150 for 150 Volunteer Lethbridge event

 

Volunteer Lethbridge has gotten a head start on celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday. Along with help from students from Lethbridge College’s Digital Communications and Media program, the event helped kick off the 150 for 150 volunteer campaign.With Canada’s big 150th birthday coming up next year, Volunteer Canada is helping by promoting volunteerism. The 150 for 150 campaign is designed to encourage people to volunteer 150 hours of their time to give back to their home country.  Cole Parkinson went to the first event planned by Volunteer Lethbridge to see what it was all about.

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Cole Parkinson is in his final year of Digital Communications and Media at Lethbridge College. After graduation he hopes to pursue a job in sports broadcasting, hopefully covering one of the three main teams in Toronto. His hobbies include watching and playing hockey, baseball, basketball as well as playing guitar in a punk rock band. He enjoys reading, listening to music, watching movies and TV. Favourite teams: Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Blue Jays and the Toronto Raptors Favourite bands: Green Day, blink-182 and Against Me! Follow him on twitter at @ColeParkinson4

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