Town of Richmond Hill - Press Release
June 30, 2008

2008 Senior of the Year!

RICHMOND HILL – Mayor Dave Barrow, on behalf of Members of Council, presented the 2008
Senior of the Year Award to Fern Russell of Richmond Hill.

Ms Russell has been an active volunteer at the M.L. McConaghy Seniors’ Centre for the past 12 years and has logged approximately 1,979 hours of volunteer service since 2000! At the Centre, Ms Russell does everything from preparing and serving food for the lunch program, to coordinating Bingo sessions and holding executive positions on various councils. She is currently President of the Richmond Hill Senior Citizens Club 35.

Ms Russell also helps out around town, picking up fellow seniors. She even calls when they are absent from the Centre to check on them and wish them well. The Ontario Senior of the Year Award gives each municipality in Ontario the opportunity to honour one outstanding local senior a year. Recipients must be older than 65 and must have helped make their communities better places to live.

For more information, contact Darlene Joslin, Director, Recreation & Culture, at (905) 771-2423 (from Council Meeting held on Tuesday, June 24, 2008; Presentations).

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