The word of the month appears to be volunteerism, with organizations just finishing up their recruitment campaigns, and Santa Claus parades just around the corner, trying to get diligent banner carriers and float decorators. Many people get confused as to what volunteering means. Is it just feeding the elderly in nursing homes? Can you do anything that isn't messy, smelly, or icky? Each Ontario secondary school student must complete, in addition to all course credits and the literacy test, forty hours of community involvement, commonly referred to as "volunteer hours". This isn't the inconvenience that it seems to many students and parents, alike. Volunteerism is an integral part of every community in Canada, which would be sorely missed if it were ever absent.

The soothing sound of your radio alarm clock crackles in the distance as you open your eyes to greet the morning. The only problem: you were supposed to leave for work an hour ago. As you dash around getting ready, a million things could be going through your head. A forgotten report, misplaced keys, the pants that you were so sure that you were wearing five minutes ago: but breakfast probably isn?t one of them.

Yes, it is I; the elusive Amba Ramgoolam, also known as Amby-Ramby, Rumplestiltskin, and many other names that are probably still unknown to me. It is with my deepest pleasure that I can say that I have been given the opportunity to be a part of the DMyouth web experience. In the days and weeks to come, I will be feeding you editorials, thoughts and reflections upon current events in a very characteristically Amba-esque way. 

I can only ask you to stay tuned, as I am sure you will, for my updates.

I can let you know that around lunch time there should be a tasty morsel ready for you.

Untill tomorrow, 

Amba Ramgoolam.