| February 8, 2012 | ||
| 12:15 pm | to | 2:00 pm |
Join your fellow Kiwanians for fellowship and fun at the next lunch meeting, and bring your friends and colleagues!
Location: The National Club, 303 Bay Street, Toronto
Speakers: Gail Picco, Chair – Board of Directors, Regent Park Film Festival and Richard Fung, Program Director, Regent Park Film Festival
Gail Picco is chair of the Board of Directors of the Regent Park Film Festival. Former President of Gail Picco Associates, Gail is an award-winning fundraiser, communications consultant and video producer. The Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2012, is held in early November. Year around workshops and community screenings bring togetherRegentPark youth helping them to find their voice and their confidence through film. In June, the Festival will take its place as an anchor tenant in the Regent Park Arts and Culture Centre enabling it to expand programming to hundreds more young people.
In 2011, the Kiwanis Club ofTorontodonated $10,000 to the Festival. That funding enabled the Festival to undertake ground-breaking new programming in partnership with theYonge StreetMissionwhere 24 youth learned how to put together a small film. For the luncheon meeting, Gail will be bringing Richard Fung, the Festival’s award-winning Program Director who conducted those workshops. Richard will introduce and screen those films for you.
Gail is very active in the Regent Park Community and is extremely well informed on local initiatives. Please consider bringing a guest to this luncheon who might benefit from such knowledge.