Sharon Haubrich enjoys volunteering
By Joan Janzen
Have you ever wondered what motivates citizens to volunteer in their community? Kindersley resident Sharon Haubrich offered her personal response.
“If I see something the community can benefit from or I would like to see, I ask myself how I can get involved with a group that can help make it happen,” was her answer. “I hope that’s a question a lot of people ask. We have a lot of people out there who have done that exact thing; there’s lots of evidence of it around town.”
Submitted Photo: Sharon Haubrich has enjoyed helping out at the Walking Trail for a number of years, and she encourages her grandkids to help out as well. This photo was taken in 2019 when Sharon and her grandkids placed their hand-painted rocks along the trail.
And Sharon has been directly involved in assuring the ‘evidence’ is visible. In addition to being secretary of the Kindersley Curling Club, she helps out with bonspiels, fundraising and running the lounge. “All the members do; it’s a group effort,” she said.
“I really enjoy curling, and a club like that doesn’t work if you don’t have volunteers. For me, it was a good fit,” she said. But like all other organizations, the curling club can always use new people to take on roles. According to Sharon, new people have fresh ideas, offer a unique perspective, and enable the club to take on more projects.
Sharon also helps out with the walking trail. Along with other volunteers, she helps coordinate donations for benches and placing signs along the trail. “More signs about the history of the Motherwell Dam will get done this year,” she added.
“Volunteering gives me something useful to do, and the reward is the project you accomplish,” she explained. One of the projects Sharon helps with is setting up the museum’s light display at Christmas.
But she acknowledges there are many benefits to volunteering. In addition to accomplishing tasks, “Sometimes you learn new skills, and you get to be out with a different group of people. I learn about people in the community I might not have known before,” she concluded.