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COMMUNITY SERVICES--NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED ------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Vandervaart has been appointed director of the Senior Citizens Secretariat Community Services Minister Jim Smith announced yesterday. "Mr. Vandervaart brings a background of decisive experience to the secretariat" the minister said. "He has had responsibilities in health care, policy and planning at the highest level for the Canadian Armed Forces and was instrumental in implementing various humanitarian types of programs in the Canadian Forces such as the drug and alcohol prevention program in the Atlantic Region." Mr. Vandervaart was invested by the Governor-General as a serving brother in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and has been cited for his volunteer community work. Mr. Vandervaart has held executive positions with the Gerontology Association of Nova Scotia, Canadian Association for Community Care, Home Care Advisory Committee, Nova Scotia Employee Assistance Program and the advisory committee of the National Respite Care Project. He is also involved with numerous other community endeavours. He leaves the position of executive director of Associated Homes for Special Care, where he has been employed for the past eight years. In that capacity he has developed and in-depth understanding and knowledge about continuing care and the many issues that concern seniors and their families. -30- Contact: Valerie White 902-424-4737 trp Feb. 08, 1996 - 11:25 a.m.