Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Empower
Year end is almost here, so this month’s blog is a testament to the fall season. Remember to get your charitable donations completed before year end (especially for gifts of securities!), and if you are turning 71 this year, you will also need to convert your...
Oct 5, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
This month, I’d like to share how my own life intersected with George Eastman, one of the most fascinating and generous donors of his time. You might not recognize his name – but he was behind one of the best known brands in the world… Over...
Sep 8, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
When I was a kid, the arrival of fall was always a big deal. I used to look forward to the return to school and, most importantly, the return of the fall TV schedule. Growing up in the late 70s and early 1980s, I looked forward to back-to-back syndicated episodes of...
Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Empower, Stories that Enrich
I hope you’ve had a great summer! To help you wind things down, this month’s blog is all about one of the most important people in your life – that you have probably never even heard of before. Way back in August of 1927, a young lad named Harry was...
Jul 3, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
Around this time last year, I handed over our blog to our Director of Operations, Sarah Morkin, who wrote of her grandmother, an opera singer who was helped tremendously by her community during hard times. It quickly became one of our most popular features ever....
Jun 9, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
In the last couple of months, we’ve been working on a number of complex planning cases where the topic of starting a new charity has come up. The question is, if you are going to have a charity offspring as cute as these Canada Geese goslings I saw a couple of...
May 4, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
This month, I’m going to talk about how I’ve spent the last year working on a very special, and geeky project that will be part of my own legacy. Every April, a mass migration occurs across Canada, where flights of strange creatures lift off from all parts...
Apr 13, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
Normally we tell the story of a person, but this month I thought we’d change it up and tell you the story of a building instead – one that Quiet Legacy happens to inhabit. I hope you will enjoy the story of this fascinating character, and its rebirth as...
Mar 4, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
Everyone once in a while I run into a story about someone I haven’t met that just resonates with my inner nerd in a way I can’t describe. This month, I’d like to share with you one such story about a young man who grew up to turn his childhood...
Feb 2, 2021 | Blog, Stories that Empower
New Year’s Eve is my wife Bridget’s birthday, and with it, we always look forward to meeting with dear friends, and, if we are at home, enjoying an incredible Cantonese dinner from our all-time favourite restaurant here in London, Kambie. This New Year’s was...
