Emergency Social Services Association (ESSA) of BC

1. The name of the Association is "ESSA Emergency Social Services Association of British Columbia".
2. The purposes for which the Association is established are:
   1. To foster on-going and regular communications and co-ordinate planning efforts between Emergency Social Services planners, volunteers, field workers, and others engaged in Emergency Social Services in B.C.
   2. To represent the needs of all those engaged in the provision of Emergency Social Services in British Columbia, and lobby governments at all levels to raise the priority of Emergency Social Services.
   3. To provide training, educational support and materials to ESS providers, so as to upgrade existing knowledge and skills in the area of Emergency Social Services
   4. To raise public awareness of the role and importance of Emergency Social Services and Emergency Social Services planning.
   5. To operate an organized volunteer service to perform the functions outlined above, and to maintain a registry of such volunteers.
   6. To operate as a strictly non-profit and charitable organization and to receive, acquire and hold gifts, donations, legacies and devices from donors or testators.
3. It is the unalterable intention of the Association to cooperate with existing federal and provincial government organizations, such as Emergency Preparedness Canada, the Provincial Emergency Program, the Ministry of Human Resources and other governmental and non-governmental agencies in providing networking opportunities, educational services and information to Emergency Social Services volunteers and thereby avoiding duplication of effort.
4. Upon dissolution of the Association, and after payment of all debts and liabilities, it is the Association's unalterable intention that the remaining property of the Association shall be distributed and disposed of, as determined by the Board of Directors, to a recognized charitable organization.
5. ESSA recognizes that a number of individuals and volunteers from diverse organizations make up the membership. The core of which incorporates volunteers and/or individuals from recognized charitable organizations. This is a new clause and is to be alterable in the future.

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