An excerpt from the Toronto Sun – “Warmington:
so much to love in Toronto” by Joe Warmington – November
12, 2011
There were some great moments on Remembrance
Day - including a special one held in the Veterans Centre at Sunnybrook
where among those on hand to remember were WWII Veteran (remove
'is')John Slater, Shaun Francis and Michael Burns of True Patriot
Love, John McDermott of McDermott House Canada, General (ret'd)
Rick Hillier (Honorary Chair of McDermott House Canada and True
Patriot Love), and former Sun Media Executive Vice President Trudy
Eagan, Chair of the Board of McDermott House Canada (www.McDermotthousecanada.org).
An excerpt from the National Post –
Arts and Life Section – October 20, 2011
THERE ARE VOICES AND THEN THERE IS JOHN
‘GENEROSITY’ MCDERMOTT’S VOICE DIARY
Prima Ballerina ballerina /filmmaker
Veronica Tennant is producing and directing Vive la Danse 25,
a fundraising event for the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
The National Ballet is contributing stars but this is one crazy
week of juggling. Guillaume Cote, who just got back from Moscow,
will do a solo from Kings of the Dance and Heather Ogden just
got the call to dance in New York City this weekend for her first
time. Both are now re-immersed in Alexei Ratmansky’s new
Romeo and Juliet as are the luminous Greta Hodgkinson and Aleks
Antonijevic. Donna Feore is coming in from Stratford to create
a Fred and Ginger version of Change Partners for them, to be sung
by John McDermott. There are voices and then there are voices!
Day One, John jumped on board for us. I owe him! John’s
passion project is McDermott House Canada, a charitable organization
committed to setting the standard for premier-end-of-life care
in Canada for Veterans, Military, First Responders and community
patients. Check out www.mcdermotthousecanada.org
to learn more about this wonderful undertaking and worthwhile
cause.
