Our Team of Volunteers and Committee Members: *Cheri Appleby, June Bennett, *Pam Christensen, Phyllis Corbett, *Patti Currie, *Brenda Dunsmore, *Bruce Dunsmore, *Marilyn Erb, Mary Fanjoy, Lynn Folkins, John Hossack, *Judith Jones, *Mary Ellen Kilfillen, Marlene MacAfee, Linda MacDougall, Carol McLean, Addie Marshall, Tom Nesbit, *Jane Paul, Caroline Porr, Kim Reese, *Carole Sharpe, Diane Trail, *April Wilson and *Rita Winslade.
* beside the name of a volunteer denotes those who have a key to the library. There is also a spare key in the front desk drawer which can be used to lock up and then deposited in the book drop.
Student volunteer: Hanya Jeddore
**Our Volunteers with Added Responsibilities besides working at the front desk::
Brenda Dunsmore - Chairperson of Library Committee, Contact person re use of the building, PR, Talk Boxes Project, Sensitive Issues Bags Project, volunteers: (monthly schedule; training, volunteer team meetings), overdue books, summer students: (grants, interviews, scheduling, supervising and training), building maintenance, keys and security system, checking books to go on the shelves after labels have been put on them, Book Memorials, (pin)
Cheri Appleby - cleaning supplies (2021)
June Bennett - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Non-Fiction bookcases (000-400), library website, typing labels (2023)
Pam Christensen - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (G-H), index cards catalogue (2023)
Phyllis Corbett - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (C), Lakeview Bookworms Book Club, Classics (pin)
Patti Currie - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Young Adult bookcases and ***2 Fiction bookcases (C-D and M-N), Library Committee member, ordering stationery/library supplies, book sale room, book sales, stickers on new books, labels, (2022)
Bruce Dunsmore - Library Committee member, magazine subscriptions (pin)
Marilyn Erb - Secretary of Library Committee, Lakeview Bookworms Book Club, summer students/interviews/training, library website, typing labels, volunteer handbook, Book of Obituaries, Seed Library, culling, cataloguing, (pin)
Mary Fanjoy - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction shelves (D-G), Hackmatack Book Club, (2022)
Lynn Folkins - (2024)
John Hossack - **
Judith Jones - Treasurer of Library Committee, summer students/grants and pay, Local History Section, Local School Yearbooks, Book Memorials - tax receipts for donations, Book of Obituaries (pin)
Mary Ellen Kilfillen - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (O to R) and *** 1st of 2 Biographies (920) bookcases, contact person for computer issues, cataloguing, typing labels, (2021)
Marlene MacAfee - cataloguing, Classics (pin)
Linda MacDougall - ***Book Caretaker: Children's Section, Talk Boxes Project (pin)
Addie Marshall - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (L-M), maintaining supply of all forms, typing labels, Author of the Month Display, Lakeview Bookworms Book Club (pin)
Carol McLean - Library's Living History Scrapbook (pin)
Tom Nesbit - Library Committee member
Jane Paul - ***Book Caretaker: Junior Non-Fiction and Children's Section, cataloguing, volunteer handbook, (2024)
Caroline Porr - Community Gathering Committee, (2024)
Kim Reese - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (R to S), and Westerns, cataloguing, typing labels, stickers on new books, (2023)
Carole Sharpe - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (S to Z), Vice-Chairperson of Library Committee member, Contact person re money issues, cash box, annual to-do list, typing labels, membership list, (2022)
Diane Trail - ***Book Caretaker: 2 Fiction bookcases (A-B-C), cataloguing, (2017-2023?)
April Wilson - Library Committee member, Coffee and Cards, Hackmatack Book Club, graphic posters and signs, Facebook page administrator, advertising - Jemseg Newsletter ads (2022)
Rita Winslade - ***Book Caretaker: 2 fiction bookcases (H-L) and ***Junior Fiction bookcases, Library Committee member, Contact person re iPads, talking circles, Seed Library, Volunteer Contact List, 5-year pins and volunteer registration / police checks, Lakeview Bookworms Book Club, Community Gathering Committee, (2021)
Hanya Jeddore - student volunteer 2023-present
2025-26 Jobs that need to be filled:
***Book Caretaker: Local History Section and New Brunswick bookcase
***Book Caretaker: 2 Non-Fiction bookcases (500-700)
photographers to help Carol McLean with the Library's Living History Scrapbook
***Book Caretaker: 2 Non-Fiction bookcases (800-900)
more volunteers who will put messages on the Library's Facebook page
volunteer to look after the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) for 10 months a year
**All Volunteers who work at the front desk: new memberships, serving visitors, checking books in and out, tidying and moving books to fit shelving, re-stocking books for sale in lobby. If you wish, you can help with book sales, cataloguing incoming books that we decide to keep and anything that you want to learn how to do.
*** Book Caretakers: Volunteers who are looking after the shelves:
1. Alphabetical order by author and book title
2. Duplicates (exception: we keep Large Print plus the regular print copy)
3. 'New' books in wrong place (two special book cases for 'New' books published in the last 3 years)
4. Stickers missing (Canadian, Classic, other themes)
5. Condition of book (cull and discard)
6. Showcase a few
7. Move books from the "New Arrivals" bookcase as required
8. We culled most of the 2008 and older during the summer of 2024
"Many hands make light work."
Our Library celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, August 12th, 2018. These 10-year volunteers were presented with books dedicated to them: Glenda Constable, Judy Jones, Pat Jones, Tom Nisbet, Mary Corcoran, Carol McLean, Bruce Dunsmore and Brenda Dunsmore. Congratulations, everyone! Thank you for all that you do for the library and the community.
List of Volunteers September 2008: Jean Betts, Sandra Butler, Clare Caskey, Betty Chiswell, Glenda Constable, Mary Corcoran, Brenda and Bruce Dunsmore, Sharon Giggie, Doreen Hansen, Irene LeFeuvre, Teri Levine, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Ardith Martin, Norman McCready, Carol McLean, Bill Rowe, Jackie Jarvis, Judy Smith, Jackie Straight, Debbie Wicket.
We are always looking for new volunteers who would like to join us. If you would like to try it before you decide, we would love to work with you. No pressure at all. It is 3 hours per month. We do have a good time and appreciate all the volunteers we have. Volunteering is a great way to make friends and become a part of the community.
There are four different 3-hour weekly shifts: Tuesdays from 10 to 1 and 1 to 4; Fridays from 10 to 1 and Saturdays from 1 to 4.
If the schedule comes out and the dates that you'd like to volunteer are already filled, by all means, come anyway. The more the merrier. Most of the volunteers work the same days of each month - but you are always welcome to join them. There's always something to do at the library, even if it's just tidying up the shelves or visiting and having a cup of tea.
"Volunteering contributes to a higher quality of life for everyone involved." - Joe Casey
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead.
You are never alone. There are always books. There's always the Library. - anon
"There are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet." William Butler Years
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." Kahlil Gibran
"Every time one of our volunteers turns the key and opens up the Library for the community, they make the world a little bit better." anon
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