The Swan River and District Community Resource Council (SRDCRC) are looking for volunteers to help transport the elderly to and from medical appointments.
They rely on volunteers to provide both local and long-distance transportation to seniors. Local trips are offered free of charge, while long-distance trips require the senior to cover a portion of the fuel cost, as well as accommodations if applicable.
According to Kyla Scales, community resource administrator at the SRDCRC, they are running out of volunteers.
"We used to have a lot of volunteers... Now they are either ageing or just not able to do it anymore... We're down to [around] six," Scales said.
Kyla Scales also said that, in many cases, seniors need to be taken to appointments that are located way out of town.
"The clientele we have don't just go across town to the local hospital to get their services. Now they need to go out of town for services... If the local hospital handled all the services they used to, there would be less need for an out-of-town drive," her colleague added.
Scales then said that they don't have any reliable bus lines to help transport seniors to out-of-town appointments.
"It comes... three days a week... and is very minimal... For a person to try to organize... what day they can have their appointment with what day the bus might happen to be here, that's pretty hard too," she added.
Those interested in becoming volunteer drivers are being asked to call the SRDCRC at 204-734-5707.
