Be Grateful for Everything! We set aside November as a special time to be grateful and to be thankful for all our blessings! I'm thinking that it might be a great idea to pause for a few seconds every day to think about something for which we are grateful. Gratitude inspires kindness and connection. I am most grateful for the power of choice. Every day we make thousands of choices about our thoughts, our feelings and our actions. Each choice brings with it it's own consequences. Some … [Read more...]
CWF: Beverley Wybrow retiring after 22 years!
November 28, 2013 by
Beverley Wybrow is retiring after 22 years as President and CEO of the Canadian Women's Foundation. Thanks to Bev's extraordinary leadership, the Foundation has gone from granting $40,000 in 1991 to investing more than $7.5 million last year to help move women and girls out of violence, out of poverty and into confidence. As CEO, Bev has grown the Foundation from a handful of bold donors to over 9,000 individual and corporate supporters. She has pioneered initiatives that have built the … [Read more...]
CELEBRATION HO– USE™ celebrates Shayne Smith – NOV 28
November 26, 2013 by
Shayne Smith has spent most of the 24 years of his life proving people wrong. Those people range from doctors who didn't give him much of a chance to live after Mr. Smith contracted a form of meningitis at just four months old, to coaches who watched as it took four years for him to sink his first shot in wheelchair basketball, a sport he went on to star in for Canada at the national junior level. Through it all, even friends and family had doubts as he moved forward in life without both … [Read more...]
SPIRIT~Style~SUBSTANCE, Charity Runway Show & Cocktail Affair – DEC 2
November 25, 2013 by
REGISTER - CLICK IMAGE VIP Supporter: Includes LUXE Gift Bag from Santa A minimum of 50% of your VIP Supporter ticket purchase is donated directly back to the cause. Payment can also be made by interac e-transfer. Email [email protected] for instructions. Spirit Supporter I get that the holidays mean we're supporting many events and would love to see everyone there who wants to be so make a donation that's comfortable for you and join us (suggested $50 minimum). Payment can also be … [Read more...]
DISCOVER THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS
November 22, 2013 by
DISCOVER THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS Dear Friend, “I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; and then it was too late." – Mr. Goldberg. “Researches say I am not happier for being richer; but do you know how much researches make?”—A wealthy man. At the tender age of 17, Joseph, the beloved child of our Patriarch Jacob, is snatched by his own brothers, who cast him into a pit. Then they lift him from the pit and sell him as a slave. Under the natural course of … [Read more...]
