Posted on Dec 6, 2019
Volunteer Strathcona Celebrates a Star Volunteer Scroll to the bottom for photos! Last night, December 5th, on the International Day of the Volunteer a local resident received a Stars of Alberta Volunteer Award. This award is presented to exceptional volunteers in 3 categories, Youth, Adult and Senior. Nominations are Alberta wide and local resident Braydon… Read more »
Posted on Sep 4, 2019
Eliesa came into our lives in May of this year and has brightened our office ever since. She is a part of Goodwill’s Career Connections, our newest partner, and through this program we had the opportunity to interview her for the role of Volunteer Receptionist which she now does 7 hours a week. When she… Read more »
Posted on Mar 27, 2019
Volunteer Strathcona – Best Kept Secret in the County Tucked into the Chamber of Commerce building, located just off Wye and Ordze Roads, you will find Volunteer Strathcona. What exactly does Volunteer Strathcona do? The easiest answer to that is for the past 44 years, Volunteer Strathcona has been the hub in the middle of… Read more »
Posted on Mar 5, 2019
Volunteer Strathcona’s New Team Member “My name is Bella Asiri and I am the new Program Development and Evaluation Coordinator for Volunteer Strathcona. I was born and raised in Kenya. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics (Statistics major) and Computer Science from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). I have worked in… Read more »
Posted on Feb 19, 2019
Featured story – February 2019 “I’ve lived in this neighborhood for 8 years and have never seen such kindness.” As we’re sure everyone knows, the weather has not been kind to us in Strathcona County over the past week, especially last weekend. The nearly foot of snow we got plus the wind-chill left us avoiding going… Read more »