Volunteer Week Highlights April 15 - 21 2018 Honourary Co-Chairs 2018 We extend a huge thank you to our Honourary Co-Chairs this year who participated in the many volunteer week proclamation signings and celebration events. Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe Proclamations Signings and Celebrations Chief Joe Boland Sharing Our Cultures of Volunteers Across the Province Royal Newfoundland Constabulary A provincial proclamation was signed by Minister Tom Volunteer Week Committee Members Osborne, together with the Honourary Co-Chairs Chief LeighAnne O’Neill, Co-Chair Laurabel Mba Joe Boland and Dr. Royal St. Johns’ Regatta VOCM Cares Lloydetta Quaicoe, Roberta Hewitt, Co- Chair Shane Regular and Penny Rowe, CEO St. John Ambulance Student Volunteer Bureau CSC NL. Members of Bernard Davis Kelly Sandoval the Volunteer Week Government NL RogersTV Committee were also Michelle Hunt Keith White in attendance. The Recreation NL Mount Pearl Frosty Festival Honourary Co-Chairs and members of the Committee Lori Letto Cecil Whitten also participated in proclamation signings and volunteer City of St. John’s Cerebral Palsy Association week celebrations with the City of St. John’s and Mount Amanda Lush A big thank you! Pearl, Conception Bay South, Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Empower NL Torbay, Pouch Cove, Logy Bay, Paradise, and Gander. Annual Volunteerism Luncheon-March 2018 Government House Reception The annual Volunteerism luncheon is held each year to Their Honours, the highlight the theme for Volunteer Week and to kick off Honourable Frank planning of events for voluntary organizations. Nearly 200 F. Fagan, CM, ONL, people turned out to MBA, then Lieuten- network and talk about ant Governor of Volunteer Week 2018. Newfoundland and Among the many guests at Labrador and Patricia Fagan celebrated volunteers by the luncheon (L-R): Mark welcoming more than 100 guests to a reception at Shrimpton, Chair, CSC NL Government House during National Volunteer Week. Board of Directors; Minister Tom Osborne, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; Bernard Morgan, Royal Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Newfoundland Constabulary; Dr. Lloydetta Quaicoe, NSO helped celebrate the value of volunteers with the Sharing our Cultures; The Honourable Premier Dwight donation of April concert tickets to Recital 4 - Chamber Ball; Penny Rowe, CEO, CSC, NL. Music featuring the Atlantic String Quartet. Volunteer Week Celebration Grants 2018 In 2018, in partnership with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and with the kind support of Volunteer Week sponsors we were able to offer $100 grants to 80 organizations and/or communities to celebrate the value of volunteering across Newfoundland and Labrador. Labrador Avalon Hopedale Inuit Community Government Allied Youth NL Labrador Friendship Centre Menihek Nordic Ski Club Chamberlains District Girl Guides NL Civic Functions Committee, Town of Victoria Southern Labrador Development Association East Coast Trail West St. Modeste Women's Institute Habitat for Humanity Newfoundland Western Home Again Furniture Bank Lethbridge Recreation Bay St. George South Ride For Ages Multiple Sclerosis Avalon Chapter Gillams Town Council Local Service District of Bay St. George South North Harbour Amateur Sport Planned Parenthood - NLSHC Southwestern Housing Stability Initiative Rabbittown Community Centre St. Barbe Development Association St. Paul's Volunteer Group Ronald McDonald House Charities NL Stephenville Crossing Public Library Board Royal Canadian Legion Br 62 Spaniard’s Bay Recreation Town of Cormack | Town of Cow Head The LSPU Hall/Resource Centre for the Arts Town of Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook Town of Massey Drive | Town of Meadows The Pottle Centre Town of Mount Moriah | Town of Norris Point The Rooms Education Volunteers Town of Bauline Town of Parsons Pond | Town of Reidville Town of Carbonear Town of Roddickton-Bide Arm | Town of St. Anthony Town of Woody Point Town of Colinet Town of Heart's Content Central / Eastern / Burin Town of Heart's Delight-Islington Town of Portugal Cove - St. Philip's Brookfield Bonnews Health Centre Town of Salmon Cove CYN Isles of Notre Dame Corp Turks Gut Heritage House Seniors Fortune Recreation Commission Virginia Park Community Centre Gander Boys and Girls Club Grand Bank Recreation Commission Holy Cross School, Eastport Lord's Cove Recreation INC Partners and Sponsors Marystown Lions Golden Age50+Club Norman's Cove-Long Cove Town Council Pilley's Island Recreation St. John the Baptist RC Church, Botwood St. Lawrence Community Youth Network St. Mark's School, King’s Cove The Gander Status of Women Council Tip-A-Vista Wellness Foundation Town New-Wes-Valley | Town of Burnt Islands Town of Chapel Arm | Town of Gambo | Town of Glovertown Town of Harbour Breton | Town of Jackson's Arm Town of Norris Arm | Town of Point Leamington Town of Port Blandford | Town of South Brook Town of Springdale | Town of Sunnyside | Town of Winterland Towns of Botwood, Peterview, Northern Arm and Central Health's Dr. Hugh Twomey Health Centre Volunteer Town of Appreciation Event Planning Committee .