Monthly Archives: September 2008
Youth from around the world join together to care for the human spirit
Every summer, Ottawa’s SCO Health Service and their volunteer resources team opens their doors to more than 120 young volunteers from across the Outaouais...
Northern Alberta Renal Program’s dialysis bus returns quality of life to patients
Nine months ago, Brandy MacPhee was leading a life that no 25-year-old should be leading. Living with a condition called glomerulonephritis, a disease of...
Project GO teaches students about life
Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Montreal has a very unique volunteer program aimed at students in secondary 4 and 5 (grades 10 and 11). Project...
Summer equals student volunteers at The Scarborough Hospital
Most high-school students enjoy camping and joining their family for a vacation over the summer, and many have started to do what is becoming...
York Central finds success with HELP
York Central Hospital is at the heart of a rapidly growing and changing community and one of the first hospitals in Canada to introduce...