Introducing Doris Hovorka, the treasurer of the South East Community Services Co-operative (SECSC). Doris is one of the founding members of the SECSC board when it was formed back in 2020, and she brings with her tremendous dedication and value. Prior to joining the SECSC, she dedicated over 20 years as member and eight years as vice-chairperson of the East Borderland Community Housing (EBCH), which has been working tirelessly to provide housing options for seniors and other residents. As a representative of EBCH, Doris worked with her counterparts at Piney Regional Chamber of Commerce and Rural Municipality of Piney to form a co-operative known today as the South East Community Services Co-operative. This strong connection across the three organizations made it an obvious transition for Doris to join the SECSC board and help further their goal of an assisted living housing project within the region.

Doris believes the assisted living housing project is important for the region on three fronts:
1. to address the lack of assisted living housing for seniors and vulnerable populations in the region;
2. to reduce the number of people forced to leave their home and area to find suitable living support; and
3. to reduce or eliminate family member travel time to visit their loved ones.