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as babysitting, driving women to appointments and being a good listener. After working her way up to sales and training manager for Kelly's Services, Anderson decided to head back east to Belleville in 1983 "because I felt it would be a better place to raise my son. My parents were also here to help in my son's upbringing/' She worked in women's retail and cleaned houses for about a year before deciding to return to school. Two years later, she graduated from the print journalism program at Loyalist College and joined The Intelligencer as a maternity leave replacement for the family page editor. She subsequently became an advertising representative and stayed with the newspaper for five years before leaving to join a friend in her retail business. During her Intell career, Anderson returned to volunteering. She canvassed for financial donations for different organizations and began helping out in the Living Hope Community Meals soup kitchen inside the Salvation Army building on Pinnacle Street. Shortly thereafter, she became its paid cp-ordinator. "I fell into something I fell in love with and that was feeding people who were hungry," said Anderson, who's still involved with the soup kitchen but in a limited capacity Anderson also manned the emergency telephone crisis line for the Sexual Assault Centre for a few years. "It was an extremely difficult experience but nonetheless very challenging, eye-opening and rewarding in that you helped them find some peace." The Gleaner's Food Bank has also benefitted from Anderson's volunteer spirit. She held joint responsibilities for running its food distribution centre on Pine Street. "I'm still on the committee that looks after the distribution centre." Anderson said volunteering has been important to her. "In a selfish way, it makes you feel you have accomplished something beyond the 9-to-5 routine," she said. And, added Anderson, "Volunteers are always needed but especially more males would be appreciated by young men who would like someone to listen to them." Her other love in life is fashion. In fact, her love of good clothing is rivalled only by her compassion for helping others. For the past two years, Anderson has worked for City Revival in downtown Belleville, a retailer that sells recycled designer fashion. She and store owner Faye Graham have also been busy designing and getting ready for next spring a line of clothing for women ages 50 and up. "It's always been a dichotomy. Even though I like to be dressed in high fashion, I would truly take it off and give it to someone if that person needed it."