As we approach Christmas, I think back to all of the people that I know who try to make life better in some way for others. There’s a truly kind-hearted lady in my riding who freely gives her time to make a positive difference for so many. I’m talking about Pam Dickey from Trent Lakes. She lives just outside of Buckhorn and has been volunteering for community care for a number of years.

During the pandemic, not only did she help out by delivering groceries to some vulnerable seniors but she also took to the phones to do wellness checks just to make sure people who couldn’t get out still had a friendly voice to talk to on a regular basis. For the last year or so she has also been volunteering with Community Care Meals on Wheels.

Speaker, this Christmas, Pam has taken it upon herself to make sure that 20 seniors who have lost their spouses will still have a homemade Christmas dinner. In her very own kitchen, she’s cooking enough turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables, cranberries, gravy and all of the other fixings to make a traditional Christmas dinner, and then she’ll personally deliver all of those dinners to 20 very lucky single seniors.

Pam, thank you for what you do. You exemplify the true meaning of what Christmas is.