MEMBERS IN FOCUS
Community Events – Members Giving Back
D
uring the summer, CPABC members, candidates, and students
participated in three community events organized by local
CPABC chapters as part of the chapters’ mandates to support
local communities. These events, listed below, provided members,
candidates, students, and their families* with opportunities to give back
to their communities while engaging with like-minded individuals:
• Ships to Shore Steveston – July 1-3. Set in historic Steveston
Village, this three-day family festival gave visitors a chance to
tour various ships and enjoy dockside programs and
entertainment. Fifteen volunteers from CPABC’s Richmond
Chapter helped manage crowd control on one of the tall ships
docked in the harbour.
• Terra Nova Sharing Farm – July 23. An active farm with
greenhouses that produce 14,000 pounds of fresh organic
produce each year, Terra Nova Sharing Farm in Richmond
provides healthy food for as many as 2,000 low-income citizens
each week. More than 40 volunteers from CPABC’s Vancouver
Chapter helped tend and harvest crops on July 23, and got the
chance to learn about sustainability through food security and
organic practices in the process.
• Abbotsford Genealogical Society – August 6. The Society
maintains cemetery records and gravestone inscriptions, which
can be a valuable source of genealogical information. Members
of CPABC’s Fraser Valley Chapter attended a gravestone cleaning
event on August 6 to prepare gravestones to be photographed
and included in the Society’s cemetery index.
Upcoming events already in the works for this fall and winter include
volunteer work at local food banks and festive carolling to support local
housing and hospice societies.
If you’re interested in volunteering in your local community, watch
for upcoming event listings on chapter websites (bccpa.ca/members/
cpabc-chapters). Upcoming events will also be highlighted in chapter
emails, which are sent to members, candidates, and students on a regular
basis. For more information about community involvement or if you have
an event that is looking for CPABC volunteers, contact David Chiang,
CPA, CA, vice-president of member services, at [email protected]
with event details. Each event will be evaluated and supported where
possible.
* Most community events, subject to space limitations and/or safety
restrictions, welcome children as participants, but stipulate that
children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Members
should enquire with event organizers before registering to find out
if children are welcome to participate.
42 CPABC in Focus • Sept/Oct 2016
Above (top): Blue skies for Ships to Shore Steveston. Directly above (l to r): Jacqueline Ho, CPA, CGA, chair of
the Richmond Chapter, with Chapter member Catherine Wang, CPA, CGA; Charity Wang; and Chapter members
Brian King, CPA, CGA, and Olive Wong, CPA, CMA. Below: Father and son team volunteering at Terra Nova
Sharing Farm.