Surrey 2020 Community Leader Awards
George Garrett’s passionate vision of helping others is a role model to which all community volunteers aspire. The Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society and the many cancer patients served applaud his selection as Volunteer Leader of the year. An honour truly deserved. Bob Smith – VCDS President Officials said that George is being recognized for helping […]
Video Tribute to George Garrett
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George Garrett, Co-Founder of VCDS Retires
Launches Legacy Giving Program for Cancer Drivers Lower Mainland, BC. George Garrett—award-winning reporter, beloved community champion and a co-founder of the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society has announced his retirement from the Board of the Society, effective August 31st, 2020. Since February 2016 when the service launched, the Society has recruited close to 200 drivers and […]
Pulling Together in Difficult Times
https://youtu.be/oKMGGznQeZA In times of uncertainty the human spirit and sense of kindness cannot be broken. After the COVID-19 shutdown and concerns on how to safely restart our driving services once permitted, we never felt defeated. The VCDS Volunteer Dispatchers and Drivers are back where they have anxiously been waiting to be, coordinating rides and driving […]
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… […]