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Background

Val is from Canada and has been passionate about tennis for some time. She committed this year to volunteer at the Indian Wells tennis tournament in California. This is her story:

Tennis Culture

Val’s husband recently passed away and she’s been looking for opportunities to get out and travel instead of staying home and suffering in remembering the loss. She’s instead decided to get out and focus on her passion for tennis.

For the first time she joined a group of tennis volunteers that help with administration and maintenance for the second biggest tennis tournament stadium in the world at Indian Wells, California. She has enjoyed her experience in getting to know other volunteers and having more options to travel and spend her time doing something she’s passionate about.

She plans to join the Madrid open this year as well and spend some time in Spain, as a fan of the game. She feels connected well, even as a first time volunteer, with other volunteers at the stadium. She feels like it’s a missing network that she needs now that she’s living alone.

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Her Perspective

Val focuses on a sense of belonging. Family has always been her first priority and with 2 daughters and 3 grandsons, she loves spending time with her family. With the loss of her husband, she’s felt a drive for more connection and has found it in a common interest of tennis. She feels that it has brought her belonging and excitement at a time in her life when she needed it most.

She now looks forward to the next tournament where she can volunteer and connect again with people from all over the world.

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