History of Mercy Ships Canada

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History of Mercy Ships Canada

• Charity Hospital Ship

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• MercyShips Canada legally incorporated as a
  society under the Societies Act of British
  Columbia in Victoria in 1989, but didnt open a
  physical office until nine years later when
  Suzanne Sellers relocated from the International
  Operations Center in Texas to establish a Mercy
  Ships presence in Calgary, Alberta.

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• After a challenging start the Board elected to
  move the office to Victoria, BC, where a solid
  base of support already existed due to previous
  extended shipyard and dry dock work on the
  Anastasis in 1985 and 1986.
• Two visits of the Caribbean Mercy to Victoria in
  1999 and 2000 helped put Mercy Ships on the map
  locally and nationally, allowing for increased
  staff and attracting more volunteers, board
  members, donors, active recruits, alumni, and
  media attention.

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• The ships visit in 2003 to the east coast of
  Canada continued to solidify the national scope
  of Mercy Ships.
• In 2003, Lorraine and Richard McDonald left their
  Anastasis home of 15 years to take on leadership
  of the Canadian office in Victoria. Since then
  Mercy Ships Canada has hosted many events,
  including black-tie galas, medical evenings with
  Mercy Ships doctors, executive luncheons, alumni
  reunions and golf tournaments.

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• Staff members and volunteers have also worked to
  spread awareness of Mercy Ships across the
  country by presenting at service clubs, churches,
  schools and universities, missions and medical
  events, womens groups, etc.
• In 2009, the Board appointed Tim Maloney as the
  new National Director and relocated the office to
  its current home at 5 3315 Oak St., Victoria.

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• I see our work as threefold at present, says
  Maloney. We need to raise awareness, recruit
  even more Canadian volunteers, and fundraise on
  behalf of the organization. All of these elements
  are part of that sense of delivering hope and
  healing through the activities, programs and
  people of Mercy Ships. Our desire is to see our
  Canadian office become a nationally recognized
  charity that fulfils its mandate of serving the
  worlds forgotten poor by supporting Mercy Ships
  Internationals work.

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• The Canadian office is part of a global network
  of 16 land-based national offices that support
  the work of Mercy Ships International.
• Mercy Ships Canadas charitable number is
  89064-8249-RR0001

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Mercy Ships Canada
Address Unit 5-3318 Oak St. Victoria, BC Canada
V8X 1R1 Phone Number 1-866-900-7447(Toll Free) ,
250-381-2160(Bus) Fax [phone] Email
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