by Susan Haldane | Mar 8, 2016 | Volunteers
For Lynda Kolly, being involved in Threads of Life is all about connecting with others. The organization didn’t yet exist when her son Burton died on his first day working on a commercial fishing boat on Lake Winnipeg. Later, when she was asked to join the board of...
by Liz Webley | Feb 23, 2016 | Grief, Growth, and Self-Care, Volunteers
“Why would anyone try to find their long lost relatives?” as my son Rick loves to point out. My story begins as a six-year-old immigrant child who came to Canada in 1948 (I am giving away my age!) with my parents and younger brother. My sixth birthday was celebrated...
by Sarah Wheelan | Feb 10, 2016 | How We Help, Volunteers
It’s a great honour to hear someone share their story of loss — to be invited to bear witness to such love and deep pain, and to be trusted with its weight.Each year our Threads of Life speaker volunteers present their stories dozens of times in venues and...
by adminThreadsofLife | Jan 12, 2016 | Volunteers
In 2006 Laura Synyard and her husband Keith moved their young family from Alberta to her husband’s home province of Newfoundland. Four short years later Laura found herself presented with the opportunity to volunteer with the inaugural St. John’s Steps for Life...
by Heather Lyle | Oct 6, 2015 | Volunteers
“I remember a speaking engagement I did right before Christmas for a local construction company,” Diana Devine says.“They were a group of workers gathered in their lunchroom that had come to hear my story. It made me think of my Dad and how much he enjoyed the...
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