THE GIFT OF GIVING - LE DON DE DONNER
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English Version - *version française dessous* THE GIFT OF GIVING We’ve all heard the expression it is better to give than receive. I really believe this, as does my wife Francine. I started painting to relieve the stress in my life and make me happy. I never started painting to sell my works. As time went on, I started giving paintings to my family, friends, employees and others. Giving them away made me happy and I hope it made others happy too! Shortly after we opened the gallery, we started to receive requests to donate paintings. My wife Francine and her team handled all these requests… we never said no. We are all very proud of the fact that since we opened the gallery in 2013, we have donated over 70 paintings valued at 123 230 $ to 33 Not For Profit organizations in Canada and the USA. I’ve listed the various organizations we have helped below. Knowing my paintings have been auctioned off and used to support great causes makes me very happy an