Volunteering in the Haliburton Highlands provides an incredible opportunity to meet wonderful people, be involved in many exciting projects and acquire a broad range of knowledge about the community. 

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I've had many tremendous experiences with some pretty fine folk helping to make our community better. 

 

I've been a founding board member of:

• Highlands Media Arts (now Sticks and Stones Productions);

• Canoe FM; and

• The Friends of St. Stephen’s Church.

 

Preserving local history is my passion, and my involvement in local heritage includes:

• Creating and developing the Stanhope Museum at the request of Stanhope Council. This included moving a building, learning museology, committee and policy development, cataloguing artifacts, developing and mounting exhibits, outreach, marketing, research, photography and so much more!

• Creating Stanhope Heritage Day;

• Developing, researching and writing  the Stanhope Heritage Driving Tour; and

• Developing, managing and championing the restoration of the  Hawk Lake Log Chute.

 

Other committee and board involvement includes:

 

• Stanhope Station 80 Support Crew (taking refreshments to firefighters on long calls);

• Community Care, Haliburton;

• Haliburton Highlands Trails & Tours Network (multiple committees, events and positions);

• County of Haliburton Economic Diversification Committee; 

• U-LINKS Centre for Community Based Education;

• Stanhope Recreation Committee;

• Stanhope Waste Management Committee;

• Haliburton Highlands Literacy Program; 

• Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce; and

• Stanhope Fun Day Committee

 

• I was also a staff member and then multi-year freelance writer/photographer for The Times, Minden (now the Minden Times)

 

Awards

 

• Community Heritage Recognition Program – Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1996 

• Stanhope Citizen of the Year, 1998 (for starting the Stanhope Museum)

• Highlander of the Year, 2005  (for the Hawk Lake Log Chute restoration)