Speakers

Bobby McBride of TD Wealth will share different strategies for making charitable donations and Brandon McBride of Mason Bennett Johncox will share his legal perspective on charitable bequests and wills.

The fabulous Jane Thuet will be giving her classificatoin talk, as well as speaking about her Sahara Trek to raise money for womens shelters.

Shanjay Kailayanathan is a UOIT student that was disabled in an accident 9 years ago, paralizing him from the chest down.

He will share his story of the difficulites he has encountered as a disabiled student, and the business he has started as a result of his experience.

Feed the Need in Durham receives amazing community support.  Food, personal items, and funds are generously given by a wide variety of individuals, community groups, corporations, and charities.  Each donor is invited to work with our staff to decide what is best for them.  We gratefully accept food donations of any size, whether a grocery bag, a collection box, or numerous pallets of product, on a one-time, monthly, or weekly basis.

State of the Union address.

Sam Demma is a recipient of Contiki’s top 35 under 35 global changemaker award,
an alumni of the Starfish Canada’s top 25 under 25 environmental award, the
co-founder of the social enterprise PickWaste, and a 20-year-old youth speaker.
He has delivered two TEDx Talks, picked up over 1,300 bags of trash and litter,
worked with brands such as A&W, spoken alongside Craig Kielburger (the founder
of ME to WE) and been featured on CBC, CTV, CityNews and Much Music’s travel
Magazine, Far and Wide. Over the past three years he has spoken to thousands of
students.
For more information visit www.samdemma.com