Angela Pendergast

This year, we are proud to present the Volunteer of the Year Award to an individual who is highly deserving of this honor. We know that the survival of the French culture and language is very important and is ensured because of such people who help so that we can achieve this goal.
This person was involved in the Acadian and Francophone community all his life.  Growing up in an exogamous family, she continued to be a proud Acadian and Francophone from a young age. She still shares her pride with her children and grandchildren. This person is not afraid to speak French at all times.
This person grew up in St-Louis with 5 siblings. This beautiful lady has 3 pretty daughters and several grandchildren whom she loves with all her heart. 
As a career, she became a teacher at Pierre-Chiasson School to share her love and pride in the French language with a lot of imagination and creativity. But its sharing hasn't stopped in the classroom. All the extra hours she has put in for young people and Acadian and Francophone culture are remarkable, and it must be emphasized. One of her big involvement is the many plays she has written and directed for the school's Drama Club, she is a co-founder.  She has certainly been able to reach out to young people and develop their talents. We must definitely mention the musical piece Annie which she co-directed and was a great success.  In addition, she always volunteers to organize special days such as Remembrance Day, Easter Seals, Terry Fox Day, the nativity scene at the Christmas show and many more.  She is a member of the Pierre-Chiasson team who is always ready to help her colleagues, especially new teachers. She can often be found after work tutoring youth, preparing for a special event, or helping out with friends from work.   

Her sense of humor and making people laugh is important to her. She is often found telling jokes, and in the character of Marie with her friend Thérèse to make the crowd laugh. 
Her volunteering does not stop there.  She gives a lot of time for opportunities that are important to her in the community. For many years, she helped organize a family show with her brothers and sister as fundraisers for good causes.  Whether it's family members in need or people she knows a little, she is always willing to help in any way she can. On several occasions, she organized fundraisers to help families in need, especially near Christmas, in addition to collecting the money, she inquired about the needs and wants of the family to go shopping, wrap and deliver gifts without hesitation.  In addition, she can be found getting up early on Christmas morning to deliver gifts to about forty families in the West Prince area as a Christmas Angel.
In addition, this person is quite capable of organizing parties for family and friends, just to ensure joy for these people. If she hears that anyone has a need, she puts her heart and soul into it.  It seems that she never tires of doing for others.  
She is there when there's illness or trauma and she is found watching over the sick in their hospital beds.  She has no borders.  She doesn't choose who she's going to help.  She helps anyone in her line of vision.  She has helped so many people that we have lost counts and I'm sure she doesn't count either.
From a young age, she was part of the youth and later adult parish choir. Currently, she is an actress in a dinner theater that will financially help at the Caring Cupboard and the church.  Of course, there are many other situations of this beautiful lady helping the community, but we have to stop somewhere.
Even tonight I asked her to come as a favor to ensure quorum for the meeting and I'm sure she had other things to do at home, but she accepted without hesitation and wholeheartedly. Such a person is rare today.  She is very deserving of this honor.  
It is for these reasons and so many other not mentioned that, with confidence and great pleasure, I present this beloved Acadian Angela Pendergast for the honor of being the 2023-2024 Volunteer of the Year of the Rev. S.-É.- Perrey inc.
A big thank you to you, Ms. Angela, for your dedication to the Acadian and Francophone community of West Prince. We appreciate you very much!!
 

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