{"id":180551,"date":"2023-09-18T16:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=180551"},"modified":"2023-09-19T08:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:56:58","slug":"transporaction-pontiac-celebrates-volunteers-at-annual-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/transporaction-pontiac-celebrates-volunteers-at-annual-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"TransporAction Pontiac celebrates volunteers at annual dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of volunteers and staff of local public transit non-profit <a href=\"https:\/\/transporaction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TransporAction Pontiac<\/a> gathered a the Forest Inn in Bryson on Thursday evening for a dinner in their honour. This year, Guylaine Marcil, Lise Pleau, Linda Smart, Lois Smith and Gis\u00e8le Peck Beaudin were all recognized for 10 years of service.<\/p>\n<p>The mandate of TransporAction Pontiac is to promote mobility in the region, especially for people who do not have access to a car.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85417\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85417\" class=\"wp-image-85417\" src=\"https:\/\/chipfm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image000000-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Five women stand together in front of a blank background\" width=\"332\" height=\"249\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-85417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Gis\u00e8le Peck Beaudin, Lois Smith, Linda Smart, Lise Pleau and Guylaine Marcil were all recognized for 10 years of service. Photo courtesy of Sylvie Bertrand.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group's Director General Sylvie Bertrand explained that they typically hold a supper every year as a way of expressing their gratitude to their 56 volunteers, who drive people from the community to things like medical appointments, or other necessary errands. The drivers use their personal vehicles, but are reimbursed for their kilometers and augment the organizations several busses and adapted transportation vehicles.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-180551-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Clip-Sylvie-Bertrand-volunteer-dinner.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Clip-Sylvie-Bertrand-volunteer-dinner.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Clip-Sylvie-Bertrand-volunteer-dinner.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Bertrand said that they were always on the lookout for\u00a0 more volunteers, especially in certain sectors like the Municipality of Pontiac.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-180551-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Clip-Sylvie-Bertrand-volunteers-needed.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Clip-Sylvie-Bertrand-volunteers-needed.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Clip-Sylvie-Bertrand-volunteers-needed.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em><strong>The full interview with Bertrand is available below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of volunteers and staff of local public transit non-profit TransporAction Pontiac gathered a the Forest Inn in Bryson on Thursday evening for a dinner in their honour. This year, Guylaine Marcil, Lise Pleau, Linda Smart, Lois Smith and Gis\u00e8le Peck Beaudin were all recognized for 10 years of service. The mandate of TransporAction Pontiac&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":180581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,2602],"tags":[10212,30460,3778,16389,30458,6632],"radio":[239],"origine":[274,258,260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180551"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180678,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180551\/revisions\/180678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180551"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=180551"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=180551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}