Fred Jansen, the new director general of Catholic Community Services (CCS) on de Maisonneuve west will be working until midnight and starting early for at least another three weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy feet haven\u2019t hit the ground yet,\u201d said the Pointe Claire resident, half-way through his third week on the job at the NPI meeting in LaSalle last week. \u201cCentraide\u2019s ask is December 15 and I\u2019m also implementing the constituent management software, the Raiser\u2019s Edge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jansen will lead a team of 30 employees and 679 volunteers who serve vulnerable families and seniors across Montreal. The organization also runs three seniors\u2019 centres (St. Antoine, Almoge, the Teapot); three summer camps (Kincora for families; Trail\u2019s End for children and teens, Positive for people living with HIV\/AIDs); and a home for men recovering from mental illness, homelessness or other trauma (Nazareth House).<\/p>\n
The former Dawson College development officer replaced Bruno Mitol, who is now the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at McGill University. Jansen started his new position so quickly that he agreed to finish integrating some software for his former employer; that job will probably take another 45 or 50 hours before he\u2019s finished, he says.<\/p>\n
Still, the excitement of working for an organization he\u2019s known since attending Camp Kincora 35 years ago keeps the former entrepreneur moving strong. \u201cThis is a community that I love,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat we do is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Jansen isn\u2019t finding his two milieu\u2019s as different as he thought he would. \u201cI came from an area where I worked with students and my first two weeks were negotiations with senior citizens,\u201d he said. \u201cBoth say inappropriate things at times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Note: This article appeared on p2 of the city edition of the Suburban on Wednesday, November 2, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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