Shut ins shop a pop-up at Willingdon Village

SHOPPING FROM HOME: At Willingdon Creek Village in June, Daisy Ross, Terry Werner, and Edith Nadin (and, at bottom, Margaret Havens and Jenny Hutton) peruse the finds from the travelling version of the Health Care Auxiliary Economy Shop.

BY LAURIE NORMAN & TRACY LYNCH

The Powell River Health-Care Auxiliary thrift store (Economy Shop) opens early for us and several volunteers enthusiastically help to collect clothes and jewellery for a pop-up store at Willingdon Creek Village. This is a highly anticipated event, where our residents get a shopping experience. Most of the residents haven’t been out of the building in over two years. They try on new clothes, browse the tables for a new scarf or a nice necklace. We started this event when COVID shut down our building and this couldn’t happen without the generosity of the Auxiliary.

The PR Health-Care Auxiliary has been an amazing supporter of several of our visions and dreams to make life better for our residents.

Everyone in the qathet region benefits from the money raised at the thrift store. The Auxiliary has 210 active volunteers. They donate to Therapeutic Riding, Danielle’s Helping Hand, Therapy Dogs, Mental Health Daycare Program and assist with many needs in our community. They run the gift shop and the Red Cross Loan cupboard in the PR General Hospital. The Youth Volunteer Program is also run and supported by the Auxiliary and up to $20,000 per year in scholarships is given to students continuing with medical studies.

We couldn’t do it without you!