Volunteers, volunteers! Without our volunteers, we would not be able to get anything done. We have some extraordinary people. Mr. Cutting is a good example. I think he must work between 20 and 25 hours a week on a volunteer basis to support the association, whether that means coming here this week, coming into the office, preparing reports, speaking with people at the municipal, provincial or federal levels.
Without these volunteers, we could not support any of our initiatives. We provide many services thanks to Information and Referral, the legal hotline, the Income Tax Clinic. Accountants come to our offices to provide training sessions on how to fill out tax statements.
Thanks to these volunteers, we can offer these services. It's not that we received increased funding; it's that our community has become increasingly mobilized. That is how people give back to the community.
We also have excellent relationships with schools in our region, and we benefit from the expertise of interns. In any given month of the year, there may be between one and four interns at the same time in our building. This is why we have been able to increase the services we offer.