Volunteers celebrated during National Volunteer Week

Volunteers celebrated during National Volunteer Week

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Many places in Calgary rely on volunteers. The pandemic changed volunteering in person as restrictions and safety changed the rules. Citynews’ Danina Falkenberg looks at volunteerism coming out of pandemic restrictions and during National Volunteer Week.

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