Jay Jones-Doyle: Ambassador, Team Inspirations
After months of planning and anticipation,Team Inspirations is ready to walk and run at the Scotia Bank Charity Challenge this weekend. Our team is 35 members strong. Some are English Montreal School Board employees, some are lovers of Inspirations. Some come from the Lester B. Pearson School Board, while others are from Laval. We've covered the island, and are not only raising funds for Inspirations, we're spreading the word about Inspirations, the work that we do to support people with special needs, and sensitizing the public to the importance of inclusion. Inspirations is the hub of special needs news in the Greater Montreal and surrounding areas, providing a voice to people with special needs and a valuable platform for collaboration and sharing of resources.
We are proud to welcome Jay Jones-Doyle as our Team Ambassador. Jay is a columnist for Inspirations, sharing insightful life messages with each edition that inform, encourage, and inspire people with and without limitations. His contributions are a highlight of each edition. So, it was fitting that he was chosen to be Ambassador to Team Inspirations, and we are honoured that he accepted our invitation.
Jay has never been one to let barriers get in the way of his dreams and success, and is an example to many. His C.V. proves just how accomplished he already is.
Jay is the co-founder and VP Product Development of the innovative Legal Lighthouse Inc. He is
also a coach, and the President of Confidence Driven
Coaching, the Chief Financial Officer of the Centre for International
Sustainable Development Law, and worked with the UN’s Business and Biodiversity
program. Jay holds two advanced degrees and was named one of Quebec’s top three
graduate students of 2011 as well as Concordia’s Outstanding Student of the
Year. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Concordia University Alumni
Association, is an accomplished motivational speaker, a championship-winning
junior hockey coach, the proud father of a 12-year-old boy, and has cerebral
palsy. In addition, he is an all around terrific guy!
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| Jay on a canoe trip in Northen Ontario where he canoed down the majority of the French River (~75k) |
This is not Jay's first adventure on the race track. A few year's back, he participated in an adapted version of the Spartan Race! (check out our Fall 2015/ Winter 2016 edition to read about that). Walking 5k won't be as great a challenge for Jay, but he's up for the adventure nonetheless!
Jay will be with us at the start line as we walk our 5k on Saturday, and available to chat or for interviews after the event at the Inspirations tent in the family section on site.
We welcome you to come out to Parc Jean Drapeau and cheer us on, meet our team, pick up your copy of Inspirations! The 10k runs begin at 9:00 a.m. The 5k begins at 11:00. The 21k is on Sunday.
If you cannot join us, but would like to support the work of Inspirations, please donate to Jay, and in turn, our special needs community, at https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=3761744&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=%26Referrer%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fcanadarunningseries.com%252fscotiabank-montreal%252fcommunity-and-charity%252fofficial-charities%252f
Ready, set, GO Team Inspirations, GO!
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