Introducing Janice Berkenmeier

Janice Berkenmeier, owner of Florence's Flowers on Main Street, loves connecting with her community in various ways. To read her profile, click here.

Introducing Jo Walton

Jo Walton is a Port Sydney mother of four who works as a program facilitator at several area Ontario Early Years Centres. To read her profile, click here.

Introducing Deena Brock

Deena Brock is the mother of four, a managing business consultant at the Muskoka Small Business Centre and owner of Rose Petals, a shop filled with her homemade natural skin-care products.

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Introducing Pam Carnochan

Pam Carnochan is the owner of the Morgan House Bed and Breakfast, a hobby farmer, mother and artist.

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Intoducing Nancy Waxl

Nancy Waxl is an active volunteer, both locally and internationally. She is also becoming more concerned and vocal about environmental issues.

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Introducing Violet Earl

Violet Earl is the mother of 15, grandmother of 36, great-grandmother of 34 and great-great-grandmother of two. She has also been a director of the Huntsville Agricultural Society for 45 years.

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Introducing Laurene Armstrong

Laurene Armstrong is the executive director of Muskoka Seniors.

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Introducing Meredith Hiscox

Meredith Hiscox is the Christian education director at Faith Baptist Church as well as a hobby farmer, outdoors enthusiast and mother of two.

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Introducing Vi McQuain

Vi McQuain is a retired mother of three, grandmother of 15, great-grandmother of 23 and great-great-grandmother of one who continues to be very active in various clubs and volunteer activities.

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Introducing Linda Smith

Linda Smith is an artist and teacher of decorative painting with a studio on Limberlost Road. She is also a school bus driver, LCBO employee, wife and mother.

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Introducing Doris Thompson

Doris Thompson came to Canada as a war bride in 1924. She is a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother... and long-lost sister to her brother Charlie in New Zealand.

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Introducing Bess Coleman

Bess Coleman is a doula (someone who provides physical and emotional support to women in labour), mother, soap-maker, photographer and mail carrier.

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Introducing Freda Healey

Freda Healey is an active member of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary. She witnessed firsthand the importance of a good hospital when her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004, and she signed on as a volunteer about six months after his death.

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Introducing Cheryl Perry

Cheryl Perry is the executive assistant at the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Foundation. She and her family enjoying boating on lakes around Huntsville, and she keeps busy running her kids to various activities during the school year.

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Introducing Janice Markle

Janice Markle is an employee of Soul Sistas' Wellness Kitchen, has her own cleaning business and volunteers for Muskoka Seniors. The mother of three, she says her immediate and extended family are the most important things in her life.

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Introducing Jen McColl

Jen McColl is the mother of five and the leader of Huntsville's La Leche League group.

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Introducing Sharon Wilson

Sharon Wilson of Novar is the driver of the Huntsville Transit specialty bus for passengers with special needs and also of a school bus that takes students to Huntsville High School, Riverside and St. Mary's schools. Wilson is also an animal lover who has been on the board of the Huntsville Animal Shelter for the last 10 years.

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Introducing Paulette Quinn

Paulette Quinn of Dwight has worked at the A&P grocery store for the past 18 years. The mother of two and grandmother of two is also an active member of the Salvation Army.

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Introducing Nancy Samuell

Nancy Samuell is a part-time circulation clerk at Huntsville Public Library, part-time office administrator for an orthodontist's office, the president of Huntsville High School's parent council, and mother of two.

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Introducing Rev. GailMarie Henderson

Rev. GailMarie Henderson of the North Muskoka Pioneer Parish has been serving the Anglican communities of Aspdin, Grassmere, Newholme, Ravenscliffe and Ilfracombe since 2002. Originally trained as a nurse, the mother of three decided to follow the call of the church when her youngest son was 16.

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