One of our employees, Andre VanWoerden, is joining a team heading to Haiti next month to partner with the locals on a university housing project. The story of how the trip came to be is featured in this Chilliwack Progress article.
We wish you a safe & successful trip, Andre!
— image credit: JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
We are currently accepting applications for a Sawdust installer labourer, working with our sawdust Blower trucks.
You will be working in a team with drivers, installing sawdust into poultry barns on various farms through the Fraser Valley.
Job details & requirements:
-day shift, hours vary per day (some overtime required)
-heavy lifting is required
-available to work Monday through Friday and the occasional Saturday
-valid Class 5 drivers license and a clean driving record
-a team player
-responsible, self-motivated
-pre-employment drug test will be required.
Wage: $15/hour training wage to start, with overtime after 9 hours.
Increase with experience; extended benefits after 6 months of employment.
The candidate must also be neat in appearance and have a strong desire to be an important part of an expanding company that promotes the importance of a family atmosphere in a working environment. Become a member of our wonderful team!
Please drop off or email:
– Completed Job Application Form
– your resume
– current drivers abstract (available at the BC Government Agency office)
to: Denbow
40874 Yale Rd. West (by Vedder Canal), Chilliwack, B.C.
http://www.denbow.com
We thank all applicants, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
A blower truck at a poultry barn
Sawdust barn floor before sawdust
Barn floor with freshly installed sawdust
Sawdust blowing out of hose
A sawdust installer working
Sawdust installers work with drivers to place sawdust smoothly in poultry barns
COREY BENNETT
We would like to introduce you to Corey Bennett. He has been working here at Denbow part-time for the past four years. Corey was introduced to Denbow by the program he participates in at Chilliwack Society for Community Living called RISE (Real Integration through Supportive Employment). Corey is responsible for keeping our staff office and shop areas neat and tidy.
Corey Bennett is well-loved at Denbow!
Corey is turning 27 years old in a few weeks. He loves his birthdays so we make sure that we remember them. 🙂 He also has a lot of interests that keep him quite busy when he is not working at Denbow. He loves to dance, bowl, listen to music & swim with his many friends. Corey also has a creative side, writing stories. ‘Garfield’ is a movie that he really loves “because it’s funny”! He lives at home with his mom and dad and has an older brother named Richard.
Each week Corey arrives at work with a Tim Hortons coffee in his hands. Sometimes he even brings a coffee or ice-cap for his two very favorite Denbow co-workers, Ray and Mike. Corey loves to attend company functions. We can count on him to dress up for the occasion and bring his enthusiasm with him.
Denbow has been blessed by the opportunity to provide part-time employment to Corey. We look forward to continuing to work with him as he grows his workplace skills and shares stories about dances and camps with us.
Willetta Les
This month we would like to introduce you to our Office Manager, Willetta Les. We have been blessed to have Willetta on the Denbow team for over twelve years! To celebrate her 10 year employment at Denbow, we helped her achieve her dream of traveling around Europe early this fall.
Willetta started at Denbow fresh out of the University-College of Fraser Valley after completing a Business Administration Diploma. Her first role was receptionist. Through time and experience she has worked her way to her current role of Office Manager.
We have seen Willetta challenge herself to take on many more roles over the years. She is self-taught in so many areas here at Denbow and learns from others around her. Because of her keenness to learn, she will often come across as incredibly knowledgeable in the field of all things environmental; even though she has no schooling in it. J Willetta will never say she ‘can’t’ do something until she has at least given it a try.
Willetta’s passion is anything that requires creativity. Her favorite tasks are creating brochures, website material, and all other marketing that requires design work. Because she loves creating things, Willetta and her sister, Leanne started their own business ‘Sister Made’ in which they create canvas’s, photo cards and many other items theysell online and at a variety of craft fairs. This keeps them very busy and they love it. You can read more about them here: Sister Made
She is also called ‘Auntie Willy’ by her 4 nieces and takes this job seriously. Willetta is appreciated by all her co-workers, friends and family for her generosity and being able to be counted on to help out in any way possible. If there is ever a need, Willetta is one of the first people you can rely on to be there with a meal, kind words or a very nice hand-crafted card.
We look forward to many more years of working with Willetta. Who else will keep us inspired to dream about traveling around the world?
Willetta in Holland, Ephesus Turkey, and with her newest niece
Last Saturday, we had a wonderful time at Denbow’s annual Family Christmas Breakfast. Employees, spouses and kids all enjoyed a delicious breakfast at the Best Western Rainbow Country Inn, as well as fun games & gifts!
We also took the opportunity to take a team photo – both with Denbow staff, as well as with all the families. Aren’t we a great looking bunch?!
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2013/11/28
Denbow is offering a Winter Air Miles promotion this season on all your purchases!
Earn DOUBLE rewards – that’s TWO Air Miles for every $50 spent!
Dave Slykerman
Dave has worked at Denbow for just over nine years. He started his career at Denbow as a truck driver, mainly hauling forest-by-products from the BC’s interior to the coast. Dave proved that he is capable to take on many new challenges along the way. He has become very versatile and can do almost any operations job within Denbow with ease. Dave has the ability to run excavator, walking floor, grinders, loaders, blower trucks and the list goes on…
To his fellow employees, Dave is known to be a very good equipment operator as well as very reliable. He is genuine and also calm under pressure. If you have any idea of the type of work Denbow does, you would understand that it is a very good quality to have.
Outside work, Dave is busy spending time with his wife Kristy and his kids, Mikkaela, Keigan and Cameron. As a family they enjoy motor biking by the river as well as camping in his faithful and restored classic Winnebago. Most of Dave’s spare time is spent working on these projects in his new shop (which he hopes to complete soon!). When he gets out of the shop, he enjoys hunting and fishing.
Thank you, Dave, for your willingness to always help everyone at Denbow!
You might have noticed that Denbow’s trucks are sporting a new look these days!
We’ve been working on new paint and decals on our trucks with our new logo and colours. What a difference that makes!
Truck #807 before and after new paint and decals!
Soon we will start with new wraps on our trailers – check back soon to see the design… or see us on the road!
One of Denbow’s company values is ‘Community’. This encompasses the community in which we do business in, as well as the community of Denbow employees. Owner Bill Boesterd places a high value on people and because of this, he has enlisted Marketplace Chaplains Canada to help provide ‘Exceptional Employee Care’.
Marketplace Chaplains Canada provides care for Denbow employees and their families. Our chaplains visit Denbow once a week, checking in with employees and making themselves available. Employees are encouraged to utilize the chaplains if they need to talk about anything – issues at work, in their personal life, or if a crisis situation arises. The professionally trained and experienced Chaplains build relationships of trust and confidence and are on call at all hours to help out with any life issues. Bill tells his employees “I hope this provides an opportunity for you to be heard around concerns or suggested improvements, for you and your family to be cared for during a tough time, and a host of other care opportunities.”
If you are interested in learning more about Marketplace Chaplains, please visit www.mchap.ca.
