MEMBERS IN FOCUS
Giving Back – CPAs in the Community
CPABC members, candidates, and students kicked off 2018 by participating in a number of
charitable events to support causes in their communities:
• Greater Vancouver Food Bank – On January 20, 24 volunteers from the CPABC Vancouver
Chapter helped the food bank by packing grocery bags, sorting and repackaging donations,
and performing a general clean-up of the warehouse. The food bank (foodbank.bc.ca)
provides assistance to more than 27,000 people each week, almost half of whom are
children and seniors, and distributes over 4.4 million pounds of food each year.
• Show of Hearts Telethon – On February 11, volunteers from the CPABC Tri-Cities/Ridge
Meadows Chapter worked the phone lines at the 52nd Annual Show of Hearts Telethon,
which benefits Variety – the Children’s Charity (variety.bc.ca). Each year, more than 7,000
kids are positively affected by the charity’s work.
• Camosun College Foundation – On February 22, the CPABC Victoria/Southern Vancouver
Island Chapter hosted its annual Chinese New Year celebration. The event includes a gala
dinner and a silent auction that raises funds for the CPA Award in Accounting, which is
offered through the Camosun College Foundation (camosun.ca/about/foundation).
More than 150 people attended this sold-out event, and together they helped raise
thousands of dollars.
• Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation – On March 1, the CPABC Tri-Cities/Ridge Meadows
Chapter held a reception and silent auction at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody to
raise funds to support the hospital foundation’s (erhf.ca) capital campaign to raise funds
for the expansion of the hospital’s cardiac department. In addition to being well known
for its cardiac care, Eagle Ridge Hospital handles 50,000 medical emergencies, conducts
600,000 lab tests, and performs 6,000 surgeries each year.
Want to get involved in upcoming events?
If you’d like to participate in upcoming CPABC events, be sure to check your local chapter
website (bccpa.ca/members/chapters) for community engagement opportunities. And if you
have a community event you think CPABC members, candidates, and students may be interested
in supporting, contact your local chapter leader online or email David Chiang, CPA, CA, CPABC’s
vice-president of member advice and programs, at [email protected].
Volunteers from the CPABC
Vancouver Chapter help out at the
Greater Vancouver Food Bank.
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