Young philanthropists win award
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Leaside Life • November 2018
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Max and Jamie with Alistair Baxter of Lexus on the Park. by JANIS FERTUCK
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On November 21, two young Leaside philanthropists will receive the Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award from the Toronto chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in recognition of their many years of raising funds for Diabetes Canada through a series of lemonade stands. That’s right – lemonade stands. Jamie Cleghorn, 17, has Type 1 diabetes, and he and his best friend, Max Armstrong, also 17, have devoted much of their time and energy to raising funds for diabe-
tes research and diabetes camps, or D-camps, with the help and guidance of their mothers, Lynne Bridgman and Carolyn Armstrong. It all started in 2009 when the neighbouring Leaside families decided to participate in a walk to support diabetes research and raised the funds for it through a lemonade stand in a prime location at Millwood and Bayview. They were so successful that first year that they continued the project for five more years. Then, after Jamie spent time at a D-camp called Camp Huronda, he understood the importance of the camps in helping children to
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