Jeff Vircoe & Bonnie Barlett
Jeff Vircoe is a Canadian Forces veteran, a journalist, a father, and a man in long-term recovery. For twenty years he has worked as a counsellor at Edgewood Treatment Centre in Nanaimo — one of Canada's leading addiction treatment facilities. He also serves as President of Forward House, the Parksville-based nonprofit working alongside adults living with mental health and addiction recovery challenges. Joining him is Bonnie Bartlett, Forward House's Marketing and Public Relations Director — a passionate advocate for the programs and the people that make Forward House one of the most important community resources on mid-Vancouver Island.