2024 RECIPIENT ZAIN HIRJI he/him/his Volunteer
I remember my first day volunteering with the NSSRC in November 2021 at Amica Edgemont. We were sitting around the tables having our morning conversation and introductions with cookies and…
2022 Recipient Betty Third Volunteer
It has been a pleasure to be involved as a volunteer with the North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre. Although I have only been a part of the group for about…
2019 Recipient Ferdinand Vargas – Volunteer and Member
It’s been a decade since I had a brain stroke. The journey to recovery was so hard and very challenging that it reached the point of giving up and believing…
2018 Recipient Barbara Menzies
Barbara has been a dedicated volunteer at the Centre since 2004. She is an essential part of the morning set-up team on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Barbara knows the routine so…
2017 Recipient Nicole Parente
I became involved with the NSSRC in February of 2015, after searching for a volunteer opportunity and stumbling upon an interesting ad for the centre. I was hesitant about applying…
2016 Recipient Wayne Brown
Everything in my life was going along just great, I had a very successful career and a wonderful family. On December 19, 2010 I suffered a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage more commonly…