Dec 4, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Empower
My entire life I have been blessed to have developed many wonderful friendships. As a somewhat introverted person, I have a small, but much-loved group of people in my life, who mean a lot to me. We’ve all met through most of the usual methods – some I grew up with,...
Nov 9, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
Growing up in the small town of Chesley, Ontario, one of my strongest recollections was the annual Remembrance Day Service. The cenotaph in Chesley was a short distance from my school, right across from the Chesley post office, which was built about a decade before...
Oct 5, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
I’ve been writing this newsletter now for the better part of a decade, and it amazes me that month after month we can still come up with all the great stories that we’ve shared. Still, it can be quite a challenge to make things fresh! Welcome to our first ever...
Sep 6, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
It’s pretty rare for me to write twice in the same year about the same issue. I’m going to make an exception, and deviate from my usually storytelling this month, to put a spotlight on an urgent issue that will be of high concern to many of our readers. You might...
Aug 10, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
My wife’s favourite place in the whole wide world is Killarney Provincial Park. We’ve just returned from spending time hiking and back country camping over the last week of July into the Civic Holiday. If you’ve never been, it’s worth a visit. The geography is unique,...
Jul 6, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Empower
I’ve known Paul my whole life. He’s a pretty easy-going guy, but lately he’s had an emotional couple of months. In the span of a couple of weeks, Paul’s had to say goodbye to a dear friend, as well as a much-loved colleague, both of whose cancer journeys came to their...
Jun 8, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
As hard as it is for me to believe, once upon a time, I was 18 years old. In the house I grew up in, when you turned 18, it was a big deal, and we had a ritual that my dad insisted we follow. We had to open an RRSP. Yes, you’ve read that right – our right of passage...
May 4, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
1986 was one of those years that we tend to either remember fondly or want to forget. And what a year it was! If you close your eyes and think all the way back to then, you can probably hear Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colours” playing in the background on the radio. Imagine...
Apr 21, 2023 | Stories that Inspire
On April 20th, 2023, Ryan was awarded the Friend of CAGP Award by the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, alongside Calvin Fong of the Vancouver Community Foundation We’ve posted Ryan’s words of gratitude here for those in our CAGP Family who...
Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Empower
I’ve been writing this newsletter for almost a decade now. Sometimes the stories flow quickly, sometimes not so much. This month, the story walked into my office and told itself! One of the lovely things about having moved our office in the last few months is the...
