Volunteers at the heart of the Women’s World Hockey Championships
KAMLOOPS — You’ve probably been seeing a lot of jerseys around town this week, and maybe even more blue shirts. Those shirts are being worn by more than 500 volunteers that are working behind the scenes at the IIHF Women’s World Championship to make sure everything goes smoothly.
A Majority of the volunteers for the event are from Kamloops, but others have come a long way to be here.
“I spend almost the whole day with the team, I go where they are, like if they have a meal I go eat with them, and whatever the staff or the coaches need, I try to make sure they get it,” said Miina Leathonen, a volunteer who has come all the way from Finland to be the Team Host to the Finnish hockey players.