People of MTL

22/07/2020

One inspiring mother of 4 boys, Myriam Zagury is all about healthy living while balancing kids, life, and friendships.

Read her story on .

https://www.peopleofmtl.com/cote-saint-luc/myriam-zagury-d3rmk?fbclid=IwAR0fQQ2jiX8VlhOhS7ZpsYrfcuB-FoDwKKcQRUkBaY52ksHTfLIqFWy-SgM

Meet an inspiring mother in Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec.

17/07/2020

Not all stories are easy to share, but this story needed to be shared.

Meet Wendy Robinson of Lasalle, an inspiring Montreal author committed to helping women that feel stuck in an abusive home.

“What would I tell a woman who is stuck?
I would tell her to look for that light at the end of the tunnel, try to go out for walks as much as you can, try to find a hobby... you can live a happy and healthy life after the abuse."

https://www.peopleofmtl.com/lasalle/wendy-robinson

I was born and raised in Lasalle in an area called the Bronx and went to Lasalle Catholic Comprehensive High School. The household we grew up in was unfortunately very dysfunctional.

13/07/2020

Meet Samantha Gold an NDG artist, activist, and writer. This inspiring young woman shares her experience living with chronic pain and depression.

Samantha holds one of her latest paintings "COVID-19 Fatigue" - Acrylic on canvas. This is her nod to the healthcare workers fighting the pandemic and the people they couldn't save.

'Hear' her words on .

https://www.peopleofmtl.com/ndg/samantha-gold

"Why am I proud to be an activist? Because life sucks and if nobody is going to stand up for the little guy, life is going to continue to suck; and that's the simplest way I can put it."

06/07/2020

Meet Yair Meyers of Cote Saint-Luc on .

“I live in Cote Saint-Luc and I am originally from Chicago, I moved here around 8 years ago. I was always brought up in a house of paying-it-forward, always looking for the greater good of people, and always trying to help as many people as possible while keeping some kind of normalcy in our own life.
When I first moved from America to Canada when I was dating my wife, I found the people at my synagogue very friendly calm, nice, and open. That is what I look for in a community. If you move to a new community, you can be either on the side, continuing with your routine, or you can make the community yours by getting involved. I got on the Board pretty soon after I moved here. I was the treasurer, I did some chesed projects [acts of benevolence], but there wasn't a chesed group. I really wanted to make it ‘a thing’ in the shul [synagogue] for the community. I left being treasurer, they put me in the membership committee but I wasn't really good at that. And now my focus is on chesed. We started off small, but because of the pandemic, our chesed group took off as a hit. We started off about a year ago with weekly updates for people sitting shiva. But it never got to a point that people needed groceries. Since Cote Saint-Luc and the synagogue have a lot of snowbirds, our responsibility and goal changed. Most of my volunteers assisted people with grocery orders. We created a resource page, and we created a hotline helping over 240 seniors over the age of 70. Seniors in our group were so pleased with our program, that they started making phone calls to help other seniors.

I always told people that giving has to come from within. Everyone has an inner ability to do good and be good. You can call your neighbor, call your relatives, or join a group. Hopefully, we created something special that will continue after this pandemic is over.”



https://www.peopleofmtl.com/cote-saint-luc/yair

Cote Saint-Luc community leadership, Yair is someone to be inspired by for his adjustment to a new city, and giving of his time and energy to help seniors in Cote Saint-Luc.

29/06/2020

Meet Esther Levy, a Cote Saint-Luc resident, and local hero to celebrate and honor.

Since the creation of her basement-run grassroots association, she has provided OVER 8,000 meals to ensure no family is left behind.. all with the help of community home-chefs, donors, local businesses... and her Facebook shout-outs.

Read her story on

https://www.peopleofmtl.com/cote-saint-luc/esther-levy-feeding-csl

In the last 8 months over 8000 meals were donated in Cote Saint-Luc, Ville Saint Laurent, Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, and Laval. Esther is important community member who is dedicated to feeding those who are isolated and in need.

29/06/2020

Meet David Rubinstein, a retired social worker who has done a fair share for the community, but quietly.

David and I crossed paths 6 years ago while he was volunteering at the Jewish General Hospital, I was looking for the Test Center, and he was pointing me in the right direction!

David's servant leadership along with his deep Canadian heritage is one to highlight and honor.

https://www.peopleofmtl.com/cote-saint-luc/david-rubinstein

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I am spending my quarantine days on the phone, watching television, reading, that's sort of it. But I am a little different from others at the residence because periodically I have to get out for appointments.

29/06/2020

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