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Have any stories of volunteer heroes?
As much as I hate to admit it, I haven’t volunteered since I was a University student. Even then, my commitment was minimal. What started as a four-month requirement for a course I was taking ended up being an 18-month ...
Volunteer association celebrates 50 years of giving back
to the community
In January 2012, the Volunteer Association of York Central Hospital will celebrate 50 years of dedication to the hospital and the community. Throughout its history, volunteers of every gender, age group and profession have dedicated their time and talents to ...
Volunteering for a lifetime
Miss Jean Brewer still remembers her first day at Misericordia Health Centre (MHC) in Winnipeg. She started at Misericordia’s School of Nursing in 1944 at the suggestion of a friend, a local physician, who told her she’d be a good ...
Furry volunteers lift spirits
With her long, floppy ears and soft brown fur, Abby is not your typical volunteer. At just eight years of age, she has been a dedicated volunteer at Windsor Regional Hospital for the last five years as part of the ...
Volunteers join forces with clinicians to H.E.L.P
provide seniors with the best patient care
When Barb Goersch heard of an opportunity to be part of a new program specifically designed to provide care to seniors at risk, she knew she had to help. No stranger to volunteer service, Barb has volunteered at Trillium Health ...
Volunteers help keep delirium at bay in the
emergency department
Volunteers have been a valued part of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s busy Emergency Department (ED) for many years. Almost 50 individuals volunteer in the ED on a regular basis, directing patients and providing comfort. However, in recent years these Volunteers ...
Former employees return to hospital as volunteers
Vilma Sharp may have retired as a nurse 22 years ago, but she still visits St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto weekly. That’s because after she retired in 1989 following 26 years of employment as a nurse at the Health ...
Older patients get ‘HELP’ from Southlake volunteers
Volunteers at Newmarket-based Southlake Regional Health Centre are making a positive difference in the quality of care for older patients through a program that was introduced in April of this year. As part of the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) – ...
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