Apr. 17, 2012

Volunteering is the most fundamental act of citizenship and philanthropy in our society. It is offering time, energy and skills of one's own free will. London Community Foundation relies on volunteers to adjudicate grants, monitor our investment and finances, and further its development.

Yesterday, April 16th, we participated in a twitter chat with Govenor General David Johnston centring around volunteerism and philanthropy. He asked us to share our thoughts on what motivates us to volunteer and how we can encourage more Canadians to do so and inspires us to come together to raise Canada's image as one of a nation of smart and caring people. For those of you who were not able to tune in, you can view the trending comments using the hash tag #GGDJ at twitter.com. 

And so, in recognition of National Volunteer Week (April 15-21), I would like to thank these wonderful volunteers for the energy and time they commit to this organization. 

Thank you to the Board

Donna Bourne, Patrick O'Neill, John Nicholson, Tima Bansal, Kate Brown, Peter Dillon, Murray Faulkner, Perry Ferguson, Stephen Foerster, Fred Galloway, Vic Jindal, John Mockler, Glen Pearson, Greg Playford and Joe Ruscitti.

Merci, our finance and audit volunteers

Kate Brown, Geoffrey C. Pulford, Tima Bansal, Sandy Levin, Ron Mikula, John Mockler, Perry Ferguson, and Dale Zorgdrager.

Danke schoen to our grants committee

Fred Galloway, Mary Ann Colihan, Murray Faulkner, Jason Gilliland, Tony Kyle, Laurie Lashbrook and Madeline Lennon.

gracias investment committee

Stephen Foerster, Vic Jindal, Joe Goverde, Mike Jaczko, Paul Manders, Sandy Mikalachki, Jan Pryde, David Taylor and Chris Venn.

Dakoyu to our youth in philanthropy leaders

Dawn Lyons and Dania Ajami

Grazie to our engage! London team!

Ted Grant, Dean Sheppard, Adam Caplan, Marty Menard, Chris McInnis, Judy Rich, Brenda Finch, Jack Smit, McMichael Ruth, and Amy Gibbons.