Category: The Wellspring Team Stories

Janean Hodgson: full circle with luck and Wellspring

Janean Hodgson is not just a bright, tender-hearted person who embodies the perfect mix of compassion, empathy, and positivity to be an awesome Wellspring program coordinator; she is a brilliant young adult who has recently overcome cancer herself.

Red Deer Advocate’s Journey with Wellspring

Brett Martin is a very enthusiastic Wellspring Community Connector in Red Deer. Community Connectors are a vital part of the strategy for spreading the word about Wellspring across the province.

Cidalia Campos: gratitude galore

Cidalia Campos has come a long way from Mozambique to volunteering at the Wellspring front desk! She is a dedicated gratitude tracker, wholeheartedly tallying the goodness in her life in a journal she tends to daily. Wellspring, she says, is high on her list.

Ann Dowling: journey to Wellspring volunteer

Ann Dowling may have battled breast cancer in 2011, but she doesn’t look back with regret, she views her current healthy life with positivity, and she is filled with gratitude that cancer led her to Wellspring. “I received so many benefits from Wellspring and now I get to volunteer and help others who have faced what I faced.”

Margo McPhail: Beating Cancer and Paying it Forward to Help Others

In 2019, Margo was making the most of her retirement and spending time with her grandchildren. Life kept her busy and she found fulfillment in giving back to her local community.

A love letter to Wellspring Calgary

The year Wellspring Calgary opened its doors, I opened my heart to all things Wellspring. The year was 2007 and I knew that my destiny was tied to this community forevermore. It’s impossible to explain what Wellspring means to me. How do you articulate a love and gratefulness beyond words?

Becky Trussell: impassioned Wellspring member, program leader & donor

Becky Trussell was a respected Calgary physician specializing in pediatric endocrinology for 25 years. She was also a wife, busy mother of two, avid researcher, budding photographer, and an extraordinary role model to many in the medical world. Then one day, cancer rocked her world.

Bobbi Fridfinnson: in memory of my friend Anita Wright

Wellspring’s own Bobbi Fridfinnson shares a poignant memory of her cherished friend Anita, who inspired her to participate in the 2006 Cancervive tour to raise funds for Wellspring. Sadly, Bobbi lost her friend to cancer, but she holds special memories in her heart.

Val Kunimoto: cancer survivor and southern Alberta volunteer

Val Kunimoto has survived cancer twice and is now inspired to help others going through cancer find the support they need. Read how she has become a Wellspring Community Connector – spreading the word about Wellspring in her Lethbridge community.

Sarah Gunderson: Money Matters Coordinator and cancer survivor

At 36, Sarah Gunderson was happily devoted to family and farm life, a career in social work, and unyielding faith that made it all make sense. Then her life was impossibly shaken by a cancer diagnosis. Sarah, Wellspring’s own Money Matters coordinator, knows the fears of cancer, the lows of treatment, and the uphill path to hope and recovery.