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St John Ambulance Guernsey has celebrated one of its volunteers who has been supporting the charity for nearly 26 years.
Grace Spittal joined the St John Community Library in 1997 and has been working there ever since, organising the library and delivering books to those people who can’t visit in person.
“Our library is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who also provide friendship, social contact and conversations for people who might otherwise feel isolated or lonely,” said the Chief Executive of St John, Heather Langlois.
“A visit from a delivery volunteer like Grace, may be the only visitor that some of the service users will see each week. We are so immensely grateful for Grace and for all that she has done over the years.”
Grace said she spends a lot of time personalising selections of books for people who request them.
“I had one reader who only read Cowboy books, and over the years most of those books had been issued to him at least seven times!
“I expect the plots were similar but as long as there was a horse, a goodie, a baddie and a gal - that made riveting reading! I love meeting people and reading, so I offered my help all of those years ago and am still enjoying it.”
The community library is open on Tuesdays between 13:00 and 16:00.
Pictured top: Ms Spittal and volunteers from the library.
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