Founder, 10,000 Toys for Haiti
| Topics: Charity & Humanitarian |
| Interview Date: August-23-2011 |
| Extraordinary Insights: "Give. Give from your heart. The universe doesn’t have any other alternative than to give back to you." |
Audio-only version:
Allison Harvey is the founder of 10,000 Toys For Haiti, an initiative to make Christmas in Haiti a joyful one for more than 10,000 orphans. She also runs Your Networking Diva Community, an organization to assist new small and home-based businesses find their footing in the community from a promotional and marketing standpoint. Between holding workshops, monthly networking events plus an annual Consumer Show, she finds time to give back. She has worked with various non-profit organizations over the past 10 years, including: Jane & Finch Concerned Citizens; Jane & Finch Food Bank; Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada; and the Jamaican Canadian Association.