Winnipeg is always a leader and around 1998 David Cohen (whose father Moshe was executive director of Peretz School) developed an endowment book of life project where people were inspired to write their stories for future generations and committed to endow the foundation with whatever small or large amount they could to leave more than memories.
By the way when I became the auditor of Peretz School, Moshe Cohen was so efficient that I could know dates on my calendar when he had the books ready for me. I still recall it was by the 10th without fail. And he probably got his accounting degree in a box of cracker jacks and became proficient from his street education… the best of schools.
I could tell millions of stories like that. And by the way, he never ran a deficit until us "CA" professionals took over with fancy degrees.
Marsha Lipkin Cowan is now CEO of the foundation and was interviewed on Jewish radio December 16th.
It’s accessible on the web. Jewish Foundation of Manitoba. I was one of the first to write my story in the book of life.
REGARDS
SID HALPERN