On
Sunday, 18th May 2008,
Rivers Unit members James Goodwin
and Mary Haggerty were the ACT State
Emergency Service (SES)
representatives at the Canberra
Volunteers Day expo
at Hotel Realm in Kingston. Mary
and James talked to a variety of
people about life as a volunteer
member of the ACT State Emergency
Service and they also got to
experience a taste of what other
volunteer services are available.
CVD,
which was organised by Volunteering
ACT, was opened by ACT Chief
Minister Jon Stanhope, and its aim
was to showcase the many types of
volunteering undertaken in the ACT,
including the emergency services.
It is interesting to note that there
are more volunteers in the ACT per
capita than any other place in
Australia.
