Philanthropy
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Community Living Winnipeg executive director Janet Forbes with special-needs person Eric Gamble.
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Community connection
Not too long ago, a young adult like Eric Gamble, born with global cognitive delay, might have lived with his dad until being placed in an institution like the Manitoba Developmental Centre when his dad was too old to look after him.Not anymore.
Thanks to decades of work by Community Living Winnipeg (CLW), formerly known as the Association for Community Living -- Winnipeg, the 18-year-old Gamble can look forward to living in the community he has grown up in. His neurological disability, likely birth-related, has left him unable to read, among other things.
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Kevin Rollason WHAT would you do if you had millions of dollars you didn't need to purchase a company, buy a home in a warm area of the world, or get a luxury car? <Continued>
The Moffats' mission -
Kevin Rollason FINANCIAL and estate planner Jeffrey Kraemer decided to do more than talk the talk, after watching his clients walk the walk on family philanthropy. <Continued>
All in the Family -
RONALD Morden's cancer surgery at the Health Sciences Centre may have been relatively routine to his surgeon, but it was nothing short of a miracle to him. <Continued> Everyday extraordinary -
Kevin Rollason HUNTINGTON disease has taken Donna Babcock's job and her house. <Continued> Family matters -
Legacy of giving
Kevin Rollason AFTER 78 years of help and philanthropy in the city, sparked by a simple game of bridge, the Junior League of Winnipeg has closed its doors. <Continued> -
Tall in the saddle
Kevin Rollason EVERY little kid wants to walk up to a horse and ride it.
But what if you need to ride a horse to be able to walk? <Continued> -
Philanthropy bits & bites
Furniture needed A furniture drive is being held today for Oyate Tipi Cumini Yape, an organization that helps families in poverty and abusive situations. The organization needs dressers, kitchen table sets, pots and pans, blankets and pillows. The furniture can be brought to the Golf Dome parking lot on Wilkes Avenue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. <Continued>
