This is a big weekend for Calgary Marathon's 1,400 volunteers and one in particular making a difference after recently helping people make it through life in a war zone.
WATCH: This is a big weekend for the 1,400 volunteers at the Calgary Marathon . And as Gil Tucker shows us, there’s one person pitching in who’s recently been helping people make it through life in a warzone.And there’s one person donating his time to the race who’s recently been helping people make it through life in a war zone.
Herman Demydov came to Calgary last year from his home country of Ukraine, where he’d been volunteering to help get food and medical aid out to villages and hospitals.“But once the war started, I told my boss: ‘Sorry, I can’t work. I feel I should do something to be helpful for people,'” Demydov said.He’s in charge of a team of 60 volunteers tasked with setting up the integral bag check operation for the field of 13,000 runners. Run Calgary is organizing the event.
“Herman’s a phenomenal human, to have given his time over in Ukraine and then to show up in Canada and be like: ‘How can I get involved in my new community?’” Fleming said. “After going through something like , that is just really admirable.”“The thing that I love so much is volunteering,” Demydov said. “It’s really helpful to meet people and I’m so happy to be here as part of the organizers.
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