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More people today are Pre-Planning their funeral arrangements. What is the advantage to pre-planning? Learn more about why pre-planning is beneficial, payment options, dealing with the CRA and estate Information from qualified professionals

Join us for our next free community event of 2024!

Guest Speaker: Jennifer DeYoung - CRA Volunteer & Outreach Officer

Jennifer De Young joined the Canada Revenue Agency in 2017 as a Taxpayer Services Phone Agent assisting Canadians with their Income Tax and Benefit questions.

Jennifer was also part of the ITFA Income Tax Filing Assistance project team from March of 2023 until November of 2023, filing tax returns for vulnerable taxpayers with low to moderate income in order that they would receive all the benefits they were entitled to.

Jennifer joined the CVITP team for the Toronto Centre area in November of 2023, to assist with promoting the importance of filing an income tax return and also to provide support and guidance to new volunteers and organizations who want to participate in the CVITP program in order to assist others.

Outside of work, Jennifer loves to garden, try new recipes, and can be found on the golf course doing 9 holes on a beautiful day.

Guest Speaker: Andrew R. Brown - Founder Brown Lawyers

I have listened to a lot of stories over the years. I am grateful for every one of them. Grateful because the stories have made me a better advisor and coach in people’s lives. You put a lot of trust and confidence in me when you show up at our office to tell your story. I do not take that trust and confidence for granted. I want to share helpful stories with you and help you apply the life lessons learned by our community to your life. If one story, piece of advice or daily practice can improve your life then life improves for the community, which includes me, my family, and my business.  I genuinely want good things for you because you genuinely want good things for me.

I grew up in the forests of Northwestern Ontario. Being immersed in Nature is joyful for me. Think wilderness canoeing, day-long hikes, or floating on the surface of a lake or ocean. It’s joyful because I know Nature is real, I can feel it. Faking life scares me; it’s my greatest fear. I practice every day to connect to real life. Some days I’m more successful than others.  

Being a parent to 3 humans and in a spousal relationship with one more, has been my greatest teacher. My assumptions are consistently challenged and I have come to embrace that expecting other people to behave in a certain way, or want things that I want, will only hurt my well-being. I am in control of myself and only that. The best I can do is to show up every day and live my values. Some days I’m more successful than others.

Guest Speaker: Darlene Russell - Preplanning Director/Celebrant

As a new addition to Circle of Life and the bereavement sector in general, I bring with me the experience of a 25+ year career in health care, specializing in end of life and dementia care. In early 2024 I left my position as a palliative nurse and enrolled at Humber College to begin a rewarding new career as a Funeral Pre-Planner. In my free time I love hanging out with my 3 grandchildren, eating good food, and riding rollercoasters.

I am here to assist you in planning for your future needs.

Where: Circle of Life Cremation and Burial Centre Inc.

100 King Street East

Dundas, ON

When: Wednesday September 25, 2024 at 1:00 pm

Light refreshments and desserts will be served

Please Call 905-628-8558 to RESERVE YOUR SPOT today!!