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Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society

As a result of a $10 million endowment fund established by the Province of BC in 2007 and a $500,000 grant provided in 2008, the Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society has launched a new award that will support Aboriginal students accessing post-secondary education in BC.

In announcing the program at the Provincial Aboriginal Educators Conference in Vancouver, Minister of Advanced Education Murray Coell said, “Establishing the BC Aboriginal Student Awards will increase access, provide more choices and more opportunities for Aboriginal people closer to home.”

The Smart Foundation

Dave was first diagnosed with a cancerous mole, called Malignant Melanoma, on his abdomen in the Spring of 2002. The mole was removed, but by the Fall of 2002 the melanoma spread to the lymph nodes in his right armpit. The cancerous lymph nodes were removed; however in the Spring of 2004, the cancer returned again, this time as a tumour in his upper spine.

Our Place

“On Monday I arrived at the Drop In Centre at 4:30 am.  It had been a miserable night with torrential rainfall.  The homeless, about 27 of them, had been in the rain all night and were awaiting my arrival.  All of them were soaked through to the skin.  I received a heartfelt, “Hi Rev. Al, we’re so glad to see you!” as they pushed by me with their shopping carts, bicycles and backpacks … the only things they owned.

Dr. Margaret Mann and Dr. Michael Kovacs Fund

Albert Einstein once remarked, “That only a life that is lived for others is a life worthwhile.”  On the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, Dr. Michael Kovacs and Dr. Margaret Mann were celebrated by their six children, not only as Husband and Wife, but as incredibly giving individuals.

Anne McLaughlin

As a retired widow with three children, many people ask Anne McLaughlin why she would choose to donate to the Victoria Foundation rather than save her money for her family.

Power To Be

Power To Be is one of those rare nonprofit organizations that recognizes the benefits of our physical connection to nature and the wild as a means to healing the wounds to both the body and the spirit.  If you have can scale a rock-face, kayak, or surf the waves off Tofino, then other challenges, be they physical and/or mental disabilities or high-risk behavioral problems associated with teenagers, may seem less daunting by comparison. Power To Be offers the gift of empowerment and self-esteem to its clients.

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