Our volunteers bring unique skills to our camp and open up new possibilites for our children. Christina Vrecko is a Speech Pathologist who volunteered an hour a week and made huge inroads in certain childrens’ language skills. She recently sat down with our Ministry Director and talked about her experience working with the children:
“We have made a lot of progress with the speech of one of the boys in particular. He is a very intelligent child and he really put forth good effort in our sessions. At the beginning of the year when we started working with him, the leaders and other children at Camp Hope couldn’t understand many of his words because many of his consonants were coming out as “H” sounds. (more…)
We’re looking forward to our upcoming Silent Auction! There are many items to bid on including a Fluevog Shoes gift certificate, a night at the Fairmont, and a signed Paul Henderson jersey.
World Vision recently released a brief report on poverty in Vancouver entitled ‘Poverty at Your Doorstep’. It’s a short overview on poverty statistics in Vancouver over the past 6 years.