Mark Hunter has volunteered with the food service at the annual Mennonite Fall Fair for more than eight years. Hunter and his wife have five children who also help out. Malcolm Hunter, 12, has been helping for three years and his brother Graham,14, has been helping for four years.
The Mennonite Fall Fair, best known for its farmer sausage, borscht, fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate, along with all its fundraising efforts raised about $20,000 last weekend. That will go to Syrian refugees as well as the local Ness Lake Bible Camp bursary and the New Hope Society.
Big cheque
Raise a Reader, held on Sept. 23, saw orange T-shirt clad volunteers asking for donations in exchange for a special edition of the Prince George Citizen at many drive-thru locations. Shane Garner of Hartwood Holdings Ltd. said he was sorry he didn't have his cheque book with him as he went through the River Point Tim Hortons. But because he wanted to donate to support local literacy programs, Garner dropped off a cheque for $1,000 to the Prince George Public Library.
The total now sits at more than $11,000 brought in during the fundraiser.
