In 1984, Rotarian Vim Kochhar and The Rotary Club of Toronto Don Valley members were asked to help raise funds for the Cheshire Homes Foundation to help build housing.
In 1984, Rotarian Vim Kochhar and The Rotary Club of Toronto – Don Valley members were asked to help raise funds for the Cheshire Homes Foundation to help build housing for the deaf-blind. The First Annual Great Valentine Gala, in 1985 in Toronto, raised $230,000. It was supposed to be a one-time event, but within two years became so successful that a charitable organization was created.
That organization was the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons (CFPDP), with a goal to assist individuals with physical challenges to live fuller lives and raise awareness of their achievements and contributions to society. Since then, CFPDP has initiated dozens of important projects and events, raising over $30 million.
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We acknowledge the land on which ParaSport® Ontario was built is the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, the Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. Today Toronto (also known as Tkaronto) is home to many First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples and acknowledging reminds us that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people.
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