WICC ONTARIO 17TH GALA DINNER, APRIL 11, 2013

WICC Ontario held its 17th Gala Dinner, ‘Star Struck – An intimate evening with Chantal Kreviazuk’ on Apr. 11 at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto. WICC dinner co-chairs and evening emcees Marian Adamson and Michael Butler introduced WICC cochairs Ellen Moore and Jean Faulkner to present a $250,000 cheque from WICC to Martin Kabat, CEO of the Ontario division of the Canadian Cancer Society. Board member Marilyn Horrick acknowledged WICC’s Tribute Recognition initiative – the seven WICC Tributes currently established having raised over $110,000, including Tributes for: Leona Charbonneau; Cristina De-Vargas; Linda Hajekerou; Mary Goodbrand; Jamie Knowles; Jim McRae; and Micki Traikos. Gold flame Awards, recognizing significant contributions to WICC, went to Chubb Insurance Company of Canada; Ross Totten and Team Totten; National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) and Joel Baker; First General Services (Ottawa) and Kelly Santini LLP (Ottawa). The Lew Dunn Memorial Award was presented to Elisa Gutierrez, executive assistant, Enterprise Rent-A-Car. WICC Relay for Life chair Paul Martin spoke about the industry’s commitment to the event and 2013 Relay for Life plans and goals. Since WICC’s inception in 1996, the Canadian P&C insurance industry has raised more than $6 million for cancer research.