One day, Susan Dimitrakopoulos thought to start a Christmas drive for the Scarborough Arts.
“People just don’t need food at Christmas and Thanksgiving,” said Dimitrakopoulos, an administrator and service co-ordinator for Scarborough Arts.
It began with a simple offering of a few homemade quilts and before she knew it, Jane Barbeau was a board member, selling gift baskets, helping with the Share Christmas program and leading the Fundraising Committee at the Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre. That was only a year and half ago.
All he wanted for Christmas was to be a part of the Share Christmas program, because receiving gifts from strangers made the holidays the only time of the year when he felt anyone actually cared about him.
Celebrate National Volunteer Week. Visit volunteer coordinators from community organizations. Volunteer opportunities for youth adults, boomers and seniors.