Garth Harvey

The president of the society

Garth grew up in the 1920's and 30's in small town Manitoba. He worked as Head of the Scientific Information Section of Forestry Research in the Federal Government before retiring to Vancouver Island in 1976. He and his wife chose community service as their retirement project, and both were honoured as Valued Volunteers in 1985 by the provincial government.

Later Garth was chosen volunteer of the Year in the Cowichan Valley in 2001, The Year of the Volunteer. Care for his wife for over a decade of Alzheimer's Disease convinced him that family caregivers need and deserve all the help they can get.