Previous Volunteers

Officer of Distinction
When Don Ryan’s GlobalMedic team came across a Sri Lankan girl being hauled onto a moped, they knew they had to stop. She was already foaming at the mouth, and the hospital was 16 kilo-metres down a rough road. The bike wasn’t going to make it. ...read more

Cultural Bridge Builder
Ajay Puri’s friends call him the Masala Man. It’s a fitting moniker for an individual who adds considerable ‘spice’ to all the community and social events he organizes. In fact, his extensive volunteer work brings a kind of zest to communities and organizations that typically don’t work together....read more

Environmental Victor
From her home, Sylvie LaRose can look out at Lac Saint-Charles—a sparkling expanse of water that flows into a tributary of the great St. Lawrence River, which in turn surges south through Quebec City. ...read more

Natural-Born Doer
Elsie James always wanted to trek to Mount Everest—so after retiring from banking at the age of 60, she set out with friends on what she hoped would be the trip of a lifetime. She never imagined that journey would spark a love affair with a country she now calls her second home....read more

Youth Leader
Michael Doyle Cluett spent three months in Bhutan, working with youth groups. There, he was exposed to a new idea: gross national happiness as opposed to gross national product. “It was a way of measuring the country’s progress using a non-economic paradigm,” he says....read more
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