2023

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for your loved one? Look no further! The Gifting for Good Holiday Gift Auction is the one-stop-shop to finding the perfect gift while supporting youth in our communities with the gift of education. Many incredible businesses have come together to donate a selection of amazing gifts, ensuring that 100% of funds raised will go towards education for marginalized and racialized youth across Canada. The auction will be open until December 12th

Honestly and truly, this world has been dark, especially for the past 2 to 3 years, and so with the opportunity given by the Foundation, it allowed me to see that there are so many people that actually do want to change the world and definitely do want to live a life in this world.” - Jeremiah Matthews Meet Jeremiah, one of our Mainstream Bursary students who is currently studying Human Services at Tyndale University. 💙

Written By: Paul VanderGriendt, Event Management Coordinator Mentorship Session Diary. Entry 24 How we decide to spend our energy can determine how productive and successful our outcomes will be. When we maintain focus and discipline, we can achieve great things. Remembering to take time to appreciate our accomplishments and pause for reflection is also important. Allowing ourselves to relax and take a breath is a good way to remind us about our wins and challenges we have ov

Join us in congratulating Omar Sheikh Abdi on his remarkable achievement! Omar was part of the Foundation in Banking 2021. He is now a Business Analyst at RBC and recently won the prestigious RBC Leadership Model Award. 💙👏 To say that we are proud is an understatement. May this be just the beginning of his many more great accomplishments!

Mainstream Bursary Program Graduate Registered Nurse, Bachelor’s in Science and Nursing Maintained an 80% average throughout her studies Rayshell started her journey with us 4 years ago as a resident of Youth Without Shelter. Her biggest challenge was juggling full-time work and school, her personal life, and having to adjust to online learning during the pandemic. Rayshell says her greatest benefit of joining the Mainstream Bursary Program was having the comfort and peace of

We are so honoured to be featured in the newest addition of Global Heroes Magazine. Check out the article here: https://www.globalheroes.com/michael-pinball-clemons-youth-education/

Written By: Paul VanderGriendt, Event Management Coordinator Mentorship Session Diary. Entry 23 How we do anything is how we will do everything. Getting ourselves into a routine can help us maintain consistency in our daily lives. When we establish routines for ourselves, it can help us accomplish simple things easily and let us focus on our bigger challenges and goals. We can often fall into patterns and develop habits, whether they are good or bad. Being aware of this will

“Mentorship has impacted my life in a great way. It geared my life into the career path that I was looking to obtain. It helps me stay connected to folks that genuinely care about us and would like us to become successful.” Meet Omar Sheikh Adbi! He was part of the Foundation in Banking 2021 and is now a Business Analyst at RBC. He recently won RBC’s Quarterly Awards and we couldn’t be prouder. Way to go Omar! To help us create more success stories, donate today to one of our

Please join us in welcoming our newest intern and Office Administrator, Shalom Kusuma to the Pinball Clemons Foundation family. Shalom is from Mumbai, and has been in Canada for 7 months, where she just finished a post graduate program in Strategic Relationship Marketing at George Brown College. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics and has worked in the music and movie production industry as a production manager but switched focus to marketing to further expand her skills

Meet our Students: Audrey Sanchez-Figueroa “Self-reflection is really important. Look inward. The only person you can really change is yourself. I think that’s what brings the most change to what’s around you – it’s when your heart and mind change.” Watch this inspiring message from one of our Mainstream Bursary students, Audrey Sanchez-Figueroa. She’s a 4th Year student at Tyndale University studying Bible Studies. 💙 It brings us so much joy to witness our students’ brillia

What advice would you give to someone new to the program?” “Be open-minded. When you hear someone else’s opinion or someone else’s train of thought, it can really open your eyes to a new perspective that you would have never imagined.” Meet Terrence Brown, one of our Mainstream Bursary Students. He’s currently a 3rd-year student studying Biological Science at the University of Guelph. We are immensely proud of our students. They inspire us every day and witnessing their brill

Written By: Paul VanderGriendt, Event Management Coordinator Mentorship Session Diary. Entry 22 How emotionally aware are you? Out of control emotions can dictate how we react or behave in certain situations, even if it’s not how we intend to. Being more aware of the emotions of the people around us can also help us navigate an address different situations positively. We can also work on not just controlling our emotions, but embracing them and working through them in a healt

Written By: Paul VanderGriendt, Event Management Coordinator Mentorship Session Diary. Entry 21 The conversation about missed opportunities will always include our personal life. Whether we recognize it or not, our attitudes, our relationships, our decisions in our personal life will always spillover into our professional life as well. Missing opportunities can cause us to feel like we have gaps that are difficult to replace. Focusing on maintaining positive attitudes and str

Meet Quentin Reid, one of our Mainstream Bursary Students! 💙 Quentin is an aspiring sports management professional. His true passion is sports and helping people. He hopes that one day he will make an impact on diversity and inclusion in the sports sector. During Youth Lead Conference in April, our amazing friends from The Whiteboard Collective set up an intimate room where our students can freely speak their minds - just them and the camera. Thank you so much WBC for this o

On Saturday, The PCF team and our wonderful friends & family sang and danced our hearts out to Beyoncè. BIG THANK YOU to our Chairman, Selen Alpay for having the biggest heart and making this possible! As Pinball said, he’s "better than Santa Claus". 💙

"I wanted to share this, I have made the dean's list after completing my Bachelor of Social Work. I could not have gotten here without all of you—your support and guidance. In my first degree, I was told that university was not for me, that I would not excel in university, and here I am on the dean's list. This is the greatest accomplishment and achievement for me. I am so grateful for every single one of you. From the bottom of my heart thank you. I am grateful for this prog

Written By: Paul VanderGriendt, Event Management Coordinator Mentorship Session Diary. Entry 20 How we think about and act upon the opportunities that come up in our life can have a huge impact on our journey. Missed opportunities can help shape who we are by how we react to them. When we dwell on these situations and allow them to become regrets, we aren’t using these experiences to our advantage. How we bounce back from missed opportunities and use them as positive learning

Today is June 19, known as “Juneteenth” within the Black American community since the late 1800’s, when the date emerged as the first nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of Black slavery in the United States. We invite you to take the time to educate yourself and others about the significance of Juneteenth. We celebrate this day while remaining committed to giving youth in our community a platform to #ChangeTheNarrative. Support today at https://lnkd.in/eZHxpvi.

FATHER /ˈfä-t͟hər/ • noun A jack of all trades. Such as a provider, protector, supporter, and eternal friend. A boy's first hero and a daughter's first love. Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads out there!

Written By: Paul VanderGriendt, Event Management Coordinator Mentorship Session Diary. Entry 19 What are you working on this summer? What is it that you want to achieve? We can do ourselves a favour by thinking ahead and being strategic about our objectives. Finding ways to keep ourselves at peace can help us maintain focus and positivity when it comes to working towards getting where we want to be. We cannot always avoid negativity, but we can find ways to process negativity