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Variety Village:3701 Danforth AvenueScarborough, ON. M1N 2G2

Tel: 416-699-7167TTY: 416-699-8147varietyvillage.ca

2013FALL

LUNCHEON

OCTOBER 9 201312 NOON RECEPTION 11:30AM

THE HON. DAVID C. ONLEY, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF

BILL PHELAN JEFF TIESSENSCOTIABANK

HONOURING

TOM ANSELMIHonourary Luncheon Patron

& Past President, MLSE

ROBERT WORTZMANHonourary Luncheon Chair

& Partner, Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

BRIAN J. PORTERPresident, Scotiabank

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

MIKE STROBELToronto Sun Columnist

EMCEE

I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the second annual Variety Village Fall Luncheon hosted by Variety Village, under the patronage of the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. For more than 60 years, Variety Village has been making a positive and lasting difference in the lives of people with special needs and their families, providing them with specialized sport, fitness and life-skills programs and services. At the root of all the agency’s endeavours is a profound respect for the dignity and well-being of every person, regardless of ability. Proceeds from this event will ensure the continuation of Variety Village’s invaluable work in the community. Today’s gathering also pays tribute to organizations and individuals for their contributions to Variety Village. I join with everyone in attendance in recognizing this year’s honourees. Such commitment to this most worthy cause is greatly appreciated. Pease accept my best wishes for a memorable event, and for every success in reaching your fundraising goals.

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.

OTTAWA 2013

I am delighted to welcome you to this year’s Awards Luncheon for Variety Village.

In addition to its programming in therapeutic recreation, Variety Village is a world-class sport and fitness training facility, providing adapted programs for people with disabilities and other at-risk individuals. This focus on inclusion and adapting sport and recreation activities to meet the needs of people with all kinds of disabilities, whether physical or cognitive, provides real leadership in our community.

Earlier this year, Variety Village launched the Stroke Recovery Program to provide support to post-rehab stroke survivors and give respite to their caregivers. We are proud to support this three-year pilot program, which is improving the quality of life for people in our communities, and we are honoured to receive the Outstanding Corporate Award for our role.

Scotiabank is committed to supporting the communities where we live and work, worldwide and closer to home, through our global philanthropic program, Scotiabank Bright Future – which includes a significant focus on health. Through this program, we respond to community needs at the grassroots level because that’s where we believe we can have the greatest impact.

I would also like to acknowledge the two other award recipients -- both outstanding individuals and volunteers -- who are also being recognized today: Bill Phelan, Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award recipient, and Jeff Tiessen, Spirit Award recipient. I’d like to thank everyone here today for supporting Variety Village. Your generosity has a strong and lasting impact.

Brian J.PorterPresident, Scotiabank

PRESENTING SPONSOR

BRIAN J. PORTER

Brian J. PorterScotiabank

- Message- Signature

As Honourary Luncheon Patron I am excited to welcome you to this year’s Awards Luncheon for Variety Village.

In Canada, currently only 3% of our youth with disabilities participate in regular fitness activity. Variety Village, is committed to ensuring that those who wish to participate in sports and fitness aren’t left on the sidelines.

Variety’s programming involves children at an early age, introducing many more young athletes to sport for life, building confidence and providing a springboard for elite athlete development. Sport plays an important part in our culture and this drive to develop the next generation of elite Canadian athletes, while providing tiered programming to engage the maximum number of our kids, is awe-inspiring.

As someone who has championed sport in Canada throughout my - both at the professional and community leve - this vision of identifying and supporting children with special needs is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do. As the past President of MLSE I am proud of our partnership with Variety Village. We have and continue to support their work through investments, which we know have a significant impact on the community. Our shared vision has created real and lasting change and fostered a sense of community for many individuals who need it most.

Thanks to all of the attendees for supporting Variety Village today, and a special and heartfelt thank you and congratulations to each of the award winners for their leadership and commitment.

Sincerely,

Mr. Tom Anselmi Honourary Luncheon Patron andPast President, MLSE

HONOURARY PATRON

TOM ANSELMI

First, thank you for joining Variety Village at its second Fall Luncheon. Your attendance is very much a tribute to our exceptional honourees: Jeff Tiessen, Bill Phelan and Scotiabank.

Second, let this luncheon be just the beginning of our association. l invite you to continue our conversation by visiting Variety Village and experiencing its contagious culture of connectivity and courage.

Our staff, volunteers, athletes, members and families connect in ways you can only imagine. They help one another. They encourage each other to push the limits of their abilities. And, perhaps most significantly, they connect within an atmosphere of acceptance and trust. They find support from those around them who do the same and from an incredibly talented, dedicated staff who see the world as a place where everyone counts and deserves their attention.

Many of our members simply want to improve their fitness levels. Others hope to make it to a Paralympic podium one day. Whatever goals they set, Variety Village is where they first dream about them and are encouraged to strive for them. At Variety Village, they’ll find acceptance and, ultimately, success.

Thank you sincerely for the support of our loyal patrons, sponsors and volunteers. Your generosity has, and will continue to have, a positive impact on the work we do to help improve the lives of people with disabilities.

JOHN WILLSONCEO & President, Variety Village

ROBERT WORTZMANChair, Board of Directors

Reception & RegistrationMaster of Ceremonies: Mike Strobel, Columnist, Toronto Sun

National Anthem

Welcoming Remarks: Tom Anselmi, Honourary Luncheon Patron & Past President, MLSE

Lunch is servedVariety Village Invest in Hope Video Opening Remarks:Mike Strobel Presentation of Lifetime Volunteer Achievement Award to Bill Phelan: Steve Bialowas, Variety Village

Presentation of Variety Village Spirit Award to Je� Tiessen:Archie Allison, Director, Access & Awareness, Variety Village

Presentation of Outstanding Corporate Award to Scotiabank : Rob Wortzman, Honourary Luncheon Chair & Board Chair, Variety Village

Keynote address:Brian J. Porter, President, Scotiabank

Closing remarks and thank you:John Willson, President & CEO

Adjournment

A G E N D A

M E N U

Tomato & Charred Zucchini Soup

Pan Fried Chicken SchnitzelGreen Beans, Toasted Barley, Crisp Lentils,

Watercress, Lemon Salsa Verde

Artisan Dark Chocolate BrownieWhipped Chantilly & Raspberry

Freshly Brewed Co�ee & Selection of Teas

VARIETY VILLAGE FEATURE VIDEO

Invest in hope. Invest in Variety Village

Mike Strobel is a general columnist for the Toronto Sun and a veteran newspaper writer and editor. But the loftiest gig of his press career may have been his first, paper boy for Parliament Hill, a job that paid for a near-degree in journalism from Carleton University.

Born on a tobacco farm near Tillsonburg, Strobel has lived mostly in the east end of Toronto, especially Scarborough. You need a rugged sense of humour to survive in that suburb, which is why comic actor Mike "Austin Powers" Myers, for instance, is the way he is. Strobel has since fled downtown, fending off panhandlers, geeks and poodles in designer sweaters.

This has not slowed his output of at least four columns a week in the up-front news pages of the Sun, efforts which have won a dozen newspaper awards and millions of hits on the Sun's Website. Strobel's columns are an offbeat look at life on the streets and in the living rooms of Toronto and beyond. Mostly they make you laugh, but sometimes they make you rage and sometimes they make you cry. They offer skewed wisdom on the likes of love, weight loss and male enhancement. They cover City Hall, Hollywood and hockey, scammers, panhandlers and swingers.

In the 1980s and 90s, after starting at the Ottawa Journal, Strobel was managing editor or editor-in-chief of the Sunpapers in Calgary and Toronto, before coming to his senses and returning to writing in 2001. A collection of columns, Bad Girls - And Other Perils, was published in December 2010.

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Mike StrobelColumnist

One of Canada’s best known Paralympic athletes, Jeff Tiessen, a double arm amputee, medaled in three consecutive Summer Paralympic Games, including a still current world record setting performance in 400m track in Seoul, South Korea in 1988.

Since 1992, the award-winning journalist and disability advocate has been President of DT Publishing, publishers of Play to Podium. As a book and magazine publisher, Jeff’s work focuses on providing kids with special needs with tools and ideas for healthy, active living.

As executive producer of the Disability Today Network, he has created a one-of-a-kind online information village for the greater disability community.

An award-winning journalist and inductee into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame, Jeff is a respected advocate and highly sought-after public speaker and leadership trainer.

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In Bill’s business career his entrepreneurial ventures stem from chemical manufacturing and include working in various sectors: real estate, hotels and motels, armed guard security, contract cleaning, jewellery manufacturing, in addition to several other businesses.

In his volunteer life, he has been Chairman of the Board of Riverdale Hospital, the President of the Board of Seven Oakes, the Chairman of the Board of Good Sheppard Refuge, the Public Relations Director of Providence Health Centre, Member of the Board of The Fred Victor Mission, President of St. Paul’s Credit Union (40 years), to name just a few.

Bill was introduced to Variety the Children’s Charity back in 1977 by a business associate and good friend Ken McGowan, owner and President of Mac’s Milk. At that time Bill’s role at Variety was focused on fund raising events such as the annual Variety Telethon and he held the special position of Sergeant at Arms. He coordinated the opening season lunches for the Toronto Blue Jays in addition to several events at Variety Village, namely the Lieutenant Governor Games.

Bill generously moved into becoming an even more prominent figure at Variety Village, driven by his desire to help the kids. He took on a significant role in assisting with fundraising but mainly with the Wheelchair Repair program. All wheelchairs needing repairs were stored in a room that over time were piled high to the ceiling and became of no use. Bill took on the project of involving his Toronto East Rotary Club (of which Bill is the Chartered President) and the Toronto Police to repair and replace wheelchair parts that allowed the chairs to be put back into use. This program has been in existence for over 10 years and the value of repairs and maintenance is over four million dollars worth of chairs back into circulation.

Bill is a strong family man, with 6 children and 8 grandchildren and has been married to his wife, Patricia, for 66 years. At the age of 91 years, Bill continues to coordinate and support the wheelchair program.

Bill Phelan

Bill Phelan is one of Toronto’s premier community activists, fundraisers and supporters of many charities such as Variety Village, Variety Club of Canada, and Toronto East Rotary.

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Brian Porter is President of Scotiabank, responsible for overseeing the Bank’s four business lines and their execution of the Bank’s strategy.

Brian joined Scotiabank in 1981, and has progressed through a series of increasingly senior positions across the Bank, including executive roles with Global Banking & Markets, Global Risk Management, Group Treasury and International Banking. Brian served as the Bank’s Chief Risk Officer from 2006 to 2008, as Group Head of Risk & Treasury from 2008 to 2010 and, most recently, as Group Head of International Banking from 2010 to 2012. He was appointed President in November 2012, and was elected to the Scotiabank Board of Directors in April 2013.

Brian has been actively involved with many industry, educational, community and arts organizations. He served as Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA); currently, he is a Director of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and a Director of the Partners for Mental Health Foundation; and he is a member of the Faculty of Management Board of Advisors, Dalhousie University.

Brian earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from Dalhousie University in 2008. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School.

Brian and his wife, Megan, have three children.

Brian J. PorterPresident

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In Bill’s business career his entrepreneurial ventures stem from chemical manufacturing and include working in various sectors: real estate, hotels and motels, armed guard security, contract cleaning, jewellery manufacturing, in addition to several other businesses.

In his volunteer life, he has been Chairman of the Board of Riverdale Hospital, the President of the Board of Seven Oakes, the Chairman of the Board of Good Sheppard Refuge, the Public Relations Director of Providence Health Centre, Member of the Board of The Fred Victor Mission, President of St. Paul’s Credit Union (40 years), to name just a few.

Bill was introduced to Variety the Children’s Charity back in 1977 by a business associate and good friend Ken McGowan, owner and President of Mac’s Milk. At that time Bill’s role at Variety was focused on fund raising events such as the annual Variety Telethon and he held the special position of Sergeant at Arms. He coordinated the opening season lunches for the Toronto Blue Jays in addition to several events at Variety Village, namely the Lieutenant Governor Games.

Bill generously moved into becoming an even more prominent figure at Variety Village, driven by his desire to help the kids. He took on a significant role in assisting with fundraising but mainly with th Wheelchair Repair program. All wheelchairs needing repairs were stored in a room that over time were piled high to the ceiling and became of no use. Bill took on the project of involving his Toronto East Rotary Club (of which Bill is the Chartered President) and the Toronto Police to repair and replace wheelchair parts that allowed the chairs to be put back into use. This program has been in existence for over 10 years and the value of repairs and maintenance is over four million dollars worth of chairs back into circulation.

Bill is a strong family man, with 6 children and 8 grandchildren and has been married to his wife, Patricia, for 66 years. At the age of 91 years, Bill continues to coordinate and support the wheelchair program.

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