FERGUS – A pair of Wellington Terrace volunteers now share three things; a passion for serving their community, a lengthy volunteer career, and a King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Julie Wheeler-Bryant and Margaret Young, with nearly 35 years of combined experience, were presented the awards as “two outstanding volunteers of the Wellington Terrace Long Term Care Home.”
There to bestow the honour was Senator of Ontario Rob Black.
Young has been involved with the Occupational Therapy clinic at the terrace and became a Travelling Tuck Cart volunteer in her time volunteering since 2018.
She says volunteering at the terrace has been an incredibly fulfilling endeavor.
Wheeler-Bryant shared similar sentiments as both were emotional in accepting this honour.
She was on hand with her therapy dog Lili, and expressed a great degree of gratitude when attempting to wrap her head around the length of her volunteer tenure.
Wheeler-Bryant encourged more people to get their dogs involved in being a therapy dog. Lili is a registered dog with St. John’s ambulance and makes appearances in the terrace and beyond.
The dedication and kindness of the two volunteers was praised in opening remarks by Volunteer Services Coordinator at the terrace Mary Black.
Black said both Young and Wheeler-Bryant, the award-winners, take their roles very seriously.
She went on to say both have exemplified not only longevity of tenure, but so much more.
The two outstanding volunteers have over three decades of combined experience; Young with over 650 hours, and the terrace’s longest serving volunteer, Wheeler-Bryant boasting 27 years of continuous service.
Senator Black commended both volunteers on this incredible achievement within the terrace and beyond.
“Canada is made up of volunteers,” said the Senator.
Wellington Terrace got the chance to honour two of them when the King Charles III Coronation Medals were presented to Wheeler-Bryant and Young at the event on Monday.
