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PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY OF NOTARIES PUBLIC OF BC FEATURES: CHARITABLE GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING The Scrivener: What’s in a Name? 4 Satisfying Philanthropic Options 21 PRESIDENT, THE SOCIETY OF NOTARIES PUBLIC OF BC Ali Edgell Keep it Up! 6 Charity and Giving: A Dragon’s Tale 22 Rhoda Witherly Brendon Rothwell EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE SOCIETY OF NOTARIES PUBLIC OF BC Executive Sleep-Out 24 Seeking Safe Haven 7 Kirk LaPointe John Mayr Editor’s 25 PRESIDENT, BC NOTARIES ASSOCIATION Moving Forward with the BC Notaries Association 8 Volunteering Vignettes Daniel Boisvert Margot Rutherford, Kurt Meyer, Susan Tong 26 CEO, BC NOTARIES ASSOCIATION Grant Sauer, Amy Badesha 27 Potential and Opportunity for Women 9 Lilián Cazacu, Phyllis Simon 28 Steve Woo, Judy Piccolo 29 Jacqui Mendes The Turtle Valley Volunteer-Powered Donkey Refuge 30 Services a BC Notary Can Provide 10, 25 Chris Harris KEYNOTE Help for Babies Charitable Giving and Volunteering Born too Soon, too Small, and too Sick 32 People Helping People 10 Robin Wilson Val Wilson Striding into Public Service 34 Steps to Successful Giving 11 Daniel Boisvert Raj Sablok Making a Difference by Working Together 36 Giving Behaviour Michele De Fehr For Our Time, Talent, and Treasure 12 From Otters to Others: Art into Philanthropy Sara Neely A Personal Story 38 LAUNCH OF FIRST-EVER INDIGENOUS LAW DEGREE Nigel Atkin Philanthropic Partnership Enhances Transformative Change for Indigenous Peoples 14 The Tax Side of Donating to Charities 40 Sara Neely Andréa Agnoloni The Philanthropy Conversation . EFry Invests in Children 42 from Niche to Mainstream 16 Shawn Bayes Dr. Carla Funk, Ruth MacKenzie Volunteering, Variety Style! 43 Eliminating Stigma Donnie Gordon Empowering People Affected by Dementia 18 Finding the Way Back 44 Maria Howard Isabela Zabava Benefaction 19 Volunteers: Backbone of Overcoming Poverty, Roy Cammack Homelessness, and Addiction 46 Investing in Perpetuity. How Good Intentions Jenessa Chan Grow Legs: The Power of Endowment 20 SAFE Seniors 48 Kevin McCort Lori McLeod The Scrivener: What’s in a Name? “A professional penman, a copyist, a scribe . a Notary.” Thus the Oxford English Dictionary describes a Scrivener, the craftsman charged with ensuring that the written affairs of others flow smoothly, seamlessly, and accurately. Where a Scrivener must record the files accurately, it’s the Notary whose Seal is bond. We chose The Scrivener as the name of our magazine to celebrate the Notary’s role in drafting, communicating, authenticating, and getting the facts straight. We strive to publish articles about points of law and the Notary profession for the education and enjoyment of our members, our allied professionals in business, and the public in British Columbia. 4 The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia Volume 27 Number 4 Winter 2018 Singapore Conference 50 Filip de Sagher Published by PROFILE OF A BC NOTARY Showcasing the Winners of the Prestigious Dr. Bernard W. Hoeter The Society of Notaries Public Award. Year 2011: BC Notary Manpriya Sarang of British Columbia The Immense Pleasure and Satisfaction of Being a BC Notary 53 BC Notaries Association: Vision and Mission 54 Editor-in-Chief Val Wilson Legal Vets John Mayr, Ron Usher Notary Advisor Ken Sherk Courier Lightspeed Courier & Logistics Photographer Wildman Photography BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES, ONE GRANT AT A TIME The Scrivener The Board of Governors 55 email: [email protected] Let’s Talk about How the Access to Justice Crisis website: www.notaries.bc.ca/scrivener Impacts People with Disabilities 56 Samuel Turcott The Society of Notaries Public of BC THE MiX 604 681-4516 Send photographs to BCREA Hits Its Stride: Taking on the Strategic Realignment [email protected] of the British Columbia Real Estate Association 58 Hannah MacWilliam All rights reserved. Contents may not be Letters 61 reprinted or reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Land Awards Gala Highlights Sustainability Leaders, This journal is a forum for discussion, Innovative Projects in BC 62 not a medium of official pronouncement. Jack Wong The Society does not, in any sense, endorse Why Volunteer as a Strata Council Member? 64 or accept responsibility for opinions Elaine McCormack expressed by contributors. Business to Business 65 WorkPeace: Get Curious 66 Amy Robertson Stewart, BC Then and Now 68 Wayne Braid Wills Drafting: CANADA POST: PUBLICATIONS MAIL The Myth of the “Simple Will” 70 AGREEMENT No. 40010827 Trevor Todd Postage Paid at Vancouver, BC BC Notaries Speak Your Language 73 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN Congratulations, President Graham Held! 74 ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. Winter 2018. Auto/Tech 75 THE SOCIETY OF NOTARIES Akash Sablok PUBLIC OF BC BOX 44 HONOURS AND EVENTS PEOPLE 78 SUITE 700 – 625 HOWE STREET VANCOUVER, BC V6C 2T6 Where in the World Has The Scrivener Been? 78 [email protected] Volume 27 Number 4 Winter 2018 The Scrivener | www.notaries.bc.ca/scrivener 5 PRESIDENT, THE SOCIETY OF NOTARIES PUBLIC OF BC Rhoda Witherly Keep it Up! Photo credit: www.lonniewishart.com s you read through this research studies examining how people They divided giving into three respond to different types of requests general categories. issue of our magazine, for donations. • Giving for strictly altruistic reasons you will see BC Notaries The professors studied giving . • Giving to enhance either financial A the science behind what we feel when are a charitable lot. well-being or community stature we give and how giving both time and We are active in our communities money can affect our mental and • Giving for personal satisfaction and freely donate our time and physical well-being. They also studied When we are asked for a resources to worthy causes. how we feel when approached for donation or to assist others, certain a donation. circumstances can change our feelings I am sure most of you have associated with giving and affect responded in some way to a public how much we give and to whom. appeal for help for flood victims, for Have you ever wondered The researchers went on to review people who have lost everything in a why we respond? how various approaches can motivate natural disaster like the Fort McMurray charitable giving. fire, or for assistance for victims of Are we just great folks . a devastating earthquake or famine responsible citizens who like The conclusion seems to be that in some far-off land. The response to be seen helping? What is whether people are motivated by pure by the public to these calls is often altruism or by a sense of improved overwhelming. It exemplifies the our motivation? Scientists social status, the act of giving provides “kindness of strangers.” have also been wondering. a sense of pleasure and well-being to the donor and needed resources to the At other times we respond in recipient. our community when volunteers are Their Discoveries needed for the hospital, the local Their research shows the action of Do we really need researchers recreation centre, the hockey or dance giving triggers brain signals that are to tell us what we know? program, a blood donor clinic . sent to an interconnected brain area Giving feels good! Keep it up! s the list is endless. called “medial forebrain pleasure Have you ever wondered why we circuit,” the area of the brain where respond? Are we just great folks . pleasure is felt. responsible citizens who like to be For humans, pleasure is a seen helping? What is our motivation? motivator. If an action gives us Scientists have also been wondering.