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Levées de drapeaux en guise de soutien à l’autisme
12 letters that make a difference Helping others is a wonderful no- tion, and finding the time to do good in today’s hectic world can be problematic. Fortunately, it is never impossible. Volunteering is a bit like physical exercise: once you feel the benefits you will be more inclined to make room for it in your schedule. This is even truer during National Volunteer Week, which runs from April 21 to 27 this year. Volunteers are typically people in their retirement years who want not only to be useful, but also to have a sense of purpose in their lives and to experience the reward of contact with others. Many charitable orga- nizations and sports associations would have to close their doors without the contributions of these people who bring a ray of sunshine with meals on wheels, accompany the ill to medical appointments, coach youth sports teams, or share V-O-L-U-N-T-E-E-R-I-N-G
their life experience in guiding those who may have gone astray in their own lives. Volunteering mobilizes people of all ages and all levels of society and provides us with inspirational role models. Volunteer work generates benefits for both those who help and those who are helped. For proof of this, one only has to look at the rewarding experiences the majority of caregivers report after having put their own lives on hold in order to look after a loved one. All these people, as well as the help groups they volunteer with, are indispensable to our society. After having been helped, many people suffering from a disability or a chro- nic illness feel ready to support their peers in turn. Nothing can be more stimulating than such exchanges between people with a shared rea- lity.
Photos Annie Lafortune
M erci à tous nos DÉVOUÉS BÉNÉVOLES! T hank you to all OUR DEVOTED VOLUNTEERS!
Ils étaient nombreux à Russell et Casselman pour la levée de drapeau lors de la Journée de l’autisme, le 2 avril. Cette Journée mondiale de sensibilisation à l’autisme vise àmieux informer le grand public sur les réalités de ce trouble du développement. L’autisme est une réalité très présente puiqu’elle touche une personne sur 150 dans le monde. La représentante du Regroupement Autisme Prescott-Russell, Nathalie Lévesque, s’est fait un devoir d’être présente lors de cette journéemarquante, comme des dizaines deparents qui ont tenuàprendrepart à l’événement. LemairedeRussell, Jean-Paul St.Pierre (photo du haut), a fait l’exercice en compagnie de Jennifer Geigel, de Connecting Pieces à Embrun, et des jeunes Amélie Geigell et Justin Bélisle. (AL)
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Do you have a desire to help people afflicted by difficult life circumstances? Avez-vous undésir d’aider des personnes affligées par des circonstances difficiles de la vie?
Photo Candice Vetter
Over 20 members of several local Women’s Institute chapters, including Russell Vil- lage and North Russell, boarded a bus in Russell to travel to Stoney Creek for a W.I. rally at the Grand Olympia Convention Centre on April 2. Activities at the rally in- cluded laughter yoga, a Skype conversation with a U.K. W.I. and a guest speaker. They also discussed restructuring. The Russell and area women made it a two-day trip and also visited the Erland Lee Museum, the historic site where the Women’s Institute’s Constitution was written.
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