PERSONAL INFORMATION
I was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. My parents had an island on Sharbot Lake North of Kingston and in the summers we lived on the island without plumbing, heating, electricity, or phone (so it did not work out too well in our teenage years - when phones were more important than air!!). However in our younger years and again after we had young children of our own, we had much enjoyment from the Island (21 acres of swamp, rock and trees).
I am married (since 1972) and have two sons, one daughter-in-law, a grandson (June 2002) and granddaughter (April 2004). Our grandchildren have become a very large part of our lives and we are grateful we live in the same city so we can visit and enjoy them regularly.
I UNDERSTAND RELOCATION...
After college, I moved to Toronto and began my career in the Cable Television business. During those years I moved from Dixon & Islington, to Don Mills Rd and Shepard, to Ajax, to Mississauga, to Ottawa and finally to Burlington, where I have lived since 1986.
CAREER PATH
After my Cable TV career, I worked in the computer networking field for 5 years as an owner/partner and when we sold it I stayed on to help integrate the two operations and later to act as National Sales Manager, for the Communication Technical Services team. I also did some free-lance consulting and worked in the leasing business and for a software developer and had a couple of home-based marketing companies (in overlapping periods). Life treated me well and these were all good experiences.
Real Estate had long been an interest of mine and I knew it was something I wanted to experience somewhere along my career line. I have always enjoyed people so this is a natural for me. I am now getting to practice all of my life's learnings in one job. I find it very rewarding.
VOLUNTEERISM
Over the years I have been drawn to doing volunteer work in my community and my professional life such as: a Jaycee and a skating coach - beginner’s level, in my early life; have belonged to several professional associations and was always interested in helping move the programs along. Since being in the Halton/Burlington community, I have become very active in working to improve community care within the Mental Health area of our Healthcare system, in such capacities as: president of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, (SSO) Burlington Chapter for 10+ years, served on the community advisory board of the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital's Psychiatric and Mental Health Services Committee since the late 1990's and was actively involved in the founding of the PACT for Halton organization - founding Chairperson and still an active board member. I helped (with representatives from other organizations in Halton) to initiate the "Talking About Mental Illness" (TAMI) program, run by staff from the Region of Halton, to promote awareness and "preparedness" among high school students in Halton. I participated, to represent Families, on the Central South and Halton Mental Health Reform Implementation Task Force in 2002 and am still a participant in the continuing effort to reform Health Care delivery and in 2005 I became a member of the provincial Board of Directors for the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (SSO) and in 2007 was appointed vice-president - and was appointed to represent the SSO on the Schizophrenia Society of Canada's Board of Directors.
Volunteering is a therapy. Giving to others has a healing effect on the donor and I encourage anyone who wants to 'feel good' to give to a cause of your choice.
DONATIONS
As I find myself becoming busier with my Real Estate practice, time is becoming a "less-available" commodity. Yet I am still committed to giving where I can. To that end, I have made a commitment to donate a portion of my Real Estate earnings to promote community service development in the Halton Region. I am proud to be a member of CharityLINK where people can choose to connect to find a realtor anywhere they may be moving (of course if your move is within Halton and area - you have already found your best source of assistance - ITS ME) and at the same time direct a portion of their realty fees to the charity of their choice - at no cost to themselves. See the web site Link below.
MY PLEDGE... Please be reassured that not only will I handle your personal needs with care, but you too will be helping your community when you choose to work with me as your real estate sales representative.
HAPPY HOUSE HUNTING!!
RICHARD DAVID, Sales Representative, sutton group - about town realty inc.
1235 Fairview Street, Burlington, Ontario, L7S 2H9 (905) 681-7900
rdavid@sutton.com
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Find out more about what the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario does and how YOU can become involved, please click on the link below...
http://www.schizophrenia.on.ca
http://www.charitylink.ca
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The Schizophrenia Society of Canada needs your help!! .
Please click on the following link to find out more about our advocacy efforts in support of the Canadian Mental Health Commission.
www.schizophrenia.ca |