Whitchurch-Stouffville looking for volunteers to help with outdoor rinks

Plan is to build, maintain 8 natural ice rinks throughout town

Yorkregion.com
November 28, 2018
Simon Martin

The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is looking for volunteers to help maintain the park’s outdoor ice rinks.

As with previous winters, Whitchurch-Stouffville is hoping to build and maintain eight natural ice rinks at various parks throughout town. They are: Vandorf Park, Byers Pond Park, Greenwood Park, Madori Park, Rupert Park, Sunnyridge Park, Wheeler’s Mill Park, Gar Lehman Park, and Memorial Park. The Memorial Park rink will be maintained by town staff and will not require volunteers.

History has shown that a group of five volunteers per rink is the ideal number to help minimize volunteer burnout and keep each of the volunteer’s time commitments reasonable.

Volunteers would assist town staff in the building of the rink(s) and be available to meet with staff for necessary training. Volunteers will also co-ordinate amongst themselves a schedule that fits everyone. The town will provide volunteers with equipment and supervise and assist when possible.

If a rink does not have five volunteers, then the rink will not be built for the winter.

If you are interested, please provide your contact information, including your address and telephone number, to Shawn Norton at shawn.norton@townofws.ca by Dec. 6. Once the list of volunteers is received, staff will be in contact and training sessions will be co-ordinated.