After 10 years helping to shape social services in Whistler, Greg McDonnell is officially resigning as executive director of Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS).
McDonnell has been on parental leave since mid-January, but his decision not to return to the organization that runs the Re-Use-It Centre, Whistler Food Bank and many other programs was announced this week. article continues below
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Lorna VanStraaten, who has served as administrator of WCSS since 2007 and has been covering the executive director responsibilities in McDonnell s absence, will officially take over the organization s head role, the WCSS board announced in a Monday (June 27) press release.
Experiencing pregnancy or infant loss isn’t uncommon. In fact, it’s been estimated that as many as one in four pregnancies end in miscarriage. “I really believe it needs to be recognized that after a miscarriage, there is grief to deal with,” Raffo said. “Some people may not … but I think for the majority of people, they’ve already imagined that (pregnancy) as a child. You imagine the future and suddenly it’s taken away.” For Sea-to-Sky residents and their partners who, like Raffo, have experienced the loss of a child before or after birth, the Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) is starting up a pregnancy and infant loss support program aimed at helping them navigate the grief.