Invitation from the Office of the Mayor – Volunteer Appreciation Reception

April 15, 2024

Do you:

• Serve on a municipal committee;

• Coach kids soccer;

• Organize Puppets Up, Almonte Celtfest, or the North Lanark Highland Games;

• Raise money for Light Up the Night;

• Help serve breakfast at A Meal for All;

• Make sandwiches at the Friendship luncheon;

• Plant flower boxes around the villages;

• Run dances at Clayton Community Centre;

• Bake scones for the Union Hall Blueberry Tea;

• Grow a row for the food bank;

• Work at the Blakeney Project;

• Phone someone who might be feeling lonely;

• Drive neighbours to medical appointments;

• Lead 4H clubs;

• Teach the bagpipes at the  Almonte Legion;

• Preserve our history at the North Lanark Regional Museum, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum or the Mill of Kintail museum;

• Organize bird-watching expeditions with the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists;

• Inspire new thought through Learning Again in Almonte;

• Sit on the Almonte General Hospital Board or Foundation;

• Provide home visits with Home Hospice North Lanark;

• Pick up garbage along our roadways or parks;

• Take a senior for a Trio bike ride;

• Deliver the Frost Festival with Pakenham & District Civitan;

• Sort clothes at the Hub;

• Call the numbers at Car Bingo for the Almonte Fair;

• Hull strawberries for the Friends of Cedar Hill Schoolhouse strawberry social;

• Flip burgers with the Almonte Civitan Club;

• Protect High Lonesome with Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust;

• Build birdfeeders with the Naismith Men's Shed; or

• Give your time and talent another way to ours community? 

If so, THANK YOU! 

I would like to personally thank each and every one of the volunteers in our community for sharing their time and talents. Every one of these actions is a gift to our community. Whether you devote a few minutes, an hour or many days each month volunteering, all contributions are truly invaluable.  

Mississippi Mills Council has unanimously proclaimed April 14-20 as Volunteer Week. To celebrate, The Municipality, Almonte Civitan and The Hub are co-hosting a Volunteer Appreciation Reception.

Please join us and enjoy a decadent dessert buffet to honour our community volunteers. The reception will take place tomorrow (Tuesday, April 16) at the Almonte Civitan Club from 6:30–8:00 p.m. 

If you volunteer, love volunteers, or would like to start volunteering, we want to celebrate with you! 

See you tomorrow night!

Sincerely,

Mayor Christa Lowry

Municipality of Mississippi Mills