Foundation Forward: Ideas that inspire

In honour of International Children's Day our extended season finale is based on Judy Rois' 3rd children's book "Generous People are Everywhere," and features thoughts on generosity submitted by kids from across Canada. The Anglican Foundation's "Say Yes! to Kids" campaign supporting post-pandemic programs for children, teens and young adults runs throughout the month of June 2021.

May 17-24 2021 is International Face Equality Week. When we contacted Danielle Griffin, Executive Director of AboutFace, a charity serving Canada's facial difference community, we learned about yet another take on generosity we hadn't seen before... generosity of story.

Our Easter episode focuses on the work of BC's Canuck Place Children's Hospice. Linda Wollschlaeger-Fischer, Manager of Counselling and Bereavement Services, provides us a rare and thoughtful glimpse inside the world of difficulty and beauty of families with children and teens facing life-threatening disease and illness.

An Anglican Priest now serving the Diocese of British Columbia as its Executive Officer, The Reverend Barry Foster's ministry has taken him far and wide bearing the generosity and support of his bishop and their Diocese to the ministries of local churches... but more than once he's found he himself going home the richer for the gifts he received along the way.

"The 18th century French philosopher François-Marie Arouet, who you might know as 'Voltaire' wrote, "If you wish to converse with me, define your terms." This frigid February on Foundation Forward we're doing just that - breaking with our usual pattern of an invited guest and stepping back to have a close look at the actual word generosity."

Toronto writer and Anglican Deacon Michael Coren's most recent books tackle subjects like inclusion and grace - not ideas universally attached to his name a decade ago. From the garden of Toronto's Church of St Martin-in-the-Field he tells us about his journey to ordination, and the role generosity played.

Writer and activist Lawrence Scanlan's book "A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Philanthropy" debuted in 2010 - but first he spent twelve months giving his time to twelve different community and development projects from Ontario to Louisiana to Senegal. On the tenth anniversary of his book he shares with us what he learned.

Michelle is a Napanee, Ontario-based writer and communications professional.

Douglas Graydon, a retired Toronto medical and hospice Chaplain, has throughout his career escaped the pressures and stress of ministry by visiting empty churches. In honour of October Spiritual Care month and International Hospice and Palliative Care Day, we spoke to him in a pandemic-shut church about generosity locked up in each one of us, waiting to be released…

Brian is a writer, musician and public speaker and former Incumbent of St Stephen's Anglican Church in Calgary, Alberta