Volunteering

Board Member, Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society
Secretary 2008 - 2020, Director at Large 2020 - present

Judy currently volunteers her time to update the website she built for the society, send out newsletters, update social media channels. She also helps with promotions, fundraising, organizing heritage-related classes like cedar weaving and medicinal plant workshops with a local Coast Salish weaver and artist, and represents the society at multiple community events every year, including the April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge, Pender Harbour Wooden Boat Show, Pender Harbour May Day.

Below are rare photos of Judy representing PH Living Heritage Society events.
Usually the one behind the camera, Judy is always happy to dress up for a good cause. Photos include:

  • Pirate Judy the society table for the annual May Day event

  • Judy with another board member at the society table displaying local maritime heritage artifacts at the annual Pender Harbour Wooden Boat Show

  • Photographer Judy on the dock capturing the youth ‘fun’ race action at the annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge

  • Mardi Gras Judy at the society table for the annual May Day event

Volunteer, Pender Harbour & District Chamber of Commerce
2014-2020

Performed a major website overhaul and update, then provided continuing maintenance until the chamber joined with the Sechelt and Gibsons chambers to create a unified lower Sunshine Coast organization that shares resources.

Director of Membership, Wired Woman Society
September 1998 - June 2002

Managed member records, registrations, renewals, and expirations, as well as sending welcome messages and reminders.

Activities

Judy is the author of two middle grade novels, SMART and AUDZILLA, and is working on a third. She is represented by Jennie Kendrick at Red Fox Literary. 

When she’s not at the computer working or writing, Judy is out in nature, hiking with her partner and dogs, swimming and paddleboarding in the nearby lakes, discussing all things profound and silly with a few of her closest friends*, and definitely not taking herself seriously.

Judy is not afraid to get dirty, and always stops to move turtles off the road.

*Some of Judy’s best friends are non-human beings.

Judy is happiest outdoors, exploring and learning about the wonders of nature. MERS folks may recognize her favourite sweater in this photo where she’s holding the beached remains of a giant barnacle with remnants of a Bull Kelp holdfast attached (French Beach, Vancouver Island). This sweater also happens to be in her favourite colour. She also has the purple and grey ones but doesn’t wear them nearly as much.

Judy gives a helping hand to animals when she can, including moving an endangered baby Western Painted Turtle from a busy road to the lake a few metres down slope, and moving an invasive Red-Eared Slider off the road.

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