FEBRUARY 2025
THRIFT VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER
Keeping our valued volunteers informed
GM’s Corner As a volunteer with MCC Thrift you continue a long legacy of MCC volunteers responding in very practical ways to real human need. On a cold and blustery day in January, I travelled with a few staff and volunteers to MCC’s stationary meat cannery dedication and open house in New Hamburg, Ontario. For over a century, thousands of volunteers have helped MCC provide vital nutrition to those in need through the mobile meat canner! This tradition will continue in a new way, ensuring opportunities for a new generation of volunteers to be actively involved in MCC’s work. We’ll be sure to keep you updated! Thanks for your ongoing practical response to human need through your involvement at our Thrift Shop in St. Catharines. We are welcoming a new staff member to our team this month! Tymbi Gonsalves has joined
us on a contract basis for nine weeks, providing oversight on our retail floor. She comes to us with a background in Human Resources and Retail. Tymbi grew up in Jamaica and has lived in St. Catharines since the fall of 2018 with her husband and son. If you are a volunteer on our retail floor (cashier or associate), you may look to her for direction. Please welcome Tymbi to our team! Tymbi Gonsalves
Tim Albrecht
General Manager MCC Thrift, St. Catharines