Editor:
If you’ve been searching for something meaningful to add to your list of New Year’s resolutions, consider volunteering. As oft quoted: “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart” (Elizabeth Andrew).
Why volunteer? Not simply because there is an endless need for volunteers, in a plethora of areas; not simply because it will boost your resume or your own self-worth (though, arguably these are reasons enough). Volunteer because “when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” Volunteer to connect with others, to give back, to support the services that provide daily lifelines for you and the people who live in your community.
One such place to volunteer is at your local library. Gibsons & District Public Library has a dedicated group of volunteer trustees who meet once a month as a Library Board. Working together with Heather Evens Cullen, our vibrant and energetic library director, we help to support a library that provides education for all ages, physical and electronic resources, free access to the Internet and computers, and a safe haven for people of all kinds of backgrounds – whether it is just a quiet place to cuddle up and read, or a warm and welcoming retreat from the busyness of life. The Library Board is currently seeking two new trustees to begin in March. Consider joining us this year: fill in an application form (found online or in the library), to be returned to the library by Jan. 26.
Volunteer because, as Winston Churchill said, “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.”
Marah Farmer, Gibsons
