{"id":8437,"date":"2022-04-28T07:50:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/?p=8437"},"modified":"2022-04-28T07:50:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:50:23","slug":"volunteer-spotlight-shirley-peterkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/?p=8437","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Spotlight: Shirley Peterkin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220406_091706-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;20220406_091706&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<p><strong>How long have you been volunteering with Habitat for Humanity Okanagan? <br \/><\/strong>Since the beginning of the Vernon ReStore, but I have wanted to volunteer for a long time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What made you decide to come and volunteer with Habitat? <br \/><\/strong>Every person deserves a place to call home that is safe, clean, and affordable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What do you enjoy most about your volunteering experience? <br \/><\/strong>The people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>How has volunteer work had an impact on your life? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel like I am contributing to the community well-being of families.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>What advice would you have for anyone looking to give their time and resources by volunteering? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find the right fit for your own skills and have fun doing the work.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long have you been volunteering with Habitat for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-volunteer-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8437"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8515,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437\/revisions\/8515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.habitatforhumanityokanagan.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}