For any additional information about the foundation, please visit www.wecf.ca or our Facebook page.Hope you have a great summer!Executive Director to retire at year endJune 17th, 2014Windsor, Ontario, June 17, 2014– Glenn Stresman, the Community Foundation's Executive Director, announced today that he will retire as of Dec. 31 2014.Glenn has been in his current position with the Community Foundation since March, 2009. In that same time period, the Community Foundation has implemented two high profile community programs, the annual Random Act of Kindness Day in November and the community report, Vital Signs®.'It has been a privilege to work with the Community Foundation's Board of Directors; their commitment to building our community through philanthropy ensures the success of our organization' said Stresman.Glenn and his wife Debbie plan on making the Windsor area their retirement home.Marty Solcz, Chair of the Community Foundation's Board of Directors said: 'On behalf of the Community Foundation's Board of Directors, I would like to thank Glenn for his hard work, service and commitment to the growth of the Foundation.
By operating successful Thrift Stores and integrating with the mission and work of The Salvation Army as a whole, we exist to be a functioning and thriving modern day model of William Booth's conceived "Household Salvage Brigade" through which the marginalized and excluded of society will be refreshed and regenerated by way of meeting their practical needs. Our Thrift Stores can meet your needs.
It was then that the late Gordon Thorp, a skilled nurseryman, emigrated from Europe upon hearing the exceptional growing conditions of the Okanaga Valley. His son, John, became one of the largest vegetable seed producers in the area and later expanded into the tree-fruit industry. The family is still in the fruit orchard industry today.
Local 793 of the International Union of Operating Engineers represents thousands of crane and heavy equipment operators in Ontario's construction industry.