South Frontenac Volunteer Appreciation Event

Wilma Kenny | Nov 23, 2022

“Volunteers are the lifeblood of our community,” began the invitation by South Frontenac Council, circulated throughout the Township. Traditionally, volunteers have been recognized by nominating and choosing one person from each district annually, to have their name put on a plaque in the Township Hall. But this didn’t begin to recognize the multitude of others who also helped out every year, in all sorts of events and programs. So last year South Frontenac’s Council, with the help of their program, events and education department, began a different way of celebrating more of their volunteers. They asked clubs, agencies and teams that rely on volunteers to share an invitation to a (free) event open to all South Frontenac residents who have generously pitched in and shared their time and talents in the past year.

This year’s special appreciation event was held last Saturday at the Storrington Lions Hall in Sunbury. Members of Council served up lunch provided by The Cookery and guests enjoyed live music featuring Mellow Lily. The food was delicious, music was good, the company was fun, and there were no complaints about the service!

In spite of plague and threatened snow squalls, the turn-out was very good, though volunteers tend to be modest people, and the attendees probably represented a fraction of the folks who could have come. See you next year, maybe?