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Senior Care and Family Caregivers on the Sea to Sky Corridor
Sep. 21, 2021
Stephanie Chan is the founder and owner of two companies in the senior living industry. With her first company started in 2007, Home to Home, Stephanie helps seniors and families with care planning, transitions and care management. Her newer venture, myCareBase, offers an online marketplace of pre-screened senior living services to help seniors remain living safely at home for as long as possible. Prior to this, Stephanie practiced law at a national law firm and then as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for a public company.
In her personal time, Stephanie has been very involved on several boards. She is currently the Chair of the board of Solus Trust. In the past, she has also served as a board member of Make-A-Wish Foundation of BC & Yukon, Museum of Vancouver, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Canada, Goh Ballet Vancouver Society, and the Caregivers’ Association of BC.
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Ice At The North Pole
Oct. 12, 2021
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The PeKa Project for Beautiful Gate 2
Oct. 19, 2021
The Speaker: Mr. Josh Lockington
Josh is a father and husband firstly, but also a public middle school teacher, traveler, coach, marriage mentor, tennis player and an ambassador for BGL 2!
Josh has traveled to more than 90 countries and volunteered in many. This includes helping in the construction of an AIDS clinic in The Gambia, West Africa, volunteering at a malnourished children's home in San Salvador, El Salvador, organizing a sports camp in rural Romania, site prep for the expansion of an orphanage in Primo Tapia, Mexico and caring for children who live at the local garbage dump in Guatemala city
The Adoption Story:
More than six years ago, we started the international adoption process as a way of adding to our family. Four and a half years later we were finally matched with a little boy from Lesotho! He is an amazing boy, full of energy and a zest for life and new experiences. After going to receive him, and spending eight weeks traveling the area, a passion began to grow for my son's country of birth and I started wondering how I could give back.
The BGL 2 Project:
Lesotho is a deeply suffering country, afflicted by overwhelming poverty (2 in 5 people live on less than $1 a day) and extreme disease (over 1 in 4 people are HIV positive). The children of Lesotho are sometimes abandoned in trash dumpsters, toilet pits, or found alone in a forest. In a nation of 1.9 million people, there are an estimated 300,000 orphaned children (approx 15% of the total population)
Beautiful Gate Orphanage gives many children in Lesotho the opportunity to be more than just one of these statistics. It strives to give them the opportunity to be children… and give them a chance at life. Its ultimate goal is finding them “forever families” in Lesotho and abroad.
However, the orphanage is at capacity and only mandated to take care of children up to the age of six. After that age, the children are forced into the broken Lesotho foster care system, where they very often end up a victim of human trafficking or child labour.
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Blue River Productions
Nov. 23, 2021
"Starting from very humble beginnings in the UK as well as establishing a career in the Royal Navy, April gained skills in which she has adapted into beginning her own company as well as helping others.
April is a passionate, and well accomplished filmmaker, producer, director, author, and humanitarian. With ambition and talent, April is a visionary that pushes her several projects, companies and altruistic efforts to grand success and never accepts anything less.
Above all April’s accomplishments and ambitions, being a mother to her three children, River, August, and Meadow is her greatest accomplishment. They currently live in Squamish, British Columbia where April’s Studio, Blue River Studios is located."
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Garibaldi Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) Society.
Dec. 07, 2021
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The Gandhiana Project
Jan. 11, 2022
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Whistler Primary Care Centre
Feb. 01, 2022
Carol Leacy is the chair and Sue Maxwell is a member of our Whistler PrimaryCare Task Force and our new society “Whistler 360 Health Collaborative”. Our aim is to improve the quality and availability of primary care in Whistler through full service family practice. Our task force, put together in 2019, is working on solutions to our shortage of family care practitioners. We would like to meet with your Rotary group to explain the direction we are heading and hear feedback and input that will help us make this a community-centred solution. |
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Her Literary Work
Feb. 08, 2022
Sharon Johnston graduated in Physical and Occupational Therapy in 1966 from the of the University of Toronto and some years later obtained her Doctorate in Rehabilitation Science from McGill University. Sharon’s early career was as a psychiatric occupational therapist working with children and young adults until the birth of her five daughters. As the wife of the 28th Governor General, she used her position to advocate for mental health awareness and the importance of anti-stigma programs. As an honorary witness to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission she has advocated for our indigenous Canadians. For twelve years she managed a dressage training centre near Waterloo, Ontario before moving to Ottawa. |
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Leaders2give.org
Mar. 01, 2022
Adam Greenberg 2021 Bio Adam Greenberg, is President & CEO of MakeShift – an employee scheduling and time management app. With over 25 years of executive management experience for some of the world’s largest software companies, like Ceridian & SAP. His professional success is rooted in a personal commitment to excellence and he is immensely passionate about helping businesses grow while building cultures of purpose and creating high-performing teams. Adam believes that business is a force for good that makes the word work better providing for our families and our communities. He also believes we each have a purpose greater than simply achieving financial success and that purpose is to take the skills and talents we use in business and apply them to giving back and improving lives. Outside of leading MakeShift, Adam has enthusiasm, deep motivation and commitment to his humanitarian initiatives. He is the founder, President and CEO of leaders2give.org a US 501©(3) non profit and the Founder & President of Leaders2Inspire, which runs corporate retreats focused on building high performing teams. As a family man, Adam enjoys spending time creating memorable adventures with his wife Tracey, and daughter Eliana whether it be at his summer home on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, or at his winter home in Baja California Sur, Mexico. You’ll also find Adam, a certified kayak guide, paddling on the Pacific Ocean or the Sea of Cortez. You may also find him sharing his love of wine and helping people explore the diverse wine regions from around the world at his Wine & Tequila bar in Mexico as a trained level 2 Wine Sommelier. One of Adam’s favourite quotes can be attributed to Simon Sinek: “Finding balance is about the journey, not the destination. It's about who comes with us and what we experience along the way.” Words he lives by every day. |