Christ Church Cathedral
Christ Church, Vancouver’s Anglican cathedral at Burrard & Georgia Streets, is the city’s oldest church building. It welcomes 5,000 worshippers during the Christmas holidays and received 9,000 visitors during the 2010 Winter Olympics. www.cathedral.vancouver.bc.ca
- Member since 1980
- Treasurer 1981-1982
- Synod delegate and member of church committee (director), 1981-1983 and 1988-1990
- Chair, Cathedral Endowment 1993-1995, during its establishment
- Sidesman and reader
False Creek Racing Canoe Club [FCRCC]
FCRCC brought dragonboat racing to Vancouver and hosts dozens of teams, from school-age through seniors. It also sponsors outrigger-canoe and kayak training and racing. www.fcrcc.com
- Member since 1994
- Treasurer 1996-1997
- Secretary 1997-1998
- Dragonboat coach since 2002
Mission to Seafarers
The Mission to Seafarers, sponsored by the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster in cooperation with the Roman Catholic Apostleship of the Sea, the Korean (Presbyterian) Seamen's Mission, and the Christian Reformed Church, assists crew members of the merchant marine. To do so, it employs the four chaplains and engages volunteers who visit the crews of approximately 2,500 ships in the Port of Vancouver and Roberts Bank and assist the seafarers in the Flying Angel Clubs that it operates in those ports. Staff and volunteers also provide shore transportation. The Clubs welcome over 14,000 seafarers a year.
The Vancouver club is the historic blue house on the waterfront. The Mission, a registered charity, is part of the 150-year-old, worldwide Mission to Seafarers. www.flyingangel.ca
- Director since 2007
- Secretary since 2010
127 Society for Housing
The 127 Society owns and operates three buildings in Vancouver’s Downtown South that house 300 low-income residents, who are typically hard to house. It is a registered charity, sponsored by Christ Church Cathedral and assisted by the (Anglican) Diocese of New Westminster, the City, the Province, and CMHC. The Society employs a community worker in each of these buildings to assist the tenants and raises funds to do so.
In February 2008, it was selected to develop a new project in Vancouver’s Downtown South under the Provincial Homelessness Initiative. St James Community Services Society will provide the tenant services. St James Anglican Church, located at Gore and Cordova in the Downtown Eastside, created the St James Community Services Society to respond to the needs of its neighbourhood.
- Board member since 1999
- Treasurer 1999-2001
Vancouver Centre Conservative Association
The Vancouver Centre Conservative Association is the riding organization in the electoral district of Vancouver-Centre for the Conservative Party of Canada. www.vancouvercentre.ca
- Director since the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Parties
- Official agent (campaign treasurer) in the 2004 and 2005-06 elections
- Captain, Running Tories, the Party’s Sun Run team, since 1998
- Director and convention delegate of a predecessor party, 1994-2004, treasurer, 1998-2004, and official agent, 2000
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Howard volunteered as an assistant to the German Olympic team (Deutsche Olympiamannschaft).
I also kept up my usual work, including a Court appearance.
Family
Family — Married since 1970 to Barbara (organist, retired teacher). Daughters Jill (digital archivist, records administrator) and Sarah (design and architecture historian).
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