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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.  

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.

Carolyn, Laboratory Services, has been a part of the Headwaters team for many years. She started working here in June of 1979 as a Technologist in the lab. As an Orangeville native, this was an exciting opportunity to stay close to home and use all the skills she was trained in (Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Transfusion Medicine).

Roughly 20 years ago, under the inspiration of Dr. Barry Engelhardt a local family physician, hockey teams like no other were born. Engelhardt wanted to become a goalie like his son. He had a vision of getting enough local doctors playing to join the yearly “Docs on Ice” Ontario Hockey Tournament.