Typically, when you receive a 30-year pin to honour your service to an organization, it acknowledges a career well done as that individual nears retirement. For Kerry Midford, it’s likely to be just a milestone on a legacy that is far from done.
Midford is just 36-years-old but already has earned a 30-year pin from Girl Guides for her nearly life-long and continuous efforts in support of The Pas Girl Guides. Joining when she was just five-years-old, Midford has continued onward with the organization since, progressing through the ranks from being a Spark to a Ranger over a 13-year span as a girl guide before jumping almost immediately into a role as a Guider, which she has now carried on for another 17 years. All-in-all, it adds up to three decades and countless hours spent in service of The Pas Girl Guides.
Through it all, there was only one moment Midford could recall where the idea of stepping away crossed her mind.