Retiring from teaching in 1997, Linda Lynch began a new chapter in her life of service by beginning to volunteer at the Canadian Transportation Museum and Heritage Village as she portrayed a school marm from yesteryear.
From there, Lynch spent time volunteering at Kingsville’s Military Museum, and then took on an even bigger role, by volunteering to serve as the Coordinator of the Kingsville Food Bank.
She especially looks back at her time with the food bank with fondness saying, “It was gratifying to know that you were doing something to make someone’s life better. I felt that we made a difference to the people in our community that needed help.”
Upon receiving her Senior of the Year award at the July 14 Kingsville Town Council meeting, Lynch said, “It’s a wonderful honour to win this award. It’s appreciated and there are a lot of people in this town that deserve it. I’m very pleased that they chose me.”
While departing, Linda was asked to share her thoughts regarding seniors in the community who are pondering a position as a volunteer.
“Everybody needs to volunteer somewhere,” she said. “When you volunteer you feel so good about helping other people. Sometimes people say, I don’t really know what I would do, I don’t have specific qualifications. You don’t have to have qualifications, just step up and say how can I help.”
