QUEBEC STUDENTS studying English at Cap College who were helped to find work
by the Volunteer Action Centre: left to right (back row) Bertrand Lacourse, Martin
Parent, Marie Mercier, Lucie Carriere, Marie Brouilliete, Monique Jean; (front row)

Joanne Bjarnason, monitor, and Marilyn McClaren (youth volunteer coordinator).

ervices to immigrants

emphasized

“Volunteer Services for
New Immigrants on the
North Shore” was the theme
of the annual meeting of the
North Shore Volunteer
Action Centre Society held
at Klee Wyck in West
Vancouver on June 18.

Marilyn Sutherland.
President, welcomed the
members and guests and
thanked all the volunteers
who had contributed their
services during the past year,
the first as a society but the
fourth year of operation
since the centre opened in
1976.

Mayor Jack Loucks of the
City of North Vancouver
spoke of the importance of
volunteers to community
life Mayor Derrick
Humphreys of West Van-
couver also brought
grectings.

Raye Malakoff,
Treasurer, presented the
financial report. Margaret
Ramsay, Director, spoke
briefly of the year’s special
Youth Involvement project
and the recent workshop
“Bridging the Gap — the
Integration of Special
Groups through’ volun.
tecring”.

The following were
clected to the board of
directors of the Volunteer
Centre Betty Allan, Jean
Dally, Mary Hedley.
Jeanette Lee. Raye
Malakoff, Motra McCarthy,
Patricia Mislap, Jim Morris,
Honate Robertson, Joan
Ryan, Mark Sager. Gary
Stegnst. Kieanor Stockner
and Manilyn Sutherland

Special thank-you — cor-
sages and boutonmicres were

PUTTER

presented to retiring board
members Ann Barber,
Robert Dick, Phyllis Gib-
bard, David Jones, Barbara
Perrault and Joan Wright.

Ann Barber moderated
the program, chosen
because of the current
concern among North Shore
citizens in finding ways to
help the many new refugee
and immigrant families now
living here.

Helen Cunningham of
Vancouver Community
College gave a_ slide-tape
presentation of the new
“Home Front Learning”
program in which trained
volunteers help newcomers
learn English in their homes.

Beverly Nann, Director of
the Immigrant Resources
Project in East Vancouver,
told of the settlement
problems of new immigrants
and how the project gives
special voluntcer help to
mothers and pre-schoolers
to learn English and adjust
to Canadian life.

The need for volunteers to
help provide personal
contact and help to
government sponsored
refugees was stressed by
Mervin Harper of Highlands
United Church in North

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