Dame Hannahs volunteer celebrates 30 years

Head of Fundraising, Daniel Burke, visited our Ivybridge shop this week to say a special thank you to volunteer Vera Munson. Vera has been volunteering in the shop for 30 years.

Before starting work in the shop Vera volunteered in the Dame Hannahs school where she spent many hours sewing and repairing clothes that had been donated. She has always lived locally to Dame Hannahs so was always aware of the charity. Vera was one of 10 children and now has her own family consisting of three children, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Before she was married she worked in the Ivybridge butcher and later on at Endsleigh Garden Centre and she also cared for her grandparents.

Vera said “I have always really enjoyed working in the Dame Hannahs shop over the years. I enjoy helping people and chatting to them and being part of a lovely team of volunteers”.

Vera is one of 130 volunteers, ranging in age from 15 to 95 years old, who work in the eight Dame Hannahs charity shops in Ivybridge, Plymouth, Saltash and Newton Abbot. Between them the volunteers give over 1000 hours a week and over the last year the shops have raised £506,587.

Head of Fundraising, Daniel Burke, said “We are hugely grateful to all our volunteers for all their dedication and hard work. We couldn’t keep all our charity shops running so successfully without their help. We recently held a thank you evening to celebrate and thank our volunteers many of whom received long service awards. As Vera could not attend on the night I was delighted to thank her in person and present her with her long service award and flowers”.