by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 27, 2018 | Giving Back
I’m really glad Giving Tuesday is here. To be honest, after Black Friday (which now seems to start the week before), Cyber Monday, and all the holiday catalogues screaming BUY BUY BUY at me, I’m grateful for a day that is all about giving. Every year, I...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jun 7, 2017 | Giving Back
Once upon a time, there lived a quiet, gentle man. He was kind, loving, hardworking – and a huge Wayne Gretzky fan. He was my mom’s father and her best friend. And he loved his grandchildren with his whole, big heart. I have many fond memories of my...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jun 5, 2017 | Giving Back
Do you consider yourself to be an environmentalist? I did when I was in high school. As vice president of the school environment club, I took my duties seriously, of which collecting syrupy pop cans out of bins to recycle was probably the least glamourous. But...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 10, 2017 | Giving Back
If you know me well, you know that I don’t drink wine – but today I’ve got wine on the brain. Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is having an event that ALL the wine drinkers I know – and there are so, so many of you – are going to love!...
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 23, 2017 | Giving Back
It seems like another lifetime that I worked with children with autism and their families. But after one conversation with Dione Costanzo, Director of Autism Support Network of BC, I was brought back to all of it: sitting with families at Sunnyhill as they received...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 19, 2016 | Giving Back
Last week, I heard an amazing phrase from Carolyn Tuckwell, President & CEO of Boys and Girls Club at South Coast B.C. (BGC). In fact, I loved it so much I’m going to use it as an ambassador for social change; I aim to be positively disruptive about...