Topic: It Takes a Village: An entrepreneurial journey in creating the Homes for Heroes Foundation to end Veterans homelessness. Canada’s first Tiny Home Villages
Host: Sylvia Geist
National Club, 303 Bay Street
For In-Person please register by Tuesday with
admin@rotarytoronto.com
Early start - please be seated by 11:20
Dave is coming all the way from Calgary to speak to us, so do please make an effort to come out and hear him. You will not be disappointed.
David Howard is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Homes For Heroes Foundation, a Veterans housing initiative; Director for Canadian Legacy Project charity, a Veterans transition charity; CEO of The Event Group, Canada’s leading live event production company; and CEO of ToMarket, an affordable housing developer.
Special Speaker Introduction
Lieutenant-Colonel (H) Sandra Perron MSc, CD
Sandra Perron is the founder and CEO of The Pepper Pod, a retreat center for women veterans. She is the bestselling author of "Out Standing in the Field" a memoir (soon-to-be movie) about her career in the Canadian military and her experience as Canada’s first female infantry officer. Sandra served in the Royal 22e Régiment, the famous “Vandoos.” She deployed for two United Nations peacekeeping tours in Bosnia and Croatia as an anti-tank platoon commander during the war in former Yugoslavia. She left the military in 2003.
This is a Village of Tiny Homes as envisaged by Homes for Heroes
Amenity Building
Tiny Homes
Community Garden
Plaza / Canadian Flag
Entrance feature
Homes for Heroes have already completed villages like this in Calgary and Edmonton with projects underway in Winnipeg and Edmonton. Let's make it happen in 7070!
Covid has hit us all hard. The isolation. The limits to travel. The endless online meetings.
It is time to light up our lives! June 9-11 is our chance.
It took me ten years to get to camp. Dad's birthday, opening up the cottage. Other excuses. But in 2007 we had our first retreat at Camp Lake Scugog, a safe place for inner city families. It changed my life. I had camped as a kid. But Scugog was different. They were desperate for help.
Skills are not necessary as we always have a few members to guide us. Building latrines. Scrounging shingles and roofing. Building an outdoor play kitchen. Painting. Repairing screens and doors. They have the tools, we have the passion.
This kitchen was built in 2022. It is a favourite of the campers. It was a go-to place for each of the weekly winter outdoor camps.
Over the last three years we have had a lot of new members who we really don't know well. Come join us and you will never regret it.
And don't forget our own gourmet team of chefs. Ready to accommodate. Carnivore, kosher, halal, vegan; they will be able to please all of you.
Evening bonfires, songs, the African drums. Late night chats. A weekend to remember.
Maureen Bird
Mark your calendars now for the best club gathering of the year. Five gourmet meals and two nights accommodation for $160 - a steal! (Rotaractors $120)
