Senior Volunteer Retires

After 38 years as a volunteer Peg Bennetts is ‘retiring’. The 2020 Citizen of the Year has been volunteering on the community desk at the Civic Centre since 1982. At the age of 85 she has decided it is time to move on and “let someone young take over”.

“I have loved my time here and made lots of friends,” Peg says. “I have seen a lot of changes over the years – there were no computers when I started!”

Peg, of St Georges, is well-known for her quick wit and love of a chat. “I hear all the gossip,” she says with a wink. “And some good jokes!”

She is a great story teller and has spent many a moment entertaining people with colourful tales, many that involve her pet cat Oscar, whom she loves.

In her role at the desk she has been able to inform members of the community about what is happening within our facilities, and she has always done so in a very friendly and compassionate way, getting to know regulars who come to classes within the centre, providing them with a familiar friendly face.

She is adamant she is not saying ‘goodbye’ and plans to visit regularly to say hi “and pinch a few books from the Library”.

Peg is pictured with Tricia Foster-Jones, Senior Coordinator, Community Centres & Development (L) and Lisette Bruno, Volunteer Program Coordinator (R).