Vol. 48, No. 2

“We made a cookbook. We helped, all kinds of good turns that they do. Sang carols in the hospital, when we still had a hospital. Decorate the church for Christmas, served soup at the Guiders’ training session. Made Easter eggs for the elderly in the hospital, picked up thanksgiving gifts for the church, that kind of thing.” Isobel Watts, ‘They Were Lovely Girls’

“I am here in hospital not knowing why I am here, where I was to and where I was going. I remember in the stupor knowing I want to die.” Ed Buttock, ‘The Recovery’

“And then somebody said, well, why don’t you run for council? I said, well, that’s political. I’m not really political. But I did, and a whole bunch of people voted for me. I don’t know what they were thinking, but they did.” Peter Record, ‘Reflections on a Lifetime of Volunteerism’