NMC has a team of 75 volunteers who help the organization be a welcoming place that is easy to navigate. Volunteers at NMC serve as greeters at information desks, couriers, help in the Gift Gallery and Courtyard Café, and much more. The volunteers have interesting backgrounds and interests – here’s one example.

 

Peggy Meunier,

volunteering at NMC since May 2014

Where do you volunteer at NMC?

I volunteer in NMC’s Physical Therapy Office in Enosburg

Tell us about your career path over the years.  

I was a specialty dental assistant for 20 years in Burlington and St. Albans. My  husband and I ran the Franklin County Airport in Swanton, and then we were real estate agents, first working for someone else and then having our own Century 21 Office in Enosburg Falls before retiring.

What do you enjoy about volunteering at NMC?

I enjoy the interaction with the public and staff and helping in the office.

What hobbies do you have or what kinds of things do you do in your free time?

Before that I used to enjoy skeet shooting, golfing, airplane flying, water safety instruction, skiing, snowmobiling, boating, water skiing, you name it, we did it. We also motor-homed to and from Florida and all around the East Coast. I have also refereed and participated in the World Skeet Shooting in Texas and Masters Skeet Competition in Savanah Georgia.

What’s something people may not know about you that you’d like to share?

My husband and I will celebrate our 67th anniversary in June, and I feel fortunate to be able to care for him. We have three children (3 daughters), 5 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. I like antiques and live in an old house we are refurbishing. I am a real softie for pets and babies. We have had lots of dogs, but I am allergic to cats.

What’s your dream vacation?

At this point I do not really feel the need to do a dream vacation. We have had a pretty darn good life and I am happy with what we have done and we have been blessed to be able to do just about everything we have ever wanted to do, but if I had to choose, it would be a quiet ocean beach somewhere.

What historical figure would you like to have dinner with? And why?

I would like to meet Ethan Allen. When my husband Ted was a kid, he used to ask his grandfather if they were related to Ethan Allen because they had the same last name and the answer was “No sir, he was a rowdy!”

Is there anything else you’d like to share about yourself?

I really enjoy volunteering and feel like I am giving back to the community, and it is really appreciated by everyone I help.