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Please explore our Events page to check out our upcoming events, as well as some of the outstanding events that we've put on in the past. If you have any questions about our events, please feel free to Contact Us. We would love to hear from you!
To register for the MMI - Millionaire Mind Intensive Weekend Nov 28-30, 2008 at the International Centre email Joanne joannec@knowledgeworksglobal.com
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Sign up for the I CAN DO IT Conference, a four day with Dr Wayne Dyer, Sylvia Browne and more outstanding authors. To register for April 2-9, 2009 in Toronto, click on the link below. If you need help email Joanne joannec@knowledgeworksglobal.com.
Thanks to those that participated in and donated to our Anthony Robbins Foundation 2008 Thanksgiving Basket Brigade (Food Drive)! It was a huge success and we made it into Tony's newsletter! Here's the story...
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We fed 89 families this year! Thanks to all those that helped in any way shape or form. Look for us in the next Mississauga SNAP Newspaper. AND we were mentioned, along with a friend in San Diego Neil Evanson, some of you may know him formerly as Stan Evanson, in Tony's newsletter that was sent to 100's of thousands of people around the world recently...
Giving the Gift of Hope
One Thanksgiving Day many years ago, a young family awoke not with a sense of gratitude many associate with the holiday but with a preoccupation of where its next meal would come from. Too proud to contact a local charity and too frustrated to celebrate the gift of togetherness, the parents lashed out at each other, turning the holiday into a day of devastation. The oldest son could do nothing but watch in despair.
Then, destiny intervened with an unexpected knock at the door. The family was stunned to find a man standing there, grinning broadly and carrying a huge basket brimming with Thanksgiving delights.
In that moment, this young boy's life was forever changed. He learned with this simple act of kindness that hope is eternal and that people, even strangers, really do care. He was overwhelmed with gratitude and swore that he would someday become successful enough to give something back to others.
On Thanksgiving some years later, the boy, just 18, went with his scant earnings to begin to fulfill that promise. He bought bags and bags of groceries and delivered them to a woman with six kids whose father had abandoned them. The woman was elated, and the children shrieked with delight.
The young man was moved to tears. In that moment, he realized that his horrible day years ago was actually a gift that had brought him the fulfillment he now felt, and he knew with absolute certainty that whatever challenges came about now would be turned into valuable lessons.
The boy, as we know, was Tony Robbins, and the moment marked the birth of the Anthony Robbins Foundation's International Basket Brigade. Inspired more than three decades ago by one simple act of generosity on the part of one caring person, the International Basket Brigade has blossomed into an astounding collective effort that now feeds more than two million people in 74 countries. Throughout the holiday season each year, Basket Brigade volunteers in all parts of the world deliver food, clothing, and hope to those who need it most.
Joanne Chrobot, a volunteer coordinator for a Basket Brigade group that feeds 80 - 100 families each year, tells a story about her most memorable and magical Basket Brigade experience. While delivering baskets one year, Joanne realized the information was incomplete when she couldn't locate the home of an elderly couple on her list.
But Joanne's persistence paid off. When she finally found their apartment, the couple invited her inside for tea, and they spent the morning telling Joanne about the beautiful life they shared and teaching her valuable lessons they'd learned along the way. Intrigued by their insight, Joanne was moved to tears. The people she thought she'd never find - or even understand with their heavy Jamaican accent - turned out to be the most amazing couple she'd ever met.
"I believe they were sent by God to teach me about life," said Joanne.
Neil Evansan, a Basket Brigade coordinator from Southern California, tells another inspiring story. With just three weeks to plan and prepare for his group's Basket Brigade, Neil and his crew got off to a slow start. When delivery day came, Neil took stock and realized they had collected just $200 in food contributions, $1,100 worth of designer vinegars and tumblers, 40 pounds of candy, and 49 cases of pickles-not exactly what they had hoped to deliver to the 39 families expecting their baskets that afternoon.
So Neil and his team met that morning to come up with a new plan. As the volunteers split up into groups to begin shopping for cheap canned goods at discount stores, the donations from local businesses and individuals suddenly came pouring in. By noon, they had collected almost everything they needed-everything but the turkeys. Then, as if on cue, a man arrived asking what he could do to help the cause. Twenty minutes later, he returned with the turkeys, adding the finish touch to 39 overstuffed baskets.
"I was privileged to be part of a modern-day version of the loaves and fishes [biblical] story," said Neil.
While their individual experiences may vary, those who participate in the International Basket Brigade have all witnessed the true power of giving-power that forever touches the lives of not only those who receive but also those who give. Life is a gift, after all, and it's important we realize that we all have the responsibility to give something back. As Tony says, regardless of stature, only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience true fulfillment.
The next Robbins Toronto Power Group Meeting - Christmas Party - will be December 2, 2008
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If ever a person understands the ruthless predator called low self-esteem and how it attacks and destroys our youth, it's former Three Time Golden Glove Boxing Champion, CFRB Broadcaster and Author Spider Jones.
Born into extreme poverty, racism and violence. Spider survived the treacherous streets of a vicious world most of us only see on the six o'clock news, to become one of the most charismatic speakers of our time.
At age six his eighteen month old, brother, Denis, suddenly died of pneumonia. Spider was so traumatized by this tragic event that he began to experience terrifying nightmares which haunted him into his late teens. Morbidly frightened of the dark he trembled through the night praying for the light of dawn. It was during this period that he began to wet the bed. Sleep deprivation had an adverse affect on his school work and after failing grade three twice, he was diagnosed with learning disability and transferred to a remedial class, where he struggled with low self-esteem, as well as being a victim of verbal and physical abuse.
By fifteen he had become so disillusioned with the education system that he dropped out of school. Shortly after, Spider hooked up with a Detroit street gang called the Motor City Mobsters. Within six violent years he had risen to the top, where he became the gang's number one War Lord. His larcenous ways eventually landed him in jail. However, there was a larger price to pay.
Those turbulent years cost Spider the devastating loss of two first cousins, both shot to death during gang confrontations. Another very close relative was critically stabbed during a swarming and hovered at death's edge for weeks. A few years later, Spider's younger brother was wounded by police in an attempted bank robbery.
Determined to leave his tumultuous lifestyle behind, Spider left gang life and moved to Toronto. Over the next decade he struggled through a variety of menial jobs including shinning shoes, bell hopping and selling cars. He even worked as a sparring partner for Muhammad Ali and George Chuvalo. However, none of these jobs gave him the gratification he so desperately sought.
At age 30 Spider decided to pursue his dream of becoming a broadcaster and thus returned to school. Amazingly, four years later he graduated with honors in the Broadcast Journalism field and made the Dean's list. He was also honored with two literary scholarships and the Board of Governor's Award.
In 2001 he became the recipient of the prestigious Premier's Award honoring him for his countless contributions in the field of youth motivation. Upon graduating Spider began to pursue his dream of becoming a radio personality. A few years later, he landed a gig hosting a syndicated TV series called "Famous Knockouts". The show's enormous popularity led to radio shows on CHWO Oakville, the Fan 590 and Talk 640/MOJO before switching to CFRB where he currently hosts the Spider's Web.
Spider's well documented battles and triumphs over bigotry, poverty and low self-esteem have won him countless accolades including the Positive Impact Award, the 2001 B'NAI Brith Appreciation Award, the Toronto Police Association Honorary Award and amazingly the Boxing Announcer of the Year Award four times! 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2002. In 1996, he was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame as Writer, TV Commentator and Ring Announcer.
In 2002 Spider was appointed the nation's first ever Ambassador to the Skilled Trades Programs. Spider's latest endeavor is his biography. "Out of the Darkness" is heading into its third printing in less than a year. Its overwhelming success has made him one of the hottest sought after motivational speakers in North America. He has appeared on the Fox radio Network, TSN, CBC, CTV, Global TV, Citytv, the Toronto Star, the National Post, the Toronto Sun and many other media outlets.
As both a speaker and author, Spider speaks and writes with a kind of flair and unbridled passion that provokes laughter, tears, compassion, but most of all, hope.
During his distinguished career Spider has interviewed such notables as Muhammad Ali, director Ron Howard, Doug Gilmour, Tie Domi, Ringo Star, Smokey Robinson, Don King, Sugar Ray Leonard, Dan Marino, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Jamie Foxx and countless others.
Presently Spider hosts ESPN/TSN boxing series called "Famous Fights". Spider's many talents include singing with a 9 piece live band. They sing in various clubs and parties/events in and around Toronto. Spider's book, "Out Of The Darkness", is available from our Product page.
Spider is also a widely respected inspirational public speaker and brings his motto, "You Have to Believe to Achieve", to more than 100 schools each year.
Life hands you fate, destiny is what you do with it! Spider Jones
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