By Times Chronicle Staff
The Desert Valley Hospice Society (DVHS) has received a $32,482 investment from the federal government’s Community Services Recovery Fund.
For several years, DVHS has been operating with outdated IT equipment with no file-sharing systems in place and laptops that are slow and extremely outdated, the society said.
Staff were working with less than ideal office and computer equipment and this funding “has brought DVHS into the 21st century with its IT systems and has made the workspaces more ergonomically correct,” according to Linda Larson, DVHS President.
“The new systems will help our organization be better equipped in grant writing, monitoring and reporting, will allow us to improve our website platform, and we will be more efficient in our daily operations.”
Expressing their thanks for being chosen as a recipient of funding through the Community Services Recovery Fund, the society said “We cannot express how much the new systems, even though the project is not 100 per cent complete, have already changed our working environment.
“Additionally, we’d like to thank Community Foundation of the South Okanagan for their work in the Community Services Recovery Fund and their continued support for Desert Valley Hospice Society.”
Jenna Sudds, federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development commented that “community service organizations are at the heart of communities like Oliver, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls and areas, creating a sense of belonging,” across the country.
The Community Services Recovery Fund is aimed at enabling the organizations serving Canada’s diverse communities to adapt and modernize their programs and services and to invest in the future of their organizations, staff, and volunteers.
“Together, we can rebuild from the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and build a more just and equitable future for those in Oliver, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls and areas,” Sudds added.
