{"id":1430,"date":"2019-06-24T10:18:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T08:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/uncategorized\/benedicte-de-bruycker-dpc-volunteer-since-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:39:17","slug":"benedicte-de-bruycker-dpc-volunteer-since-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/uncategorized\/benedicte-de-bruycker-dpc-volunteer-since-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedicte De Bruycker &#8211; DPC volunteer since 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Benedicte is part of the Run for Parkinson volunteers since 2015. Each year, she helps coordinating the organization of this big event.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Benedicte.jpg\" alt=\"- Demoucelle Parkinson Charity\" width=\"382\" height=\"577\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\"><strong>Tell me about yourself, your hobbies, your work history<span class=\"tadv-format-panel\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love beautiful things and discovering beautiful things: art, good food, travelling, reading\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph \n wp:heading {&#8220;level&#8221;:4}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\"><strong>Why the decision to volunteer?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:heading \n wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever since I was a kid, I&#8217;ve enjoyed helping people. When I can and have the time, I am always ready to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\"><strong>Why volunteering for the Demoucelle Parkinson Charity (DPC)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:heading \n wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I admire Patrick and Anne-Marie for their professionalism, their commitment and their positive view of the world. Despite Patrick&#8217;s illness, they continue to go for it. But a day only has 24 hours; by helping them with the practical organisation of Run for Parkinson, they can focus on those things where they can really make a difference, and make time to enjoy as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\">What has been your biggest satisfaction when volunteering for DPC?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to DPC, I&#8217;ve met some great people: we&#8217;ve been working with a regular group of volunteers for 5 years now; all very professional people, who complement each other perfectly &#8211; a winning team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\">What has been your biggest frustration when volunteering for DPC?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year you hope to raise more funds &#8211; and if it\u2019s less, we decide to do even more next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wp:heading {&#8220;level&#8221;:4}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><span class=\"tadv-format-panel\" style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>&#8220;Ever since I was a kid, I&#8217;ve enjoyed helping people&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:tadv\/classic-paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\"><strong>What keeps you motivated on the tough days?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting interesting people. I can be incredibly inspired by a personal story, by an artist, an entrepreneur, a person with a disability, &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\"><strong>Which organizations are you currently involved with?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to DPC, I also work as a volunteer at ToolBox vzw and coach a number of organisations with questions about governance and strategy. In addition, I have always been active in my son\u2019s activities (hockey manager, parents&#8217; association, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #cc0332;\"><strong>What kind of people do you most enjoy working with?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best results are often achieved with people you don&#8217;t &#8220;click&#8221; with at first sight &#8211; I always try to be open to different opinions, different ways of thinking, &#8230; I just sometimes have a hard time with people who are very biased&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_8924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8924\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Benedicte-02.jpg\" alt=\"- Demoucelle Parkinson Charity\" width=\"600\" height=\"578\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Benedicte De Bruycker &amp; Patrick Demoucelle<\/span>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wp:paragraph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to enrol and become volunteer, <a href=\"mailto:info@demoucelle.com\">contact us<\/a>! We need <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">YOU<\/span>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/wp:paragraph<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benedicte, volunteer at the Demoucelle Parkinson Charity since 2015, tells us what motivates her to be a volunteer at Run for Parkinson.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1433,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions\/1433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demoucelle.sites-stag.agency\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}