Dave Purdon Receives 6th Annual 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award

There are many ways for a person to enhance the lives of others. Some do it by giving freely of their expertise and time. Others, but supporting community groups through generous donations to those groups.  When someone willingly does this and does so without looking for compensation, that person is considered to be a volunteer.  Several people do all three. Our association recognizes their work and each year, we select one such person to be honoured with the Outstanding Volunteer Award.

This year’s recipient is a quiet and generous man and a strong supporter of the Association.  Over the past nine years, he has voluntarily provided, free of charge, thousands of dollars worth of meat for the following association events; the Housey’s Rapids Picnic, Kahshe Lake Regatta, and the Kahshe Lake Craft Show.

He explained that he does very little advertising and prefers to help out the community by participating in local community events. These are just a few events that we know about, there are probably more.

He hosts tours for local school kids at his Muskoka Meats and 100 Mile Store on Hwy 11. He is a strong advocate of the 100 Mile Rule and explains it to anyone interested in hearing more. Very briefly, the concept of the 100 Mile Rule, encourages people to buy and eat local products and in so doing, support local farmers, business people, and the overall community.

Our recipient is a hardworking, humble person, and a very caring and giving community man. He doesn’t look for recognition, only the knowledge that by his actions, our local community is enriched.

He is just the kind of person who richly deserves to be acknowledged and a most deserving recipient of the “Outstanding Volunteer Award.”