WHAT DOES THE WORDS VOLUNTEER AND HEROS MEAN TO ME. TO ME PEOPLE THAT GIVE THEIR LIVES SELFLESSLY TO THINGS AND PEOPLE NOT WANTING ANYTHING IN RETURN. SOMEONE THAT SITS IN THE BACKGROUND NOT EXPECTING TO GET AN AWARD OR THANK YOU. SOMEONE THAT IS WILLING TO RISK THEIR LIVES IN SAVING OTHERS.TO ME THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT TRULY ARE SOMEONE SPECIAL. ALOT OF YOU DONT KNOW BUT I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 14 YEARS OF MY LIFE VOLUNTEERING. EITHER WITH HELPING OUT WITH VBS OR OTHER EVENTS. BUT FOR 10 OF THOSE YEARS I WAS A VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE HERE IN ONTARIO. WHERE IN THAT SPAN I HAVE DONE OVER 2500 HOURS. AND HELPED OUT WITH MANY EVENTS LIKE SARS, MENIGITIS OUTBREAKS AND GONE TO MANY OTHER EVENTS WHERE WE DO FIRST AID FOR THE PUBLIC. THOSE WERE TEH BEST 10 YEARS I GOT TO MEET ALOT OF PEOPLE AND GOTTEN AWARDS AS WELL. BUT TO ME THE SATISFACTION I GOT OUT OF IT WAS THE FACT I GOT TO HELP PEOPLE. AND NOW I AM A MEMBER OF THE KINSMEN CLUB OF PRESTON WHERE I AM THE CURRENT CYSTIC FIBROSIS SERVICE DIRECTOR. AND AS WELL AS DOING SECURITY FOR OKTOBERFEST BUT AS A VOLUNTEER. I HAVE BEEN ASKED MANY OF TIMES WHY I VOLUNTEER SINCE I DONT GET PAID FOR IT. MY ANSWER IS THIS. YES IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET PAID BUT I RATHER BE HAPPY DOING SOMETHING I LOVE. AND TO ME VOLUNTEERING IS SOMETHING I LOVE DOING. AND WILL NEVER STOP DOING UNTIL THE DAY ITS TIME FOR ME TO GO. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MET OVER TEH YEARS FROM VOLUNTEERING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE HEROS. THE HEROS TO ME ARE THE FIREFIGHTERS, COPS, PARAMEDICS, NURSES, AND MILITARY PERSONAL THAT RISK THEIR LIVES EVERYDAY 365 DAYS A YEARS TO KEEP THE CITIES, NATION, AND THE WORLD SAFE EACH AND EVERY DAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. YOU ALL DESERVE A BIG HAND AND OUR CONSTANT THOUGHTS. TO THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM. THANK YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE YOUR SACRIFICES WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
SABBY
