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And there aren‘t many people who would give up an afternoon to pick up a complete stranger from the airport. Mcgee is a music For Mcgee, every experience brings an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. Several years ago, Megee sat on the board of the Friendship Group, an orgaâ€" nization set up to match volunteer visitors with people who need extra support, and nine years later, she still visits a blind diabetic on a regular basis. ONTARIG â€" % affe BiUe cross Will. Make sure. call: Please contact: John Dinner External Relations Manager The Mutual Group 227 King Street South Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4CS Tel: 519â€"888â€"2269 Fax: 519â€"888â€"3797 i ie oo eoe oi in otnt Mcgee‘s roster of volunteer activities is lengthy, to say the least. She is involved in anything and everything from stuffing enveâ€" lopes for ‘the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Symphony to visiting friends in the hospital to caring for her elderly parents. ARE YOU ONE OF THE ORIGINALS? Did you play in the first Mutual Life of Canada Bonspie! back in 196772 We‘re trying to find you in time for our 25th anniversary this November is always something new for me and there is always something or someone coming along." PO uidiltdnbnhi mt AulMbiint ‘ DISCOVER TRAVEL ud 7. B t ce slsc olsnA oc 10.z "I thrive on having many demands in many directions," says Mcgee. "You get little moments of real joy. I just enjoy people and I‘m comfortable with people and I think they‘re comfortable with me. The more peoâ€" ple, the more interesting, the richer the experience." "I‘m a people person," Mcgee adds. "There Michelle Lahn Chronicle Staff Lois Megee is not a high profile person. She doesn‘t chair any committees and she doesn‘t run any fundraising drives â€" she prefers to remain behindâ€"theâ€"scenes and quj?tly help out her family and friends. No shortage of volunteer opportunities for Lois Mcgee DIFFERENCE BONSPIEL 4 OHIP won‘t be abie . &== to cover ALL the costs of hoapRailzation, R] Will. Make sure, call: BON‘T TAKE CHANCES U THE U.S.A.! The Mutual Group Facing Tommorrow Westmount Place, Waterloo INTRODUCES SHOPâ€"ATâ€"HOME ~‘c«~ SERVICE Call 743â€"6978 for complete details. Discount For Seniors We Do Your Shopping & Deliver 6 Days A Week!! h SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEE The only place in Kâ€"W to offer this service. Don‘t waste your time, let us do it! Mecgee‘s interests reach far beyond her love of music. When she isn‘t making performers feel just a little more at home and when she isnt‘collecting tickets for Chamber concerts, she volunteers with the Grand Valley Trails Association. She helps with registration, she leads occasional hikes, she is the area contact, and Lois Mcgee prefers to stay behind the scenes when she volunteers her time, but for her, every new experience offers another chance to meet a new friend. lover and as part of her support for the Kâ€"W Chamber Music Society, she brings visiting artists to the city. Mcgee doesn‘t view the drive to Toronto as a chore either â€" she sees it as yet another chance to make a new friend. "I think it just must be the most dreary part of their (the performers‘) lives, coming into a strange city, especially if they are from out of the country and then nobody there to meet them," she says. "It is really something I love to do." gkAareatalt _ concernme _ aud considerations in her r0le as sur LOUISE ERVIN HORACE COELHO PARENT REâ€"ELECT . N., Waterioo _ T: heceieen n nenar Despite all her training, Mcgee has made a conscious decision to stay out of the working world, at least the professional working world. And her resume is about as checkered as her volunteer time. Mcgee has worked with the Children‘s Aid as a social worker. she was a kindergarten teacher, and became a nurse when she was in her forties. Mcgee laughs at how she considered herself the grandmother of her nursing class. Even today she is considered the neighbohood nurse â€" the first person anyone calls with a medical problem. But there‘s more to Mcgee‘s neverending quest to help new people and experience new things. She served on the steering committee of the Seniors Adult Bark Lake Experience â€" an organization which hosts an extended weekend camp for seniors â€" for two years But she decided to move on because Megee believes by stepping aside, she can maintain a proper perspective and give others the oppor tunity to help. "A lot of people you just know are calling because they‘ve reached a point in life where they want to do something different with themselves, they want to meet new friends. 1 find a lot of lovely friendships forming in the Grand Valley Trails." she even maintains a section of the club trail. Like everything she participates in, Megee truly enjoys her work with the association yet feels that many of the inquiries she fields are individuals who are lonely and in need of support. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTosEr 16 a _ (44â€"6660 ® becarrrresccid KE COs i A Clearing HOUs®: 666 Victon& St. N. Kitchenet 'Illll‘lllllllll‘ ;‘llllllâ€"llllllll. * w sURPLUS a lik # LIGHT BULBS 8 =‘uuu““““° t SUREMUS Synencudavenne = & 6 '-uul‘l“"“’!’ 3 K'“'.?Efigb‘)‘s ; & TELEPHONE B BB C ) M aing Hous % Ac:.amonanl # 666Victod|SLN., Kitchener_ , -Plu-ullllu--‘ Frre‘d 'S-l'L'.":.‘E:‘:-U'g.! 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