A HOLIDAY WITH MEANING

Account Manager volunteers at charity camp in aid of children

It’s uncommon that someone who has a full-time job devotes his or her vacation time volunteering for charity. Jennifer Palacios, Account Manager in the Business-to-Business Department, is not like most people when it comes to giving of her time to help others. For the past seven years, she has spent two weeks of her annual holiday working at Camp Oochigeas, a summer camp for children afflicted with cancer.
“I love it,” says Jen, who first became involved with Ooochigeas in 1999. “The camp gives these kids a chance to be kids and not worry about their sickness.” For the last three summers, she worked as Program Director coordinating activities like swimming, sailing and kayaking.
It’s thanks to Jen that Roots first got involved with the charity camp in 2001. Since then, Roots has donated uniforms for the staff at Oochigeas, which is the only residential camping facility in Ontario that offers children sophisticated cancer-related medical treatment.