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Volunteering with heart

How many hands make light work Roy and Margaret Koplick are
volunteers who will this year celebrate
their 20th year of living at Sapphire,
along with their 60th wedding
There’s a saying that ‘volunteers do not necessarily have the time; anniversary.
they just have the heart’. On behalf of Living Gems, we’d like to The couple has volunteered ever
thank all volunteers who so selflessly donate their time to help events since moving in, wearing a range of
run smoothly. different hats – helping with meal
preparation, cooking on the barbecue
Ahead of National Volunteer Week, which runs between May 20-26, we spoke or setting up the table and chairs
to a few volunteers at Sapphire by Living Gems where resident photographer ahead of social events, just to name
Allan Kajewski said there was always a strong contingent of generous a few. Roy has also had stints as
homeowners ready to lend a hand.
president and chairperson of the
“Residents of Sapphire are fun-loving people, and we have so many volunteers bowls club, and greenkeeper.
doing jobs from setting up for functions to organising events. We have two hard- Even before they retired the couple
working committees – our homeowners and social committees. All volunteers would help in the community. With
do a wonderful job,” he said. Roy having a lengthy career in

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