More than 150 Greyhound Canada employees came to Penticton this long weekend to celebrate both the friendships and memories they made as former employees of the company.
害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 a chance to get back together with our friends,害羞草研究所� said Kelly Arneson, who had been a driver, dispatcher and depot agent for Greyhound for 33 years at a banquet dinner at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday.
害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檒l get to share our fond memories, our bad memories and really just get to have a good time and get some closure.害羞草研究所�
Recent retirees who used to work for the company in Western Canada were joined by friends and members of the Greyhound Canada family who had been with the company for decades 害羞草研究所� some since the 1950s.
The party was an opportunity for many to meet up with the coworkers and friends they had met on their routes. People came from as close as Kelowna and as far as Vancouver Island and Edmonton.
For Lynda Verrier, the company was literally her family, with her father, husband, daughter and herself all working for Greyhound. Verrier operated Penticton害羞草研究所檚 Greyhound depot from 1985 until the day it closed last October.
害羞草研究所淚 got to work with my dad, both my brothers, my daughter, my son, and my niece, and my husband too,害羞草研究所� said Verrier. 害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙e very proud of that. Everyone here has always been our family; our friends and our family. I害羞草研究所檝e known most of them since I害羞草研究所檝e been there. This is going to be a decent ending point, I think, so let害羞草研究所檚 dance and spend time with old friends.害羞草研究所�
Ann Meacham, a driver for 26 years with Greyhound, organized the party. She raised the money for the final get together, originally intended for her own retirement party, and put out the call for every employee that could to come to Penticton and celebrate.
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害羞草研究所淪o I started collecting bottles off of buses from agents and drivers, then all of a sudden we got told that everything was ending, and so that害羞草研究所檚 when I decided it had to be a whole weekend so people could come from a distance and have lots of time to visit.害羞草研究所�
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The feeling of family is one that was echoed by many of the drivers that night, and the connections between them will last long after they said farewell.
害羞草研究所淭he motto that this weekend is all about is that Greyhound may take our jobs but they will never take our friendships,害羞草研究所� Meacham said.
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