THE GIFT OF GIVING - LE DON DE DONNER

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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 and is a source of pride to all of us who work at the gallery. 


Three collective paintings for Centre François-Michelle

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LE DON DE DONNER

Nous avons tous entendu l’expression « il vaut mieux donner que recevoir ». J’y crois vraiment, tout comme ma femme Francine.

 

J’ai commencé à peindre pour soulager le stress de ma vie et me rendre heureux. Je n’ai jamais commencé à peindre pour vendre mes œuvres. Au fil du temps, j’ai commencé à offrir des tableaux à ma famille, à mes amis, à mes employés et à d’autres. Les offrir me rendait heureux et j’espère que cela rendait les autres heureux aussi !

 

Peu de temps après l’ouverture de la galerie, nous avons commencé à recevoir des demandes de don de tableaux. Ma femme Francine et son équipe ont traité toutes ces demandes… nous n’avons jamais dit non. Nous sommes tous très fiers du fait que depuis l’ouverture de la galerie en 2013, nous avons fait don de plus de 70 tableaux d’une valeur de 123 230 $ à 33 organismes à but non lucratif au Canada et aux États-Unis. J’ai énuméré ci-dessous les différents organismes que nous avons aidés.

 

Savoir que mes tableaux ont été vendus aux enchères et utilisés pour soutenir de grandes causes me rend très heureux et est une source de fierté pour nous tous qui travaillons à la galerie.

 

Trois peintures collectives pour le centre François-Michelle


It was a pleasure to help all these organizations!  

Ça a été un plaisir d’aider toutes ces organisations! :

Zero Tolerance Benefit https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/event/zerotolerance/

West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped https://www.wiaih.qc.ca/

Centre de pédiatrie sociale de St-Laurent https://aucoeurdelenfance.ca/fr/nous-aider/don-dune-oeuvre/

DESTA https://destabyn.org/

Partage-Action https://www.communityshares.ca/accueil.html

Canadian AIDS Society https://www.cdnaids.ca/

Fondation Accueil Bonneau https://www.accueilbonneau.com/

Muscular Dystrophy Canada https://muscle.ca/

Société du Jardin de Chine https://espacepourlavie.ca/la-societe-du-jardin-de-chine

Société Gastro Instestinale https://badgut.org/?lang=fr

St. Patrick's Society of Montreal https://spsmtl.com/

Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence Foundation https://residencesoinspalliatifs.ca/

Ability Beyond https://abilitybeyond.org/

Golden Corral's Camp Corral Program https://www.campcorral.org/

Centre François-Michelle https://francois-michelle.qc.ca/

Fondation Papillon https://fondationpapillon.ca/

The Andy Collins for Kids Foundation https://www.andycollinsforkids.ca/

Association Emmanuel https://emmanuel.qc.ca/

Fondation de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal https://unpeubeaucoupalafolie.org/fr/

Government of Canada Charitable Campaign  https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/charitable.html

Evergreen Elementary School https://evergreen.lbpsb.qc.ca/

Summit School - École le Sommet https://ecolelesommet.com/

Fondation Cégep John Abbott College Foundation https://johnabbott.qc.ca/fondation

Fondation Nouvel Envol https://cancerquebec.ca/

International Association for Spelling as Communication (I-ASC) https://i-asc.org/

Fondation des Auberges du Cœur https://www.aubergesducoeur.com/

SDC Vieux-Montréal https://sdcvieuxmontreal.com/

Fondation le Chaînon https://lechainon.org/fondation/

The Good Companions Centre https://thegoodcompanions.ca/

Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ https://www.fondationjeunesdpj.ca/

WIBCA https://wibca.org/

Art For Healing / Maison St-Raphael Palliative Care Residence/ Earl Pinchuk https://maisonstraphael.org/

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