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VOLUNTEER - Volunteers column for the Dec. 15 issue features Ryan Anderson, who has volunteered with Project Echo for the past five years. Project Echo is involved in a variety of different charitable initiatives and was started by people at Elite Performance, a fitness facility in Winnipeg where Ryan trains. Ryan is a mortgage broker and life coach who enjoys competing in endurance and adventure races. Here in the photo is Ryan, centre holding a wrapped gift, with an army of great volunteers helping him pack hampers for the holiday season. BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS December 11, 2014