North Vancouver District Firefighter Charity
Captain Scott Ferguson, North Vancouver District Firefighter Charitable Society presented George Garrett with a cheque for $2500 to help alleviate the costs of transporting cancer patients to treatment and follow up care. This team of first responders have been longtime supporters of the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society in ways that positively impact the lives of […]
R.Howard Webster Foundation
A British Columbia volunteer organization that provides free rides to cancer patients in the Lower Mainland has been awarded a significant grant from the R. Howard Webster Foundation, based in Montreal. A 5-year award was given to the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society, formed in 2016 to fulfill a need created when the Canadian Cancer Society […]
Women With Cancer Connecting
Dear George On behalf of the Women With Cancer Connecting, we were so honoured to be able to help the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society by raising funds through hosting the Vancouver Groove Orchestra’s Big Band Christmas concert in December. It was so good to see how the offering portion of the evening, as well as […]
Langley Township Firefighter
There is quite a compassionate story behind a $1,000 donation we have just received from the Township of Langley Firefighters It is made in memory of long time community worker and businesswoman Debbie Froese, who died of cancer on January 9th. Debbie was a key person in the family business, J.D. Turkey Farms. Her husband […]
$20,000 Grant Awarded
The Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society has just been awarded its largest single-year grant since its inception three years ago. A $20,000 grant has been awarded by the Envision Financial Community Endowment and First West Foundation. Executive Director Susan Byrom says the award is in recognition of the work done by a volunteer-based organization. She said… […]