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Our volunteer drivers complete more than 1,200 trips annually.

At least 350 people per year find a volunteer position using our Volunteer Match program.

Close to 500 volunteers support RCRG’s programs and services.

Volunteers contribute nearly 23,000 hours to our organization each year.

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The Richmond Christmas Fund was first started by Ethel Tibbits, in the 1930s.

The number of Neighbourhood Small Grants we’ve awarded has increased every year since 2014.

Block parties are the most popular type of Neighbourhood Small Grant project.

Every year, the Richmond Women’s Resource Centre serves over 7,300 local women.

The Richmond Women’s Resource Centre currently offers 16 programs and services.

Nearly 60 volunteers support the Richmond Women’s Resource Centre, contributing nearly 2,500 hours per year.

Richmond is home to over 350 registered charities, all of which rely on volunteer support.

There are nearly 13 million volunteers across Canada.

International Volunteer Day is celebrated throughout the world on December 5.

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In 2016, the Foundation awarded 10 grants to non-profit organizations, worth a combined $59,000.

The Foundation manages $6 million in 60 Forever Funds, returning, on average, CPI plus 4%.

Between 2020 and 2022, the Foundation distributed $656,000 in grants, scholarships, charitable disbursements, and Emergency Community Support Funds.

Foundation activities result in the enhancement of our community and residents’ sense of belonging.

ROCA has raised over $21,000 for local charities.

ROCA has performed its Elementary School Concert Series to over 8,000 students.

ROCA provides mentoring and life changing opportunities for aspiring musicians.

The Richmond Arts Coalition was founded in November of 2005.

RAC co-produces the ArtRich exhibition every two years!

RAC highlights Richmond's arts events in a monthly email.

The Richmond Music School is the oldest not-for-profit music school in Richmond.

The Richmond Music School offers affordable music lessons through its diverse programming.

Our students performed 40 hours of music to welcome the Olympic athletes to the 2010 Olympic Games.

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Her Own Path

Published November 07, 2016

Most journeys in life don’t follow a straight line from point A to point B. Indeed, there are usually enough points – enough detours – to cover the alphabet several times over. This is particularly true when it comes to education. Take Annie Hung, for example, the recipient of the 2015 Ethel Tibbits Scholarship. Having earned her Business Administration degree in Taiwan, Annie came to Canada and, well, kept learning. ESL classes, high school courses, diploma and certificate programs: Annie did it all, so she could make a better life for her family. Here’s volunteer writer Amanda Oye with an incredible story about an inspiring woman.

Anyone who sees women as being anything less than strong, competent, and motivated has not met Annie Hung, the 2015 Ethel Tibbits scholarship winner. A single parent to a teenaged daughter and a teenaged son, Hung has worked hard to achieve her goals – and it was all worth it. “At present, my dream has come true,” Hung says.

Largely inspired by her son, who has autism, she made her way through school to become an education assistant at Henry Anderson Elementary School. In her application for the Ethel Tibbits scholarship, Hung wrote that, as her son gets older, she is “motivated by him to study in order to help him not only [with] communication skills but also academic study.”

She continues on to say that this has influenced her decision to work as an education assistant. “After having my own child and being a home-stay mother for many years to teach my own son with special needs, I love to work [in] the education field,” Hung says.

Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, where she earned a degree in Business Administration, Hung took ESL classes, followed by levels one to seven of the Foundation Language Arts program with the Richmond School Board. She continued to upgrade her secondary education by taking math, science, and social studies courses, and eventually received her high school diploma.

Hung’s educational journey did not stop there, though. She took classes with the Delta School District in their Continuing Education program for Early Childhood Education, and recently completed the Delta Teaching Assistant Certificate program.

The Ethel Tibbits scholarship helped make this possible by providing Hung with financial assistance, so she could pay her tuition. The award is designed to help women like Hung further their education so that they can better support their families. The women who are chosen annually have all been inspiring members of the community with big dreams for their family’s futures.

The scholarship was originally established by the Richmond Review. Though the paper has since closed, the scholarship continues to be awarded each year by the Richmond Community Foundation. Ethel Tibbits, the woman the award is named after, was a women’s rights activist and a newspaper pioneer. She contributed a lot to the community, just as Hung is doing now.

Along with her studies and raising her children, Hung has made time in her life to volunteer. Among her many volunteer positions, she has helped CHIMO Community Services by translating for new immigrants, assisted teachers in Chinese school at Tzu-Chi Academy of Humanistic Studies, and helped out with various tasks at her children’s elementary school.

In short, Annie is exactly the kind of woman the Ethel Tibbits Scholarship seeks to celebrate.

Photo Caption: In 2015, Annie Hung was awarded the Richmond Community Foundation's Ethel Tibbits Scholarship, which provided the financial support she needed to complete a Teaching Assistant Certificate program through Delta Continuing Education.