Volunteer Profiles

My name is Vi.  I have been a Chilliwack Hospice Society volunteer since 2002. My mother was in Hospice in Calgary and I wanted to understand her path, so I began to volunteer.  At first, just in the office and [...]

Hi, my name is Debra.  My first volunteering with Chilliwack Hospice Society was through my work at Scotiabank. Naturally, they got me to come and count money for big events!  I think many of us has been touched by a [...]

Hi, my name is Susan.  I joined the Thrifty Boutique in 2010.  I had shopped many times there and found the place to be inviting and friendly.  As I was new to this area and had been volunteering all my [...]

My name is Martha.  I have been involved as a Hospice volunteer since 2013 after spending my life in a chosen profession of nursing for 51 years.  My mother instilled in me the need and reward of “caring volunteering”.  Death [...]

Hi, my name is Terri and I volunteer at the Thrifty Boutique.  I started volunteering in November 2019.  I chose to volunteer for the Chilliwack Hospice Society because I had a niece in the hospice, and I wanted to give [...]

Hello, my name is Marja.  My family (husband and our 3 children) emigrated to Canada from the Netherlands in 1988.  Shortly after arriving we welcomed our fourth child; life in Canada has been good to us.  With four kids and [...]