Members of a newly formed committee for Volunteer Wanganui are excited at the level of sign-up by those who attended the inaugural meeting.
They have drawn membership from across the community spectrum.
YMCA volunteer placement officer Nicky Howe contacted the group to link up their volunteers and is one of the guest speakers at the next Volunteer Wanganui meeting on June 21.
Volunteer Wanganui chairman Laurie Harding said the next meeting for the new membership and others interested in joining was to build on the initial group.
Committee member Brian Algar, who is a volunteer driver on the Health Shuttle, said 68 people had attended the first meeting, with 50 registering an interest in becoming a volunteer.