Guest blog by Meaghan Williams
Courses are in session, phone calls are answered and individuals walk in and out constantly: these are the characteristics of a typical day. The Canadian Red Cross Ottawa branch is constantly a flurry of activity.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, there’s something else that characterizes the office: Richard Sage. Or “Richard Richard” as everyone seems to know him. On Tuesdays, he volunteers with the HELP program, and on Thursdays, he helps manage the first aid courses.
Bustling around the office in his wheelchair, Richard stays busy inputting a never-ending supply of information into the office’s database. He has volunteered in the office since last July and has become an integral part of the team. For his birthday in February, the team threw a party and celebrated with birthday cake.
By volunteering at Red Cross, he says he can see how he is able to make a difference in the world.