From student to author to hospital volunteer, this N.S. teen is making waves from China
Excerpt:
“…The 15-year-old African Nova Scotian was born with a life-threatening condition that has since pushed her to study medicine to one day help kids like her.
Simmonds, who is originally from Dartmouth but now lives with her family in China, was born premature at the IWK Health Centre with gastroschisis, in which some of her gastrointestinal organs had grown outside of her body….”
Author: Cassidy Chisholm
Date of Article: June 3, 2024
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ahnaleigh-simmonds-halifax-student-shanghai-1.7220457
East Hants calls for volunteer firefighters in new recruitment video
Excerpt:
“…Ensuring that there are enough volunteers trained and available to respond within local fire and emergency services for the East Hants municipality is an ongoing struggle….”
Author: Megan King
Date of Article: April 29, 2024
Source: Global News
Website: https://globalnews.ca/news/10458068/east-hants-calls-for-volunteer-firefighters/
Volunteers purchase ice-fishing shelters for people without homes in Halifax
Excerpt:
“…Volunteer groups have purchased ice-fishing shelters to help homeless people brave the cold, wet weather in Halifax, which received its first significant snowfall of the season overnight Sunday.
Stephen Wilsack, who is a volunteer at the encampment across from Halifax City Hall, says he bought 10 tents himself and was reimbursed by “Good Samaritans,” and that 10 others were donated….”
Author:
Date of Article: December 4, 2023
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/volunteers-purchase-ice-fishing-shelters-halifax-1.7048524
3,000 volunteers set to make North American Indigenous Games a reality
Excerpt:
“…As the 2023 North American Indigenous Games begin in Halifax and surrounding areas, thousands of volunteers are working behind the scenes to make it happen.
At a site for volunteers in Dartmouth, N.S., stacks of colour-coded T-shirts fill the room; yellow for general volunteer, blue for lead volunteer, and red for medical….”
Author: Brooklyn Currie
Date of Article: July 15, 2023
Source: CBC News
Website: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/volunteers-north-american-indigenous-games-1.6906805
