Events

Michelle Kerr is Vice President Development at The WoodGreen Foundation, WoodGreen Community Services.

Join us for our special Remembrance Day service honouring those who gave their lives for our freedom.

Gloria McPherson is the leader and backbone of the Out of The Cold Homelessness program that runs out of East End United. She is hands on in all aspects of running the program and working directly with the clients in need and the volunteers. Gloria will update us on the program and the record numbers seeing assistance.

Jill is one of the world’s leading Transformative Travel Coach. She harnesses the innate power of travel and volunteerism to help her clients live their best lives and create a social legacy that makes the impact they want to see in the world. With a decade of experience as a life coach and thousands of hours of volunteering locally and internationally, she created ‘The UGO Triple Change Model’ to help individuals to clarify their life purpose and step into their full power to live it - Change Yourself, Change Your Community, Change Your World.

Jill runs both transformative travel programs as well as does one-on-one coaching. She has a talent for creating safe and supportive environments where her clients flourish and dive deep into themselves, while connecting with others. Jill cares deeply about her clients and their journeys and works alongside them as they step into their leadership and thriving lives.

Shortly after his son, Dan, died of melanoma in 1998 at the age of 26, Steve founded the non-profit Melanoma Education Foundation and, since 2000, has devoted full time to the Foundation.

He will make a presentation on the detection and prevention of melanoma, a form of skin cancer that is easily treatable if detected early.

One of our newest members, Mich Sneddon will be inducted today and will provide us with his classification talk.

Mustafa, a seasoned Rotaractor, began his journey in 2013 with his university club in Karachi (RID 3271). As President in 2016-17, he led 120 members to earn accolades for Best President, Best Club, and Best Event. After moving to Canada for his master’s at Queen’s University, he joined Queen's Rotaract, co-founded the Rotaract Club of Kingston, and served as Co-DRR for District 7040. Now based in Toronto, Mustafa works at the Toronto Business Development Centre and leads the Rotaract Club of Toronto.

Shaheynoor Talukder is a lawyer in Toronto and practices in estate planning and business law. She'll talk to us today on the topic of substitute decision-makers for property and personal care.

Shaheynoor was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She obtained her B.A. in Biology from Carleton College in Minnesota in 2004. She moved to Toronto in the same year and pursued a M.Sc. in Molecular Biology at the University of Toronto. She worked as a research associate for a few years and then pursued her law degree at the University of Ottawa. Shaheynoor became a lawyer in 2013. Her legal practice includes representing estate trustees, trustees of trusts, beneficiaries of estates and trusts, and corporations. In her spare time, Shaheynoor volunteers with local community organizations and is a member of the Toronto East Rotary Club.

She can be reached Talukder Law.

Stephen Kicinski of ShelterBox Canada will be our speaker today. He'll give us an update on his organization. ShelterBox Canada is a disaster relief charity that provides emergency shelter and essential supplies to families who have lost their homes due to conflict or natural disasters. Working with global partners, they deliver tents, tools, and other aid to help communities recover and rebuild after crises.