Reconnecting with Passion

By Beth Cougler Blom

Clare O’Kelly, President of the Administrators of Volunteer Resources British Columbia (AVRBC), wrote this positive and passionate article to all AVRBC members – individuals who coordinate volunteers at BC nonprofit and public organizations – a couple of weeks ago. I believe it’s a must-read for all of us who work with volunteers, so with her permission we’ve reposted it here. For more information about the South Island chapter of AVRBC, please visit the AVRBC website or contact me at Volunteer Victoria.

I’ve always found September to …

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October 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: AVRBC | Leave a comment

Pat Robertson – Valued Volunteer with Broadmead Care Society

By Lori Elder

The following guest blog post was written by Kelly Sprackett, Coordinator of Volunteer Services at Broadmead Care Society, in praise of one of their long-time volunteers.  Thank you Kelly, for recognizing and sharing Pat’s impact on your organization!

 

Pat Robertson – one of Broadmead Care Society's valued volunteers.

We are proud to say that Pat Robertson has been a volunteer with Broadmead Care Society (and before that, our predecessor Tillicum and Veterans Care Society) since 1975. 

Pat continues to lead the sing along for elderly residents of The Lodge …

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September 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Featured Members, Volunteer Profiles | Leave a comment

How Coordinators of Volunteers Can Help in Times of Disaster

By Beth Cougler Blom

Today I’d like to introduce guest blogger Sara Walsh, Deputy Emergency Coordinator at the Victoria Emergency Management Agency (VEMA). We are pleased to highlight that Volunteer Victoria and VEMA have had a partnership for many years around emergency preparedness. Sara goes into detail below about how you can help:

Thank you so much to Volunteer Victoria for allowing me to blog about the great work happening in the area of emergency preparedness.

Late last year, the Victoria Emergency Management Agency with the support of Volunteer Victoria launched an innovative new project to help plan for the use of “convergent volunteers” during a large scale emergency …

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September 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Latest News | Leave a comment

More on Creating Enticing Volunteer Position Descriptions

By Beth Cougler Blom

In June I wrote on this blog about the AVRBC meeting that we had on “Creating Enticing Volunteer Position Descriptions”. I shared with you what Kelly Sprackett, a local coordinator of volunteers and one of the three panelists at the meeting, had to say on the issue. 

Now I’d like to share with you what Nancy Martens, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources at the Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children’s Health and Christine Foster, Manager of Volunteer Resources at Saanich Peninsula Hospital had to share as well. We’re so fortunate to have such an amazing number of skilled people …

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August 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: AVRBC | Leave a comment

New Regional Rep for AVRBC

By Beth Cougler Blom

I’d like to announce that Tina Lowery of the BC Cancer Agency has stepped in to share the Regional Representative position with me for our local Administrators of Volunteer Resources British Columbia (AVRBC) chapter.  Tina replaces Nancy Martens (more on Nancy below) in this shared position as of this summer, just in time to start off our new meeting year in September.  Tina is the Coordinator of Volunteer Services at the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre and, in her words, “works with and in support of the most amazing, talented and dedicated volunteers.”

If you haven’t heard of …

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July 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: AVRBC, Latest News | Leave a comment
 
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