{"id":39845,"date":"2020-09-18T18:14:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T18:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feedontario.ca\/story\/volunteer-spotlight-bill\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T15:26:12","slug":"le-benevolat-a-lhonneur-bill","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/feedontario.ca\/fr\/story\/volunteer-spotlight-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleins feux sur les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles : Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Aver has been volunteering with <strong>The Food Bank of Waterloo Region<\/strong> for almost two years now as a driver, as a way to keep busy during retirement and give back to his community.<\/p>\n<p>This year alone, Bill has given over 480 hours of his time, volunteering 3 days per week. Bill drives a Food Bank truck and delivers food to community centres that The Food Bank supports in Waterloo Region. He has built strong relationships with staff and community members at these programs, and we could not have supported the community centres with the change in their servicing model due to COVID-19 without Bill.\u00a0 He continues to dedicate 15 hours per week standing outside, waiting onsite in the heat, rain, and cooler weather.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering during COVID-19 helped Bill understand the need for food assistance in our community and recognize that hunger can happen to anyone, anywhere at any time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen a different side of our community, one I\u2019ve never seen before. You read about it [food insecurity] but until you see it, people lined up for food, it doesn\u2019t register. These people are hard workers, just like you and I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Bill Aver<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bill has also helped as a Food Bank Brand Ambassador, accepting food and fund donations at community events. When he&#8217;s not driving to pick up and deliver food, you can find him spending time with his children, skiing or tinkering with his model trains! Thank you for your dedication, Bill!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39846,"template":"","theme":[67,54],"class_list":["post-39845","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Volunteer spotlight: Bill - Feed Ontario<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/feedontario.ca\/fr\/histoire\/le-benevolat-a-lhonneur-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Volunteer spotlight: Bill - Feed Ontario\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bill Aver has been volunteering with The Food Bank of Waterloo Region for almost two years now as a driver, as a way to keep busy during retirement and give back to his community. 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