Elizabeth Greenberg began her journey with the AVHS in 2022.
She is a woman of many trades, including her many family titles. She is not only a daughter, mother, sister, auntie, and nana, but now also a Hospice volunteer.
Volunteering was always part of Elizabeth's life. When you meet her, you wil…
Rob has always been involved in community work. He thinks that it was his parents who prompted him to start volunteering. They modelled volunteering as just a part of his life.
The BC Youth Parliament was one of the early forms, but certainly not the earliest. He had been involved in volunteer wo…
Grief can be especially difficult during special days throughout the year, such as Mother’s Day.
We've collected some resources that may be of interest for those grieving their mothers or children on this holiday, or those who know someone who is.
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March/April 2022
I had the wonderful pleasure of sitting down for a nice chat with our next spotlight volunteer Miriam March.
“What’s important to me and fills my heart, is knowing that our Residents and their loved ones are being cared for and supported”
Miriam started voluntee…
Dear Volunteers,
On behalf of the Alberni Valley Hospice Society, we would like to thank each of you so much for continuously going out of your way to not only help provide support and care for the clients and residents, but to also provide comfort and compassion to their families and t…
AVHS is happy to announce Katja Strube as our first 2022 Volunteer Spotlight for January. Katja joined our hospice team in September 2021 and began volunteering at Ty Watson House, and as of this past November began facilitating our weekly Walk & Talk Bereavement Group. Katja will be adding to…
September 30, 2021 marks Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The day provides an opportunity to recognize and commemorate the tragic history and ongoing legacy of residential schools, and to honour their survivors, their families and communities.
At Alberni Valley Hospice …
We are excited to introduce a new volunteer team in this month's Volunteer Spotlight!
This team will bring Pet Therapy to Ty Watson House, and we couldn't be happier to introduce them. The Pet Therapy team is a volunteer named Leigh-Ann and her therapy dog Penny.
We got to sit down with Leigh-A…
