The Icelandic Canadian - 01.05.2008, Blaðsíða 11

Vol. 61 #2
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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our ever increasing time demands, a disci-
plined daily program of exercise, nutrition,
stress management (using relaxation tech-
niques such as meditation or yoga) and suf-
ficient sleep goes a long way to achieving
good health.”
Besides taking physical care of himself,
he expends himself assisting many organi-
zations. The recent Globe and Mail article
states that he “always set aside a third of his
working day for charitable concerns.........
Friends joke that he can be generous to a
fault.” He serves on the Advisory Board of
the Richard Ivey School of Business
(University of Western Ontario), is a mem-
ber of the Board of Trustees of the Toronto
General and Western Hospital Foundation
and Chairman of its Vision Campaign. He
is Chairman Emeritus and director of
Business for the Arts, a trustee of the
Toronto Foundation for Student Success,
and a member of the 2007 Major Individual
Gifts Campaign Cabinet of the United
Way of Greater Toronto. He is a past
Board member of the National Ballet of
Canada, the Bishop Strachan School
Foundation, and was Chairman of the
Investment Dealers Association and a
Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange.
He chaired a successful $13 million capital
campaign for the National Ballet 1996 - 97.
GIFTS , DEEDS, AND HONOURS
Does anything up to now seem famil-
iar? Has anyone read the story of Andrew
Carnegie or studied his essay, The Gospel
of Wealth (1899)? Andrew Carnegie
always remembered his hometown of
Dunfermline, Scotland. He realized that
anyone who had access to books could
build a better life for himself. “Education
was life’s key.” He gave away 90 percent of
his wealth some of which funded the build-
ing of 2,509 libraries. They were to be
“Free to all”. Winnipeg was privileged to
receive funding for three, two of which still
operate as libraries.
Donald K always acknowledges that
he was born and raised in Lundar,
Manitoba and that his mother recognized
the benefit of education. In her honour,
Donald established the annual Fjola
Johnson Scholarship in Lundar. There he
also financially supported the building of
the Pauline Johnson Library, free to all. As
mentioned before, Donald asked that it
honour his beloved Grade 1 teacher.
Attending the opening at 103 years of age,
Pauline playfully reminded him that she
was also his Grade 2 teacher. Like
Carnegie, Donald is mindful that the peo-
ple he is assisting must also be participants