Shauna and Minou's story

Shopping with Shauna and Minoe Shauna has been a volunteer at the Plusbus for a few years now. The Plusbus picks up less mobile elderly people at home and drives them to the Jumbo to do their shopping. Afterwards there is of course a nice cup of coffee ready. And meanwhile, there is extensive chatting. So a lot of fun. And so much fun that Shauna persuaded her good friend Minoe to become a volunteer. Minoe will soon join the Plusbus for the first time to experience what it is like. Minoe: “I was raised with volunteer work. My parents were quite active as volunteers. I grew up with the idea that everyone can sometimes mean something to someone else. However small that gesture might be. Shauna had been telling me the best stories for some time about what she had experienced with the Plusbus. It made me curious, but unfortunately the bus did not drive through corona for a long time. Now I will soon finally experience what it is like. Together with Shauna. That will be a fun day!” “Now I will soon finally experience what it is like!” Shauna: “I've done volunteer work for various organizations before. I always try to set aside a few hours every now and then for volunteer work. And the great thing about the Plusbus is that the coordinators are very cooperative and flexible. At the moment I join the Plusbus once a month. That is relatively not much, but under the guise 'every little bit helps' the help was very welcome. You don't actually realize how much something so seemingly 'small' can mean to someone else.” Minoe: “And imagine that we end up in that position later on. That we cannot do our own shopping so easily. Then I hope that others would help us as we are helping these people now.” The Plusbus is still looking for volunteers who want to come along as a supervisor or as a driver. The bus runs every Monday morning, Monday afternoon, Friday morning and Friday afternoon. Can you help once in a while? And would you like to help these people just like Shauna and Minoe? Contact Ellen Vossen: e.vossen@hartvoorwoerden.nl or call 06 21 16 90 74. Share these stories and inspire others to help too! Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Forward

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