Weekly News Recap: November 20, 2020

Weekly News Recap: November 20, 2020

Dolly Parton, who in April donated $1 million to Covid-19 research, is listed among sponsors who funded research for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose. -- Dolly Parton

VITREO FUNDRAISING ASK ANYTHING ZOOM CHATS

Join us for a reprise of our Fundraising Ask Anything Zoom events. We started Season 1 with a general conversation among friends and colleagues last April. These events proved immensely popular and we ended up doing eight in total. On October 16, we launched the new season with our session titled: Pandemic +7: The Check-in. Recently, we did our second session: The Giving Season: The Digital Edition. We will be concluding our season with a drop-in video call on December 18. You can connect and ask questions of your peers and the ViTreo team. Don’t see a topic that interests or is relevant to you? Don’t worry, join us anyway…we are calling them Ask Anything events for a reason. See you online! Register here

  • OCT 16 - Pandemic +7: The Check-in. Past Event
  • NOV 6 - The Giving Season: The Digital Edition. Past Event*
  • DEC 18 - *Budgeting in a 65% World.

SOME GOOD NEWS

  • New blend by West Coast Seeds to bloom in Dr. Bonnie Henry’s name (Maple Ridge News) BRITISH COLUMBIA STORY #Awesome "Next spring, gardens all over the province will be blooming with cosmos honouring Dr. Bonnie Henry. West Coast Seeds has partnered with a Chilliwack-based marketing studio, We are the Northern, to create a pollinator blend of cosmos, a flower variety, in her name."
  • Recreating Historical Adventures in Old-Fashioned Gear (Outside) This is excellent! "Since November 2017, Elise Wortley has been following in the footsteps of some of history’s great women adventurers. And she’s been doing so using the equipment that would have been available to the women in their eras—right down to the itchy woolen underwear."

TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK

  1. Catriona Le May Doan, 2-time gold medallist, named Canada's chef de mission for Beijing Olympics (CBC) Go Catriona! ViTreo is proud to have worked with Sport Calgary where Catriona Le May Doan is the chair. "Catriona Le May Doan sounds as if she's ready to do battle. The Canadian Olympic Committee announced [...] that Le May Doan has been appointed chef de mission for Team Canada at the upcoming 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. 'At times, the chef has to put on the armour and lead the team,' the two-time Olympic gold medallist in speed skating said from her Calgary home."
  1. Appointment of Vice-President (External Relations) (The Quad) EDMONTON STORY Congrats Elan! "Elan MacDonald brings a wealth of experience in building community and government partnerships and leading strategic communications. A government relations expert with 25 years’ experience working with political, community, public and private sector agencies and organizations, she is currently Senior Vice President, National Client Development at Global Public Affairs, a national consultancy focused on strategic communications and government advocacy."
  1. Miami Marlins Hire Kim Ng, Breaking a Baseball Gender Barrier (New York Times) More please! "Kim Ng has long been viewed as the person who would break one of baseball’s most stubborn barriers. Thirty years ago, Ms. Ng, 51, started work in the game as an intern for the Chicago White Sox, attempting to carve out a career in a sport dominated by men. She worked her way up, earning senior positions with the Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers and, most recently, serving as Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of baseball operations."
  1. BMA to name its restrooms for John Waters after donation (Washington Blade) Brilliant "The Baltimore Museum of Art announced [...] that iconic gay director John Waters has donated 375 works from his personal art collection to the museum. In exchange, the BMA will rename its restrooms and the rotunda in the European art galleries after him."
  1. Mental health in teens is a bigger issue than we think (Delta Optimist) CANADIAN STORY "It’s time to stop suppressing our youth’s emotions. Mental illnesses are too overlooked in teens. They are often perceived as teen angst and it can be very harmful to a teen’s mindset."
  1. Pandemic 'pressure cooker' is driving more couples to seek advice about separation, divorce (CBC) CANADIAN STORY "Tara Mandarano found herself stressed and frustrated during the COVID-19 lockdown last spring. Like millions of Canadians, she was struggling to work from home, help her six-year-old daughter with virtual learning, and manage the anxieties associated with the unknowns of the new and frightening virus that was seemingly taking over the world."
  1. University of Alberta research team poised to cure diabetes—again (Fort McMurray News) EDMONTON STORY As a diabetic and as a fundraiser, I am in awe. And filled with hope. "Almost 20 years after a University of Alberta research group made medical history by improving on a treatment for diabetes, the same team is trying to do it again. Dr. James Shapiro and his research team at the university say they’ve been able to cure diabetes in mice, CTV Alberta reports."
  1. U of A study finds fossil fuel industry disproportionately shapes research in Albertan universities (Gateway) EDMONTON STORY "Despite the drastic action needed in the face of the climate crisis, a new study from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute demonstrates that Albertan universities continue to disproportionately fund research that favours the oil and gas industry."
  1. 'With a heavy heart', YMCA of Regina closes 2 of 3 locations: CEO (CBC) Ugh. Regrettably, I predict this will be happening all too often. "Two YMCA locations in Regina will be closing in the coming days, the local branch [announced]."
  1. Vancouver family heading to court in $1.5M inheritance fight with SPCA (CBC) VANCOUVER STORY "A Vancouver family is headed to court to contest almost $1.5 million the SPCA stands to gain in the estate settlement of a deceased relative. According to Gina Hancock, her great aunt Eleena Murray's will written in 2003 granted the B.C. SPCA the residue of her estate, putting it in line to receive $1.46 million, or about 80 per cent of the $2 million estate."

SEVEN LIFE AND CAREER HACKS

  1. Good Decision-Making Depends on an ‘Archer’s Mindset’ (The Forge) Are you prepared to take aim?
  1. A Crystal Clear Vision Will Help Guarantee Your Success (Medium) What does success look like to you?
  1. Why Sleep Gets Worse as You Age (Medium) Oh man, I can relate. #Dang
  1. Simple Changes That Helped Me Lose 5 Kg and Feel Great in Just One Month (Better Humans) Great set of bodyweight exercises.
  1. A Perfect Morning Routine Needs These 4 Things (Data Driven Investor) Mind. Body. Soul. Frog. (yes, Frog)
  1. The Biggest Lie You Have Been Told About To-do Lists (Mordecai Ayuz) I am intrigued by the hunter strategy.
  1. Eat These 5 Foods to Sleep Better Every Night (In Fitness And In Health) Garbanzo beans? Really?

TOP THREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

  1. Dolly Parton addresses her big donation that led to a coronavirus vaccine: 'I just wanted it to do good' (Fox News) This women is the quiet philanthropist of our age. #Humbled. "Dolly Parton spoke out after fans credited her with helping to cure the coronavirus. [Parton] shared that she donated $1 million to research being done at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the donation made by Parton and the work done by researchers at Vanderbilt during trial phases directly led to Moderna announcing it had produced a coronavirus vaccine that is nearly 95% effective."
  1. Million-dollar donation to benefit seniors care at Delta Hospital (North Delta Reporter) DELTA STORY Nice! "Senior care at Delta Hospital is getting a funding boost thanks to a million-dollar gift from a local family. Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation announced this week the $1-million donation from Gordie and Wendy Christoff, one of the largest in the organization’s 32-year history. The funds are designated to 'support the future of seniors care at Delta Hospital,' according [to] a press release."
  1. John Wayne Cancer Institute Receives $8 Million Donation (Los Angeles Business Journal) Nice gift part'ner. "The John Wayne Cancer Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica has received its largest donation to date. The Rosalie and Harold Brown Charitable Foundation for immunotherapy and genomic cancer research has donated $8 million to the institute."

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