WICC Ontario 13th annual gala dinner — Zen Garden

WICC Ontario held its 13th annual gala dinner — Zen Garden — on Apr. 8, 2009 at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto. WICC Dinner co-chair and evening emcee Michael Butler introduced WICC co-chairs Carolyn Horan and Jean Faulkner, who presented Peter Goodhand, president of the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, with a cheque from WICC for Cdn$250,000. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, Hallmark Insurance Group and Simmlands Insurance each received a Gold Flame Award. Enterprise Rent-a- Car Canada received the Lew Dunn Memorial Award. The Honourable Order of the Blue Goose Ontario Pond received the WICC Hall of Flame Award. Marilyn Horrick, past-dinner chair, recognized WICC Tributes in a very moving presentation. It was also announced that the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry has raised more than Cdn$4 million for cancer research since WICC’s inception in 1996.