During my sixty-two years I have been an avid volunteer. I started early at age 16 serving as an assistant scout master. Two years later, I was elected President of the Peterborough Ontario Scouters Association. I continued my relationship with scouting after joining the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1978.
My volunteering continued when in 1987 I was appointed President of the Canadian Forces Base Borden Block Parents program which continued until being honorably discharged from the CAF in 1990. In 1990 I volunteered with 102 Air Cadet Squadron in Barrie, Ontario as a civilian instructor. Two years later I volunteered with 99 Lynx Air Cadet Squadron in Orillia, Ontario when I was appointed an Officer Cadet in the Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC), a sub component of the Canadian Forces Reserves.
Due to injuries suffered in the CAF, I retired from the (CIC) at the rank of Captain in 2013. I went on to volunteer at VETS Canada, The Army Cadet League of Canada and in 2018 was appointed a Squadron Director with the Air Cadet League of Canada, Ontario Provincial Committee and continue to act in that capacity. I am familiar with budgeting, volunteer recruitment and retention. I was a trained instructor in the CAF from 1983 until my retirement in 2013. I am as comfortable speaking at assemblies.
From 2012 – 2023 I served as Trustee on the Board of Trustees for the RCAF Association Trust Fund. From 2023 to the present I have been serving as a Director on the RCAF Association Board of Directors as the Vice-Chair and now recently Chair of the Finance Committee. It has been my honour to serve and with to continue to be of service.
