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Update: The other day Robyn, one of our CFFS clients, actually said Love You at the end of her voice-mail message. This is a first, and I have to say really nice to hear. So here is her Love You to all the volunteers who have made her (and others) life happy enough to share her love.
Many thanks folks,
Marrett
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Marrett Green - CEO & Founder
So far Marrett Green has so far enjoyed various successful careers including an award-winnng news anchor (YTV, CTV, UTV, Global), journalist, Actra actor, media relations manager for Metro Vancouver, and the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), a bona fide chef, restaurateur, copywriter, martial arts teacher, nursing home attendant, nursing orderly (psychiatric/forensic & geriatric hospitals), published author, ghost writer, television producer, community activist: Community Leadership Program.ca, entrepeneur: Pets And Apartments.ca, Song of Your Life.com, university & college professor, and founder
of the Canadian Flowers for Food Society.
Marrett achieved a masters degree in Social Science in 2005; is now finishing his third book ("The Original Message") and is preparing for his Doctorate in Theology.
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Chris Czerwinski - Volunteer Operations Manager
Following graduation from Lord Byng High School in Vancouver, Chris worked for a year as a volunteer with mentally handicapped adults in France. This led him to decide on a pragmatic career path to help less fortunate people in developing countries. Earning a bachelors in Agriculture and a masters in Planning and Regional Management, he went on to work for the United Nations as an agronomist, project development specialist and manager over the next twenty-five years. During this period he helped to change the lives of impoverished and often hungry people through the creation of rural development projects or through humanitarian interventions. His work took him from southern Africa to the Sahel, the Horn of Africa to central and western China, including Tibet, the Middle East to Chechnya and the North Caucasus and finally to his last post directing the World Food Programme’s efforts to feed over a million victims of civil war in North Darfur. In 2007, family circumstances led Chris to leave his long career with the UN and return to Vancouver. He is married and has two grown sons. It is his hope to continue to use his skills and experience, on a local level, to improve the lives of the less fortunate.
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Kimberly Swain - Volunteer Events Director
Kimberly always jokingly credits her uncle and father as the catalysts for her artistic passion after playing countless rounds of 'the drawing game' to encourage her talent as a child. Ms. Swain's work has evolved
from it's gracious beginnings to artistic expressions ranging from realism to contemporary pieces being exhibited internationally including Australia, the United Kingdom, and United States.
Kimberly earned an associate degree in Fine Arts in 1994.
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Lisa Joya - Volunteer Coordinator / Funding Coordinator
Lisa has volunteered with various organizations in the Lower Mainland in the health, educational and vocational fields. She has even combined her love of traveling and volunteering with a recent three month stint in South America. Lisa has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of British Columbia.
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Lata Sood - Volunteer Copywriting and Desktop Publishing
Lata is helping with copywriting and desktop publishing from Toronto. She enjoys volunteering for nonprofit organizations that fight for social causes. Lata has worked as a Marketing Assistant, a Deputy Returning Officer for Elections Canada, a Publicity Intern for a publishing company, and as a Student Representative for the student association of Centennial College where she completed a Book and Magazine Publishing Certificate program. In addition to the many other certificates that she holds, Lata also possesses an Honours B.A. Degree from the University of Toronto in Political Science and Sociology.
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Lesley Eblen - Volunteer PR/Copywriter
Lesley is a freelance writer and editor living in the beautiful state of Texas. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English, and she enjoys volunteering with organizations that work to ease the burdens of poverty and hunger in people's everyday lives. She is very good at what she does and if you are ever looking for a writer, editor, or proofreader for your business or organization, Lesley is always willing to consider new contracts.
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Alison Doyle - Volunteer Webmaster
Alison Doyle does an incredible job fulfilling an integral role in the Canadian Flowers for Food Society's Website development and SEO.
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Phillipe Bournival - Volunteer Driver
Phillipe delivers the potted plants from the Oakridge Mall Center to the Vancouver Food Bank, Haro Center, MPA and other places. The plants are given a home by their clients as well as used for beautification around their offices, centers, and homes.
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Sundy Nagai - Volunteer Photographer
Sundy Nagai is a photography student at VanArts here in Vancouver.
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Trevor Nakanishi - Volunteer Accountant
Trevor provides consulting regarding financial budgets, accounting and charity filing requirements. He earned his Bachelors of Commence degree from the University of British Columbia in 2004 and shortly after began articling in Vancouver with a public accounting firm. In March 2009, Trevor will have received his Chartered Accountant designation.
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