“I thought, if I have a few days free each week, why not drive someone to treatment?”

The deep sense of reward hasn’t changed over the years:

“Helping people get to treatment, then driving them home—that never stops feeling meaningful.”

Some passengers are chatty company, sharing life stories. Others ride in quiet reflection. Sometimes he sees the same faces month after month or for a year—always watching for that spark when a patient reports:

“I’m doing better.”

And because his own daughter battled lymphoma at age 39, he drives each rider with extra empathy:

“When you’ve watched someone close fight cancer, every kilometre on the road matters.”

Routes and Reflections

Originally, many of his trips wound all the way to Vancouver General or BC Children’s Hospital. Today, most runs are local—to Abbotsford or Surrey—with quick drop-offs and much less waiting time. Still, he misses the rides into the Vancouver Cancer Centre.

In three words, he sums up his volunteer experience:

“Fulfillment. Gratifying. Enjoyment.”

When not at the wheel, you’ll likely find him on the golf course, enjoying another kind of drive. But behind the stories and the scorecards, it’s his rides to treatment that truly define him: a compassionate volunteer, steering hope one journey at a time.