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Julia, in Environmental Services, started working at Headwaters in 1987 as one of the first female Porters. The midnight shift was a grueling job and very different than the role of a Porter today. Julia remembers shoveling snow out of the parking lot at 02:00, her young son showing up with a shovel offering to help.

If you had spoken to Orangeville resident Ashley in October of 2018, she wouldn’t have been able to tell you about ICU respirators, chemotherapy side effects or the devastating feeling of losing a parent to cancer. A few short months later though, and she can tell you about all of those things in detail.

National Volunteer Week is a time when Canadians take pause to reflect on the selfless contributions of people across the country. 

At Headwaters we are blessed to have several volunteer groups including Headwaters Health Care Auxiliary, Friendship Gardens, Board of Directors, Patient Family Advisors and Spiritual Care Chaplains. Tena has been part of the latter group, serving as a Lay Chaplain, for over 30 years.  

Nelson has been a volunteer with the Headwaters Health Care Auxiliary for 14 years and enjoys the personal connections he makes with patients or their families.

He said they often confide in him because they see he is approachable and is a good listener.