Vegreville Royal Purple Ladies Celebrate 60 Years of Volunteering for Canadian Blood Services

Vegreville Royal Purple Ladies Celebrate 60 Years of Volunteering for Canadian Blood Services

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

Canadian Blood Services Blood Donor Clinic honoured the Vegreville Royal Purple Lodge No. 125 Ladies for volunteering for the CBS Blood Donor Clinic for 60 years. The presentation was at the Blood Donor Clinic outside of the Vegreville Social Centre on September 22. Olga Elizarova, Coordinator for Volunteer Resources for Canadian Blood Services, and Tanya Atallah, Clinic Supervisor for Canadian Blood Services, presented each of the Royal Purple members with a flower and a gift bag to recognize all of their years of volunteering at the Blood Donor Clinic.

Blood Donor Clinics first began operating out of the basement of the old United Church, the current site of the Telus building. The clinic moved to the Elks Hall and operated there until late 2019. The clinic moved once again because the facility was too small to accommodate all of the equipment that was required by CBS. The clinic is currently held in the Vegreville Social Centre.

In the front row from left to right are: Marge Henderson, Shirley Rattray, Clara Nawrot, and Anne Stefancik. In the back row from left to right are: Enid Theophile, Ann Markowsky, Rose Hook, Nora Paquette, Marian Lemiski, Marion Baxandall, Stacey Mynsak, and Janet Kobylnyk. Please note Stacey Mynsak is a member of the Vegreville Elks Club, but he also volunteers his time with the Vegreville Royal Purple Ladies. Missing from the photo are: Joyce Porayko, Effie Lazowski, and Susan Stecyk. (Canadian Blood Services/Submitted Photo)