Photograph of men unloading a stretcher from the "Rendezvous", with Gilean Douglas' caption "Rendezvous Patrol: Taking off a sick woman by stretcher. This is the last step in the trip to Campbell River and around Cape Mudge, to the nearest hospital. This trip took two hours."
Photograph of men unloading a stretcher from the "Rendezvous", with Gilean Douglas' caption "Rendezvous Patrol: Taking off a sick woman by stretcher. This is the last step in the trip to Campbell River and around Cape Mudge, to the nearest hospital. This trip took two hours."
Fonds contains administrative records, minutes, and correspondence (including print-outs of emails) of the SHS steering committee, and monthly newsletters of the Cortes Island Seniors Society. Original order has been maintained.
Seniors Helping Seniors was an initiative of the Cortes Island Seniors Society, started and administered in 2003 by a dedicated subcommittee with a hired coordinator. Volunteers of the project, seniors themselves, provided company, transportation, and practical assistance to Cortes Island seniors. The coordinator managed volunteers and arranged social events, which included weekly lunches, trips off-island to Quadra craft studios and to the pool in Campbell River, rides to appointments, memoir writing, and eventually the Literary Afternoons.
With rising costs and the focus of the Seniors' Society board turning more to the ongoing operation of the Seniors' Village cottages, the SHS program was replaced by a new grant-funded initiative in March 2023. Volunteers have largely been replaced by paid employees who are overseen by a new board renamed "Support Our Seniors."
Custodial History
Donated to CIMAS by Elinore Harwood on behalf of the Cortes Island Seniors Society in 2023.
Scope and Content
Fonds contains administrative records, minutes, and correspondence (including print-outs of emails) of the SHS steering committee, and monthly newsletters of the Cortes Island Seniors Society. Original order has been maintained.
Cortes Island Seniors Building Society handout about Seniors Helping Seniors; newsletter about the Seniors website project; article from the Howling Wolf.
Photograph of a woman standing in a small skiff with a dog beside her. The boat is beside a float connected to the shore by a ramp. Caption is by Gilean Douglas.
Photograph of a woman standing in a small skiff with a dog beside her. The boat is beside a float connected to the shore by a ramp. Caption is by Gilean Douglas.
Photograph of Rev. John Antle (center) and the crew of the first "Columbia". (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
Photograph of Rev. John Antle (center) and the crew of the first "Columbia". (see "Anderson, Doris, "The Columbia Is Coming"; Gray's Publishing, 1982, photo inset)
