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Hall of Flame Award
WICC’s highest level of recognition, the Hall of Flame award was created
in 2005 to recognize the profound impact made by Crawford Canada. Their
“Crawford Cares” program, launched in 2004, invited all employees to
nominate their charity of choice which would receive 100% of all
donations and fundraising monies raised in that year.
Selection Criteria:
- Level of contribution and initiative in raising funds for WICC
- The extent of engagement from employees and/or community reach elevating the awareness for WICC;
- Commitment of contributions made over several years.
- Nominations are submitted to the WICC Secretary by February 1st (in time for presentation at the annual WICC Dinner held in March) and reviewed by the Board of Directors, Ontario Chapter.
Hall of Flame Award Recipients
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2008 |
Honourable Order of the Blue Goose
Accepting: Max Brugger, Wielder of the Goose Quill and Keeper of the Golden Goose Egg
This fraternity organization of men & women from all aspects of the property/casualty industry, who use titles such as “ganders, goslings”, know how to party. Every year, they have events such as a ski day, scotch nosing, golf tournaments, Christmas parties, the list goes on.
Max Brugger, Wielder of the Goose Quill and Keeper of the Golden Goose Egg, is an old friend to WICC. Since this group of unflappable geese began selecting WICC as their charity of choice in 1999 and since then have contributed approximately $100,000.
This organization was presented with the Gold Flame award in 2002, and again in 2006.
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2007 |
ING Canada
Accepting: Tracy Laughlin,
Regional Vice President
In May 2005, ING was the title sponsor the Ottawa Marathon. Imagine over 27,000 people of all ages, generations, able bodied, disabled and from various countries gathered to partake in the ING Ottawa marathon!
This 3-day event was a sea of activity with numerous events – 2K, 5K, 10K, 1/2 Marathon and Full Marathon events that could be walked, ran or in-line skated. There was something for everyone!
ING launched a challenge to their branch offices in Ontario. Approx 600 ING employees & family members participated, and collected pledges of just over $20,000. In 2006, the number of participants tripled!
ING will once again be sponsoring the 2007 event, and once again has selected WICC as its charity.
Cumulative contributions from the ING Marathon:
- $20,354 (2005)
- $48,884 (2006)
- $73,900 (2007)
ING was presented with a Gold Flame award in 2005, and awarded the Lew Dunn in 2007.
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2006 |
Bill Blakeney
Accepting:
Bill Blakeney
Bill Blakeney
is partner of Blakeney, Henneberry & Murphy
(chk?).
Almost everyone in the Insurance
Industry knows Bill.
What has he done for WICC?
This truly outstanding individual:
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was an instrumental member of the WICC Steering Committee.
He spent countless
“complimentary” hours helping WICC
Ontario attain incorporation in 2004.
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For a number of years, Bill chaired the “Night to Shine” which was
an annual event of talented insurance
professionals who would play different
venues each year.
This led to the formation of the
industry reknown “Accidental Benefits”
who have since recorded a total of 4
CD’s that raised over $15,000 for WICC.
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Bill Introduced WICC to Crawford, Honourable Order of Blue Goose,
Fred DeFrancesco, as well as the
“Accidental Benefits” – each of whom
have truly embraced WICC’s cause and
created impactful WICC Events of their
own.
Each of these outstanding
organizations have been recipients of
WICC awards in years past;
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One for a good time, we can’t think of one event that Bill has not
attended, and furthermore, where he
didn’t come bearing gifts for our Silent
Auctions.
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Today, Bill continues to offer his opinions as WICC’s legal counsel.
Bill received the Lew Dunn award in 2002.
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2005 |
Crawford
Canada
Accepting: John Sharoun, CEO
This company engaged their employees to
create such a powerful and energetic impact
to make an incredible difference. Coast to
coast, office to office, every employee was
engaged in the determined fight to find a
cure for this dreadful disease called
cancer.
In late 2003, Crawford Canada decided they
would consolidate all
donations/contributions in favour of one
charity. This would enable them to make a
significant impact. Hence, the beginning of
“Crawford Cares”. A committee was
established who selected WICC as the charity
of choice for their inaugural year. Through
a payroll deduction offering and various
fund raising events, Crawford and their
employees, have raised an astounding $50,000
in 2004. Employees once again voted WICC as
its charity for 2005, and recently presented
WICC with cheque in the amount of $55,112,
bringing its cumulative two year total to an
astonishing $105,112. Employees have voted
WICC as their charity of choice for 2006.
Crawford were awarded the prestigious Lew
Dunn award in 2005. |
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