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By Bryan Jessop The hair of local Chartered Professional Accountant Jeff Kelly may have been cut short, but his support of the local hospice was not. Kelly, backed by his employer Collins Barrow Leamington LLP, issued a community challenge to raise $10,000 for Erie Shores Hospice on Talbot Street West — a short distance from the local branch of the tax and accounting service operation. With an outpouring of assistance coming from his employer, coworkers, clients, friends and family members, Kelly doubled the amount he required to have his hair — mustache and beard included — shaved in front of a crowd of those same supporters at The Roma Club. A cheque of $20,000 was presented just prior to ‘The Great Shave’ to Erie Shores Health Foundation director of development Ross Barnwell by Kelly, his wife Lori Kelly and Collins Barrow Leamington senior manager Michelle Boutros. “We’re really pleased with the results,” explained Barnwell. “It’s an incredible job that the community has done.” Barnwell explained that although the ESHF is involved in a number of thirdparty events throughout the year to the benefit of the Foundation and the Erie Shores Hospice that it represents, Collins Barrow did the vast majority of the legwork involved in raising the funds via The Great Shave. The decision by Kelly and his employer to direct the event’s proceeds to Leamington’s hospice was an easy one. “Whenever we raise
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From left to right, Lori Kelly, Jeff Kelly, Ross Barnwell and Michelle Boutros reveal a donation of $20,000 from Collins Barrow Leamington to the Erie Shores Health Foundation in support of Erie Shores Hospice Friday, Jan. 26 at The Roma Club. Jeff, an employee at Collins Barrow, agreed to have his hair and beard shaved if $10,000 could be collected for the local hospice.
money, our goal is always to ensure that it stays local,” explained Boutros. “It was amazing how quickly people began showing their support — it didn’t take long for him to reach his goal.” The Great Shave was launched in early December of 2017 after the idea sprang up among Kelly and fellow guests seated around the same table at a wedding. The $10,000 target was reached within about two weeks. “We just decided that we’re doing this,” explained Lori. “He (Jeff) was shocked by how much money was raised.” “It’s proof that I’m surrounded by a lot of very generous and caring people,” Jeff noted. “I was flabbergasted to hear what the amount was up to.” Jeff has been certified as a Chartered Professional
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Accountant since 1990 and worked for Enns, Derksen and Partners since before it merged with Collins Barrow in 2002. He had been growing his trademark long hair and mustache/beard for between six and seven years before deciding to subject it to the clippers in support of Erie Shores Hospice. Kelly decided to spearhead the fundraiser in honour of cancer patients, a choice inspired by his wife Lori’s nephew who had previously died of colon cancer. Prior to his passing, the relative resided at the hospice based in London, Ont. Despite an audience of about 80 guests, Jeff explained that he was not nervous about the shaving, done courtesy of family friend Ginny Sweet. “It’s just a haircut. I bought a hat,” he said.
Ginny Sweet, a friend of the Kelly family, shaves the hair and beard of Jeff Kelly as the finale of a Collins Barrow Leamington fundraiser for the Erie Shores Hospice.
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