“Without the volunteers, we could not do what we do,” said Matt Smith, Volunteer Coordinator at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre.
Smith was referring to the many volunteers who assist at the Museum, most of whom attended the Volunteer Appreciation award presentation and luncheon on Wednesday, April 17th (2024).
Among the recognitions were the Ontario Service Awards for volunteers who have been active with the Museum for five, 10 and 15 years:
5 years: Muriel Shular
Theodore Miller (absent)
10 years:
Robert Campbell (absent)
15 years:
Vermayle Longmuir
In addition to the Ontario Service awards, pins were also given to volunteers for their hours of service from 100, 200, 500 and 1,000.
100 hours:
Monique Perrault Drake
Kim Fulton
John Park
Robert Pawley
Carol Walberg (absent)
200 hours:
Jessie Callaghan
Lou Vanderploeg
500 hours: Muriel Shular 
1,000 hours:
Garth Campbell
Honorable Mention for Joanne Vogel and Trudy Schwass for completing over 700 hours of
volunteer work in the Bruce County Archives
