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About jofacilitator
On Sept 1, 2020, I celebrated 50 years of work with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, facilitating meetings, groups, communities, and organizations, making it possible for ordinary people to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. I retired on December 31, 2021, but still volunteer with the organization.Nadine Bell’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Linda Evans got involved in organ donation efforts when her husband needed a transplant 10 years ago or he would die. The hospital he was in said they could not get him the organ he needed and he should write … Continue reading →
Melody Scherubel’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
This is a story one of my hospice clients told me. She and her husband took in a young (around 7-8 yrs old) multi-racial boy. He was around the age of her grandchildren, so she told him he was one … Continue reading →
Mireille Menard’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Three Stories from Sudbury, Ontario Léo Therrien I first met Léo when I was in High School. I was volunteering for the Red Cross and he was working with Development et Paix, a faith based social justice organisation whose aim … Continue reading →
Marci Sharle’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
One happened just this morning as I was driving my daughter to school. Marena is my 15 year old daughter and we were on our way to school and work, driving slowly on the icy roads after a major over … Continue reading →
Linda Zahrt’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
My favourite person these years is Kenny Furlong, Carson City and County Nevada Sheriff. This man goes way beyond his official duties to assist whomever and wherever he is needed. Kenny, as he is known by all, loves his hometown … Continue reading →
Joan Knutsen’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
The Paradise (CA) girls’ volleyball team had a championship game set for Saturday, the 10th, but had lost all of their uniforms and equipment in the fire. The girls said they still wanted to attend the game up in Auburn, … Continue reading →
Jeanette Stanfield’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Nunavut Inuit students are learning how to monitor climate shifts in their homeland. They work with researchers over a number of years to see the change in ………. Over a number of years. They are learning skills they can use … Continue reading →
Jane Stallman’s Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
A Taste of Ecuador or should I say Ecuadorians I want to share a bit about my experience in Ecuador, a few things that seem to capture the spirit of the people, the country. There are many more I could … Continue reading →
Jan Sanders’ Stories: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
The Jon S. Randal Peace Page On July 31, 1968, a young, black man was reading the newspaper when he saw something that he had never seen before. With tears in his eyes, he started running and screaming throughout the … Continue reading →
Ieva Wool’s Story: Ordinary People Making a Positive Difference
Ieva Wool’s Story —post from someone on Facebook I was checking into my hotel in Surrey this evening and I asked the man at the desk if he knew if there was a restaurant in the hotel. He told me … Continue reading →
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