Born and raised in St. John’s NFLD, Garry is a retired police officer, having served 30 years with the RCMP, the last 9 of those in Oceanside. Garry has been volunteering since he was a teenager, and continues that service today with several local organizations. He has been a member and a volunteer of SOS since 2003, serving on its Board of Directors.

After a 26-year career with Kodak Canada in the corporate, marketing and executive management areas, Don moved to Calgary in 1997. There, he spent the next ten years working with a business consulting company, and as president of the Calgary Tower.  Don lives in Nanoose Bay with his wife, where he is active with Probus and Rotary clubs, local tourism, the Fairwinds community and he continues to work closely with the Calgary Stampede. 

Don Luke worked in telecommunications for 40 years, before moving to Parksville in 2000. While working in Ontario, he joined Revenue Canada’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, and has continued that work with SOS. Don was presented with the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers this year, in recognition of his contributions to this community.

Joshua and his partner Sandra moved to this area from North Eastern BC. He works as an IT Consultant. Some of the areas where he has previously volunteered include Thailand, after the 2004 Tsunami, he has worked with international organizations to bring computer technology to rural areas, and he is working with a charity to retrofit dozens of schools with modern computer technology. 

Paul Ruffell was born and raised in the United Kingdom, where he received his engineering degree. He came to Canada in 1981 and worked in the Arctic for a decade. He became president and CEO of an Engineering Consulting firm based in Western Canada, and eventually led an Infrastructure group with 3,500 staff across Canada. He has served on several not-for-profit boards and continues to serve on the Board of a First Nations partnership based in Mayo, Yukon. Paul moved to Qualicum Beach in 2015 and lives there with his wife Christine, who also volunteers for SOS.