7 es life purpos NEWS file photo Mike Wakefield “SINCE leaving a high-pawered career in the invest- m .' ment industry to have a family, Chery! Douglas found an outlet for her energy in volunteering with Avalon. y Burnaby Village Museum Canadian Cancer Society Canadian Mental Health Associaticn North and West Vancouver Branch Family Services of the North Shore Harvest Project THE GIFT OF COMMUNITY service is something Cheryl Douglas does as much for herself as for others. “Voluntecring gives my life so much purpose,” says the Whytecliffe Park area resident. She will be recognized Wednesday with a Voluntcer Vancouver award for commu- nity service. “I just love the opportunity to get out of myself and help someone else.” As a director of the Avalon Society, founded 10 years ago to help women recovering from drug and alcohol addic- tions, Douglas, 32, spear- headed the initiative to raise funds and find a location for the West Vancouver centre, near Marine Drive and Taylor Way. The centre, which is non- residential and privately fund- ed, also offers outreach to women dealing with depres- sion, parenting and other life challenges. It operates with the help of 80 to 90 volun- teers. Through Avalon, Douglas, who is herself a recovering alcoholic, shares her experi- ence and strength with others. Another Volunteer Vancouver award recipient, David Foster, has drawn from his own experiences to help others. A former welfare recipient and food bank user, Foster Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon : North and West Vancouver Offices ” North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped North Shore Child Care Resource Society North Shore Community Services - North Shore Continuing Education North Shore Crisis Services Society North Shore Neighbourhood House ’ North Vancouver Recreation.Commission St. John Ambulance — North Shore Branch . Seymour Community Services Society West Vancouver Museum and Archives GItvinG BACK founded the Harvest Project with wife Emiko Foster in 1993 to assist financially and socially challenged families and individuals with “a hand up, not a hand out.” At Volunteer Vancowver’s April 21 recognition banquet at the Hyatt Regency, the Harvest Project will be honoured with an award for innovation. In the six years since he and Emiko — started = the Project, Foster has seen his roster of volunteers grow from five to 90. Some of the Project’s most committed vol- unteers are former clients who find that helping out helps them in their own transition, says Foster. The Harvest Project rec- ognized all of its volunteers with a Caribbean theme party Thursday. — Layne Christensen Sponsored by: IKON Scotiabank we GOEDS Royal Bank Contact Printing & Mailing Lions Gate Studio Lonsdale Rental Centre Mountain West Studie coe BRONZER Pacific Honda Labatt Breweries McDonalds Quiznos - Pemberton Plaza Road Sense ICBC Sunday. Aprit 18, 1999 ~ North Shore News ~ 29 @ Chari-TEA campaign a much prized affair VOLUNTEER to put the kettle on and you can help the community and have fun all at the same time. The “second ever” CommuniTEA Party kives off May 2 with a tea party for 400 at Capilano College. The giant-sized garden party will be the launch for a spring fundraising campaign for North Shore charities that was wildly successful in 1998. Anyone can get involved. Invite friends, relatives or co- workers to a tea party and ask each of them to bring $10. Money raised will benefit the Capilano College Foundation, the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, the Memorial Library Foundation of West Vancouver and the North Shore Community SEVENTH ANNUAL Foundation. And this year, if your tea party falls into one of four cat- egorics, you'll be entered to win prizes. Throw a “Sport- TEA” party and you could win a night at a Pemberton bed and breakfast; invite friends to a “Simplici-TEA” party and you could win a night at Hotel Vancouver and a day at the spa; An entry in the “Odd-i-TEA” party category could garner you a night at the Wedgewood Hotel; and a “Devote-TEA” party could win you dinner on the Starlight Dinner Train and a night at the Lonsdale Quay Horel. Look for your official form throughout the community, including, Murchie’s, IGA and the North Shore News. — Deana Lancaster PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT IN LIMOUSINES May 30, 1949 You get the clues, the camera and the chautfer driven limo! Race the clock, solve the clues and photograph the solutions. Wrap Up Party and BBQ follows. Prizes for Top Fundraisers, Best Costume, Hard Luck Team and more... "Ya Baby! This is the grooviest way to beip out some folks.” ‘Austin Power’ Board of Directors North Shore Assoctation for the Sfentally Handicapped Win Early Bird Prizes if you Register by April 30!