In her day job, 30 year old Oge Anoliefoh is passionate about the environment at Vancouver Airport Authority. In her job as an environmental technician, she is responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance in areas such as air quality, water quality, and hazardous materials management Outside of work, she’s passionate about her community environment and is an avid volunteer. “I’ve always been very passionate about volunteering and giving back to the community,” she said. “And I also donate to charitable organizations like United Way.” Recently Oge volunteered at United Way’s Welcome to Refugee lunches. She spent the afternoon of April 16 painting flowers on children’s faces at the Vancouver location hosted by Tecumseh Elementary School. “When I heard about the event I jumped on it right away because I wanted to somehow contribute to welcoming Syrian refugees to Canada and didn’t know how to help.” Oge’s mother and father immigrated to Canada from Nigeria before she was born so she has a sense of what it’s like to arrive in a new country with a new language, different weather, and new ways and customs via her parents stories. She felt it was important to volunteer at the Welcome to Syrian Refugee lunch because “we want them to know that Canada is a safe place for them to live and they can depend on people like United Way and volunteers like myself to know that they will be welcomed with open arms. This is a place where they can finally relax.” She saw the lunch as an example of the good work that United Way does in the community. “United way does a lot of things for families who need a little extra help…We are all human and we all have different experiences and circumstances that can make things difficult.” “United Way does a lot of things for families who need a little extra help. For people who are more privileged, United Way is the perfect opportunity to give back and help build people back up.” Thank you Oge! 
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