{"id":438,"date":"2018-07-07T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/?p=438"},"modified":"2018-07-07T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T18:49:10","slug":"response-to-bantus-leadership-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/response-to-bantus-leadership-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Bantu&#8217;s Leadership Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/b4ntu\/2018\/07\/05\/my-leadership-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/b4ntu\/2018\/07\/05\/my-leadership-story\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing your leadership story Bantu. I was very moved by your dedication and determination to help others by educating them about the importance of dental hygiene. \u00a0It was very humbling to listen and hear about those who cannot afford such basic items like toothpaste and toothbrushes that the majority of us take for granted. I think your message of reaching out to those less fortunate is so important and that we all have a responsibility to help those in need. \u00a0Change starts with education and by sharing stories. The more people who become aware of these problems, the more we can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>I also had the opportunity to listen to a young 14 year old student give a Dragon&#8217;s Den presentation at the end of the year about a \u00a0charity she was heading up. \u00a0She is originally from India and when she came to Canada she was determined to continue to give back to the young women in \u00a0her country by providing them with access to backpacks filled with toiletries and feminine hygiene products. \u00a0I was very moved by her dedication to support other young women and her drive to gain financial backing from corporations in order to continue her cause. \u00a0Both of your stories brought to light the needs and plights that others suffer from on a daily basis around the world and for us all to take responsibility to step up to care for our brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>Your kindness, genuine caring and generosity will enable you to be a wonderful dentist! Your patients will be lucky to have someone like you looking after their needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/b4ntu\/2018\/07\/05\/my-leadership-story\/ Thank you for sharing your leadership story Bantu. I was very moved by your dedication and determination to help others by educating them about the importance of dental hygiene. \u00a0It was very humbling to listen and hear about those who cannot afford such basic items like toothpaste and toothbrushes that the majority of us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,25,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs500","category-my-leadership-story","category-unit-10","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}