Bereaved Families of Ontario —
Ottawa
Board of Directors
BFO is governed by a Board of Directors and receives the guidance of professional consultants and an Advisory Committee of Health Care Professionals.
BFO is currently looking for new Board Members
Bereaved Families of Ontario-Ottawa Region has openings for Board members. If you have an interest in offering support to the bereaved in the community and wish to practice your good organizational skills or are interested in how a charity is run, please contact us.
The Board meets the third Tuesday of each month at the Bronson Centre, located at 211 Bronson Avenue, Suite 308, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 6H5 at 6:30 pm. If you are interested in volunteering on the Board, please submit your resume to Hilda Sabadash at office@bfo-ottawa.org.
Currently, we are looking for individuals with a fundraising / events planning background. The fundraiser is responsible for proposal development and / or organizing fundraising events such us our Annual Golf Tournament, Walk to Remember, and Remembrance Tree.
The Board of Directors, in alphabetical order:
Maria Boodoo (Interim Chair)
I have been a Board member since 2006. I first benefited from the support of Bereaved Families in Ottawa after the death of my husband in 2001. Then I attended Support and Share Nights regularly. I received the most help from the closed group. I also found a community of caring people and met many friends. I wanted to give something back. I took the facilitator training offered by Bereaved Families. Now I am a facilitator for Loss of Spouse closed groups, facilitate the Wednesday Support and Share Day program, and Support and Share Night spousal groups. I enjoy the groups as it is an extension to my previous work as a Social Worker.
Maureen Belgrav-Salvador
Christie Mays
Christie has worked with seniors in a variety of settings for over 10 years. She has a diploma in social-service work and is working on an honours degree in 'Palliative and Elderly Care' at Carleton University. She has been on the Board of Directors for Bereaved Families for 2 years.
Hilda Sabadash
Honourary Board Member.
Deborah Krogan
Program Co-ordinator
I am responsible for the planning, organization and implementation of all the programs offered to the community including our ongoing monthly Support & Share Night program, our weekly Support & Share Day program as well as our various Closed Group programs offered every fall and spring.
My first introduction to BFO was in the spring of 1993 when our family tragically lost my father to suicide. How fortunate my family and I were to have learned of this organization. With its support through the programs it offered and the kind and compassionate ear of its volunteer facilitators, we survived. The value of learning about grief as well as the experience of receiving peer support carried us through subsequent loss. Since 2003, I have been volunteering as a grief facilitator and after further involvement in various fundraising events I found myself drawn to the position of Program Coordinator.
I can be reached at the office from 9:30-4:30pm every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 613-567-4278.