"There is nothing better than to see kids perform"- resident Anna Storozuk "I have been here for sometime, but this was the best performance yet,"said resident Pearl Semerko "Very, very nice children", said resident Michael Katchmar "I would love to see them again," said resident Ksenia Hromiak "Haven ’t seen a performance like that in many, many years," said resident and donor to the Home with a Heart campaign, John Yaremko "It was worth a million dollars," said resident Lidia Domazar John Yaremko s gifts top $100,000 John Yaremko and his beloved wife, Myroslava will be commemorated by the Ukrainian Canadian Care Centre in recognition of a lifetime of public service and philanthropy. Yaremko has been involved with the Care Centre since its opening in 1996 and is currently Honourary Co-Chair of its $15 million Home with A Heart Campaign. On Sunday, April 20th, Mr. Yaremko, accompanied by long-time friends Bill and Rose Sametz, visited the Care Centre. Bill Sametz highlighted many of John s professional and personal achievements over the years, but the event focused on Yaremko s wish to share his worldly wealth through donations he is making to many fine organizations. Remembering the Care Centre s roots, Yaremko s gift will also ensure an appropriate tribute is made to honour the work of the Very Reverend Father John Tataryn, the visionary behind St. Demetrius Seniors Residence, St. Demetrius The Great Martyr Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Ukrainian Canadian Care Centre and St. Demetrius Elementary School, all located on a ten acre campus in west Toronto. Ian Ihnatowycz, Co-Chair of the Home with a Heart Campaign thanked Mr. Yaremko who then stood proudly and addressed the group with humour and remembered his beloved wife Myroslava. John and Myroslava s civic leadership and generosity has benefited many educational, cultural, social service and heritage organizations including Roy Thompson Hall; the Art Gallery of Ontario; the Canadian Opera Company; the Royal Ontario Museum; the Faculty of Music, the Faculty of Law and the Library at the University of Toronto; Bellwoods Centres For Community Living Incorporated; Laurier University and the Ontario Heritage Foundation, to name a few. The recipient of several prestigious awards and honors by many organizations throughout his lifetime, prominent distinctions include the Ukrainian World Congress highest award - the St. Volodymyr Medal and receiving the Officer s Cross of the Order of Merit from the Hungarian government for facilitating the immigration of 40,000 Hungarians to Canada after the invasion by Russian Soviet forces in 1956. John Yaremko, B.A., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D., Dr. rer. Pol., is a former MPP for Toronto-Bellwoods (1951 to 1975) and served in the Cabinets of Premier Leslie Frost, Premier John Robarts and Premier William Davies, as Ontario s first Solicitor General, its first Minister of Citizenship, Minister of Transport, Minister of Social and Family Services and Minister of Public Welfare. A vocal and effective advocate for human rights, he focused the government s attention on the needs of Ontarians of different ethnic backgrounds in community services and long-term care.
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