Stewardship groups need more volunteers, but lack the capacity to take on more. Potential volunteers looking for stewardship volunteer opportunities have a hard time finding them.
To help address the difficulty potential volunteers are facing, a new website hosted by the Stewardship Centre of BC, called www.StewardshipWorks.bc.ca has been created. This website is dedicated to serving the needs of B.C. stewardship groups.
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Hi Folks: A big thank you to all the volunteers now doing reception at the Oxfam office: Emily Huntley, Barb Mathews, Pat Murphy, Mary Rigby, and Florence Whitby. Thanks to them, the office has a receptionist all week except Monday morning, and that will be covered very soon.
Andrew Kernohan, Volunteer Coordinator
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Welcome to Doomsday is a passionate call to save the planet from the forces not only of greed and exploitation but from those who associate its destruction with a spiritual apocalypse.
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Continue reading “Stormy Weather: Hurricane Katrina and the Politics of Disposability”
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