I don't have a running tally of all of the things I have volunteered for as I never felt the need advertise where and how I was helping out, I was just happy to be helping people. I never anticipated a shift into politics so I haven't kept serious track of my community involvement.

I have volunteered in a few roles that I can recall recently. Most recently I have sponsored, helped organize and volunteered at the Summer League Block Party series - two local events from which all profits were donated to BC SPCA.

I worked with Ukrainian Canadians and helped organize efforts to fundraise and organize shipments of tactical gear from Canada and across the world into Ukraine. We had last been able to set up an operation within Ukraine to build and supply body armour and other supplies to Ukrainian soldiers fighting the war in their home country. Kamloops Stands With Ukraine was the local effort but we worked with a larger organization called Second Front Ukraine. This was important to me because I knew many Ukrainians that I met through my time at TRU that had adopted Kamloops as home, and I wanted them to know that our community cares.

Through Covid, my volunteering and community activism was limited. Not only did the pandemic have an impact on how we were all interacting but I was also battling health issues at that time.

During the wildfires, I worked at and donated to the Kamloops Food Bank. I hopped in whenever I had time to help unload shipments and help organize the donations.

I'm working to establish a resource group of young professionals that can provide guidance for aspiring business owners. I'm hopeful that we can help provide the next generation with the right advice to cultivate new ideas in our city.

There have been other events and organizations that I've helped out at. Often times when anyone asks for my assistance, I show up but I don't always remember all of the different events and roles I'm in. In my culture, it is an integral part of our Sikh religion called "Seva" which translates selfless service to others and it was taught to me thoroughly by my mother. I was always told not to recount when I had helped others because it would be done so in vanity, and then it would not truly be a selfless act.