he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer Week: Books in exchange for a hug and chat
By Mo Cranker on April 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker As we grow older in life, we have to start relying on others to take care of us, and do certain things for us. For the elderly with a passion for reading, but cannot make it to and from the public library due to their health, Judy Pisoni is on the case. For ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer Week: Making the lives of seniors a little brighter is less about work and more about passion
By Mo Cranker on April 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker Ever since Lise Bayer started volunteering at St. Joseph’s Home and Carmel Hospice, the residents there have lived brighter and more active lives. For the past couple years, Bayer has been planning events and activities for those who live in the home and hospice, because she says she wants them to live the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer Week: Angelique Doyle, due back to the library in one hour
By Mo Cranker on April 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker The Medicine Hat Public Library is home to thousands of books hard cover and paper-back books, but is also home to a small collection of human library books. Angelique Doyle has been a human library book since 2014, and has people check her out of the library for interview sessions, where she gives ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer Week: When tragedy strikes, the Victim Assistance Unit is on the scene
By Mo Cranker on April 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker For about 30 years, the Medicine Hat Police Service’s Victim Assistance Unit has been employing volunteers to aid and assist people who experience trauma every day. According to program manager Bobbi Jo Walker, there is only two full-time employees with the Victim Assistance Unit, as well as two part-time employees and a service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer Week: A dynamic team to deliver warm meals
By Mo Cranker on April 25th, 2017
mcranker@medicinehatnews.com @MHNmocranker For two Hatters with a bit of spare time on their hands after retiring, they looked to fill the space by volunteering with various projects around the city. Marie and Ivan Marthaller have their hands in a few pots, helping with the Summer and Winter games and recently starting up a euchre program ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Popular coins of the year
By Mo Cranker on December 31st, 2016
The past 12 months have been an interesting year for coins. For circulation coins there were the regular ones although the loonie and toonie are scarce, there has only been a few out in circulation so far. Early in 2016 they made another loonie depicting Women’s Right to Vote and the Olympic coin. There was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Your very own fireworks
By Mo Cranker on December 31st, 2016
Well 2017 is just around the corner! I remember when I was a child I could hardly imagine entering the year 2000 and now look. I remember New Year’s Eve 1999; there was all kind of talk that the world was going to end, threats to people’s safety, it seemed like people were going crazy. ... Read More »
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