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In 2002, a group of like minded,
dedicated individuals saw the need for VS-LC in Lanark County
and they gathered together to prepare a proposal for the Ministry
of the Attorney General to bring the VS-LC program
to Lanark County.
The steering committee was
successful in obtaining funding by 2004. VS-LC
currently operates with two staff members, an
Executive Director and a Volunteer Coordinator. The Volunteer
Bureau of Lanark County kindly agreed to sponsor VS-LC until we were incorporated as a not-for-profit
charitable organization in October 2005 and
an official volunteer Board of Directors was elected.
By August 2005, VS-LC was fully
operational with a team of highly trained volunteers available
to respond to requests for service from police 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, 365 days a year. We currently have a roster
of approximately fifty volunteers who are available to respond
to the needs of victims of crime, tragic circumstance and
disaster throughout Lanark County.
Ottawa Citizen 1959:
Lanark Fire 1959 - The
Campbell Sash and Door Co. building ablaze
behind him, 16-year-old Grant Creighton runs
to warn a firefighter that his Lanark home
is also on fire. By day's end, 43 buildings
were destroyed in the 1959 fire, and nearly
100 left homeless.
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