The Mountaineer Volunteer is a weekly, pay-it-forward feature in the Revelstoke Mountaineer that highlights the great work volunteers do to make Revelstoke a true community. Each week, we feature a new volunteer who then nominates the volunteer to be featured the next week.
Mountaineer Volunteer: Michelle Cole
Revelestoke Mountaineer: Where do you volunteer?
Michelle Cole: Revelstoke District Girl Guides
RM: What are your volunteer duties?
MC: Brown Owl for 3rd Revlestoke Brownies. I lead once a week meetings, camps and cookie selling.
Guide Leader for 1st Revelstoke Girl Guides. I lead once a week meetings, camps and cookie selling.
District Treasurer. I do once a month meetings and bookkeeping.
Why do you volunteer for your organization?
The girls! Girl Guides is an amazing, fun, all round program that gets girls connecting with nature, their community and their potential. As a Guider I have been fortunate to lead many fun adventures with girls of Revelstoke. Through this organization I have received training and friendship to support me in this volunteer role. I started seven years ago with my daughters as something we could do as a family. Now I have friends in Guiding all over the world. I am hooked!
For you, what’s rewarding about volunteering?
My rewards come when I hear the girls laughing, see them trying new things, and dreaming up what we can do next. They keep me feeling young.
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