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THE VOLUNTEERS... =>

2006
PAULINE CLOUTIER

2007
BERTHE MICHAUD

2005
PETER CUNNINGHAM

The Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d'Erable is blessed.
Now in its 8th year, it can boast a long list of names that
guarantee its success. That list carries the title of
VOLUNTEERS.

4 Just like the industrious maple tree starting its production of

starts in the early Fall. Our volunteers come back year after
year, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the huge list of tasks that
require attention. With more than 240 dedicated volunteers
asking 'How Can I He/p?', our Volunteer team leaders have to be!
_on their toes from the get-go. Committees are formed, leaders
are chosen, lists are handed out, “And then .... they're offff!”

HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY THANK THESE PEOPLE?

These volunteers are folks who believe in a celebration of
culture, know the importance of a community festival,
understand that Nanaimo was not built in a day (nor by just
one person!).

The AEN salutes its year round volunteers also, as they are the
link in that long chain of commitment that holds the festival
together so solidly.. For many, the most touching scene at the
festival is seeing our young adults and teens cleaning tables,
picking up garbage, giving out programs, giving out
directions, and rolling maple syrup on snow...they are the
guarantee of the festival's future. These young ones are buildin
a legacy of their own, and we are proud of them all.

FRENCH PROGRAMS

School District 68 proudly delivers instruction

in French as a Second Language to more than
5,000 students from Grades 5 to 12.

There are more than 1,100 students enrolled in
the French Immersion program from Kindergarten
to Grade 12.

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ARE NOT A DIME A DOZEN-THEY ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD

2004
TONY QUINN

succulerit’ sweetness for the winter months, work on the festival :

VOLUNTEER
OF THE YEAR

2003
MICHEL MORIN

2002
LISE BEGIN

2001
MARC BOUDREAU

: So this year, when you are wandering around tappin' your toes
! to some great music, licking your maple toffee-covered fingers
i after eating some home-made Tourtiére, please take a moment
and try to spot all the bright yellow T-Shirts.

| Sone sport a pin that says:

| HI!-BONJOUR

HI! BONJOUR
Meaning they Meaning they Which means they
can help you in can help you in are bilingual
English French
: They might address
you in a wonderful

mix of Franglais.

: Whatever language you choose to use with these folks,
i remember that your smile is the universal language of gratitude
i they simply need to know you care.

ere's to the Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre

i d'Erable's magnificent VOLUNTEERS! BRAVO!

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