VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION 2025
Care BC says THANK YOU to all our dedicated volunteers during National Volunteer Week.
This year, Volunteer Canada’s theme "Volunteers Make Waves" highlights the power, impact and importance of individual and collective volunteer efforts across Canada. Together volunteers create ripples of change, and through the power of their amplified impact, Volunteers Make Waves.
We are proud to have over 370 volunteers supporting five of Care BC’s Programs: Western Meals on Wheels, Chinese Meals on Wheels, North Shore Meals on Wheels, as well as our Adult Day Program and Overnight Respite Program out of the Vancouver Family Respite Centre. This year, our volunteers contributed over 35,000 volunteer hours to Care BC.
Care BC's dedicated volunteer team demonstrates, day after day, the profound impact they have on individuals in our community. At the Family Respite Centre, our volunteers play a crucial role in supporting daily activities that bring joy and comfort to our FRC guests. Our Meals on Wheels (MOW) volunteers, serving Vancouver, Richmond, and the North Shore provide more than just a meal to our elderly and homebound clients, they offer social connections and informal wellness checks reassuring our clients wellbeing while helping support overloaded loved ones.
#NVW2025 #VolunteersMakeWaves
We are proud to have over 370 volunteers supporting five of Care BC’s Programs: Western Meals on Wheels, Chinese Meals on Wheels, North Shore Meals on Wheels, as well as our Adult Day Program and Overnight Respite Program out of the Vancouver Family Respite Centre. This year, our volunteers contributed over 35,000 volunteer hours to Care BC.
Care BC's dedicated volunteer team demonstrates, day after day, the profound impact they have on individuals in our community. At the Family Respite Centre, our volunteers play a crucial role in supporting daily activities that bring joy and comfort to our FRC guests. Our Meals on Wheels (MOW) volunteers, serving Vancouver, Richmond, and the North Shore provide more than just a meal to our elderly and homebound clients, they offer social connections and informal wellness checks reassuring our clients wellbeing while helping support overloaded loved ones.
#NVW2025 #VolunteersMakeWaves
We were thrilled to recognize our long-serving volunteers and staff this year, at our Annual Volunteers and Staff Appreciation Tea
We thank Anthony Tam for skillfully capturing cherished moments from the event with his photography. To request a high-resolution version of any photo, please email [email protected].
Care BC thanks and congratulates all volunteers and staff who are celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2025:
Western MOW Volunteers55 Year Anniversary:
Chris Croner 20 Year Anniversary: John Handkamer 15 Year Anniversary: Kathy Davie Randy Scharf Mary Sharp 10 Year Anniversary: Claudia Lansdorp Mary Mah Llewwllyn Van der Linde Marie-Therese Vondehn Jay Yip Oringa Yip 5 Year Anniversary: Anna Batts Kathleen Bigsby Louella Charlston Randy Charlston West 8th DDA Janet Easterbrook Byung Soon, Eom Pamela Fages Ray Lebel Roshan Jaffer Leanne Kievill Helen Kingsley Philippe Krutchen Slyvie Kruchten James Ling Rob Mackinnon Susie Munro Garth Munro Kathy Murphy Tammy Neuman Diana Newton Erica Nugent Lori Parkinson Faye Parlow Marlene Rockliff Moira Rowan Christine Skinner John Skinner Cheryl Steele Bill Sulis Kathryn Sutherland Susan Wingate |
Chinese MOW Volunteers15 Year Anniversary:
Helen Lam Dennis Luk 10 Year Anniversary: Betty Chan Raymond Chen Karen Choy Joey He Belinda Pang Frankie Pang 5 Year Anniversary: Michelle Gordon Jeff Robertson George Lam Amanda Chen Heidi Cheung Cecelia Holcapek Heather Kerr Kate Lekas Ivan Tang Garey To Roger Bing-wo Janine Lorenz Bob Foulkes Maxine Hill Ron Jacobson Addie Mak Harry Tam Penny Tham North Shore MOW Volunteers20 Year Anniversary:
Hazel Sproule 5 Year Anniversary: Brad Cafferky Jill Ley Iris McEwan Cornelia Unger Simon Waterson Gerry Weiler |
Life MembersPat Harrold
Maggie Leung Family Respite Centre Staff25 Year Anniversary:
Henrietta Lampon 15 Year Anniversary: Sandeep Khattra Granville Office Staff5 Year Anniversary:
Joanne Yau Nana Yensom |