Pink Shirt Day Breakfast, Presented by TELUS Business, Returns in February
BGC Okanagan’s celebration of kindness and lifting each other up at the annual Pink Shirt Day Breakfast, presented by TELUS Business, will return on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Joining us this year at the Pink Shirt Day Breakfast, held at the Laurel Packinghouse, is guest speaker Matteo Stewart.
Stewart is a three-time International TEDx Speaker, Belonging Practitioner and Senior Inclusive Leadership Facilitator. His “YES, AND…” approach has been fostered over the past 30-plus years from coaching, collaborating and advising Senior Leaders across North America in various industries, including Healthcare, Private Equity, Non-Profit, the Olympics, Paralympics, Pan Am Games and Film Production. After a leukemia diagnosis, Matteo left his coaching practice in Canada’s Financial district and moved to the mountains of the Okanagan Valley to build community. He advocates for curating a sense of belonging in all workplaces while embracing the mantra that addressing unconscious bias takes conscious effort.
The goal is to reach $25,000 in donations that will assist BGC Okanagan to offer programs that support children and youth in learning empathy, caring, understanding, inclusion, diversity and community engagement. The funds will also help continue to provide safe spaces where BGC Okanagan can provide systemic opportunities to all children and youth.
BGC Okanagan joins with community supporters to help our efforts to reduce bullying and teaching how through kindness we can lift each other up.
BGC Okanagan has been leading the movement in the Okanagan and helping our kids and the community learn and understand why kindness, caring and treating each other with respect, empathy and compassion is the ways to prevent the mistreatment of others.
Thank you to TELUS Business, who empowers people to stay safe in a digital world. TELUS Wise is a free digital literacy education program that offers informative workshops and resources to help people of all ages have a positive experience as digital citizens. Explore TELUS Wise by clicking here.
