A last minute call for young volunteers to help fill out the ranks of helpers at the 55th annual South Arm United Country Fair received a decent response.
Following a push from organizers to get the word out — hampered by the now concluded B.C. Teachers’ strike — and a story in the Newslast Wednesday (Sept. 17), less than a dozen spots remained unfilled when the fair opened under sunny skies Saturday.
That’s a far cry from the 50 or so bodies needed when Sue Burford, who organizes the fair’s volunteers, was looking at a mostly empty sign up sheet early last week.
Burford said she was delighted to see the youngsters, and some adults, get involved with one of the city’s longest-running community events.
