Rhiannon Raynak is an advanced care paramedic at Superior North EMS.
Every year Rhiannon organizes a Christmas Hamper gift drive at EMS headquarters.
She takes this on year after year. She collects donations, goes shopping, and wraps all the presents for the families chosen for our group to donate to.
Other paramedics will volunteer to help her with the shopping and the gift wrapping, and all of the donations come from the paramedics and staff at SNEMS.
But Rhiannon is the one who organizes the Christmas Hamper and does the majority of the work.
Rhiannon also takes it upon herself to decorate the ambulance station and set up the Christmas tree there. Rhiannon is the holiday hero at SNEMS.
She's been doing this for 15 years now, every year, and I think that makes her a holiday hero.
On top of that, Rhiannon has also received her exemplary service medal from the Governor General this year for her years of service as a paramedic, and her commitment to community efforts.
Rhiannon Raynak was nominated by Superior North Emergency Medical Services peer support and wellness coordinator Brenden Forbes.