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Dec 9/10 Video Blog – Saskatoon

// December 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving, Survivor

Hey check out my video blog I uploaded today.

SADD week in December at Kerrobert Composite School

// December 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving, Survivor

I am very excited to be presenting at Kerrobert Composite School for their SADD week in December. This is one school that is committed to preventing any traffic related fatalities this Holiday Season. I want to thank Alanna and all those in the SADD group at Kerrobert Composite School for inviting me to be apart of their SADD week in December.  If I can save just one life then it will be worth everything I have been through. See you all very soon.

John Westhaver
Burn Survivor/Professional Speaker
www.jmmspeaking.com

Be Safe This Holiday Season

// November 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, Drinking & Driving, Survivor

I’m excited for the fun Holiday Season that is coming upon us. There will be lots of love and laughter enjoyed over the next month with great friends and family. When we surround ourselves with friends and loved ones we have a hard time not smiling and laughing.

 Unfortunately because of the nature of the holidays and the festivities some have a tendency to drive after being impaired. This is very un-acceptable as there are so many ways to get home safe. We could call a cab, take a bus, call a friend or family member to come put you up or even call a driving service that will come pick you and your car up and deliver you safe at home. Please everyone lets make a change and not drive while impaired this holiday season and forever.

 If you need a reason then, think of your loved ones, friends or family. Think of how it would affect them if you were seriously hurt or even killed. How would they feel if they were never able to live, laugh and love with you again? How would you feel if they were gone? Lets make this a SAFE HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. I wish you all the happiness and joy this Holiday season. Please be safe.

 John Westhaver
Burn Survivor/Professional Speaker
www.jmmspeaking.com

2009 PARTY Program Video

// November 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving, Survivor

Here is a short video before my presentation for the PARTY Program at the Victoria General Hospital. To find more out on the PARTY Program please visit http://www.partyprogram.com/.

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Stratford Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation Referral Letter

// August 19th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving

I recently recieved a wonderful referral letter from the Stratford Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation. With organizations like these supporting me and my message I know my message will reach so many people and save so many lives. Below is a link to the letter, please feel free to look at it. I encourage you to comment on the letter and my work. Thank you again Steve and Tim and the Stratford Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation.

CLICK HERE : Referral Letter

Burn House Fundraiser @ Tuscany Thrifty Foods – August 21/2010

// August 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Survivor

Armageddon Fighting Championship presents AFC 3: Evolution, Saturday, July 17, 2010

// July 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Survivor

There is a booth at this event for the Firefighters Burn Fund Victoria, BC so we can raise money and awareness. Please attend this event and show support for your local Burn Fund. I will be at the booth so stop by and say hi. This event is going to be amazing.

Watch the Youtube Video promo here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJDfRywHO8M&feature=player_embedded

CYAID Conference – Day Two

// May 14th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving, Survivor

Waking up in Regina was nice this morn. I had a bit of quiet time this morning when I woke up so I decide to go through my presentation a few times. Once Brianna woke up we went for a nice breakfast at a local restaurant. After breaky we headed for some Tim Horton’s coffee. With our Timmy’s in hand we headed back to the University and prepped for my presentation at 3pm.

After lunch we saw the “We to Me” presentation with Raymond Ablack, wow what an amazing presentation. Raymond is a very captivating speaker and his story was great. For more on “We to Me” and what they are doing please visit www.wetome.com.

I stepped out of the presentation at 2:30pm for a quick interview with Barbara from the Leader Post. The interview is now online at http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Survivor+deadly+crash+speaks+Canadian+Youth+Against+Impaired+Driving+conference+Regina/3030563/story.html if you’d like to check it out. After the interview the students had started filling out and that was my cue for me to start setting up for my presentation. I entered the auditorium and on stage was a swarm of teenage girls and in the center was Raymond Ablack. Once the girls were finished with Raymond I started getting setup for my presentation.

The presentation started on time and I was introduced by a sweet girl. I have never presented to a more attentive audience and when you have such an attentive audience it makes the presentation that much easier to deliver. After the presentation the students all gave me a warm standing ovation. There were so many great questions from the students. When they ask great question you know the students are listening.  Once the questions were done the students all came up on stage and had their pictures taken with me individually. This was the first time for this for me but it was great to have the students come up after.

We had a nice supper with the students and after supper all the students got on busses and headed for the RCMP Museum. We followed in our rental car and arrived at the RCMP Museum where we watched a short video and then toured the museum.

Once we left the museum we went for a drive around the city of Regina. We stopped at the Casino here and won $100 and decided to leave while we were up. Now we are back at the University and settled in for a quiet night.

Now we are off to bed. Again thanks for reading my blog and please share it with anyone you think should read it. Please come back soon.

CYAID Conference – Day One

// May 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving, Survivor

We woke up early today as we had to fly to Regina for the CYAID 2010. Once we were packed we got on the road to the airport for a 9am flight. Everything went well today with the flights as they were both on time and no interruptions. The first flight was from Victoria to Edmonton and the second one was to Regina.  We had a great little lunch in Edmonton Airport before we were back in the air.

We landed on time in Regina and headed over to pick-up a rental car for 3 days. With the rental car packed with our bags we were reroute to the University of Regina. It was a nice drive to the University. The weather here is great, so hot.

We checked in with Tim and the other organizers of the CYAID Conference and they showed us to our room. They have us in the dorm which is very nice as we have all the facilities we need.

We enjoyed the opening ceremonies for the conference and were pleasantly surprised at how many students are here. It’s great to see so many students passionate about preventing inquiry or death from impaired driving.

Tomorrow I will be presenting to the entire conference which I am very pleased to be a part of.

Now I shall get some rest. Thank you again for reading block.

Day Four on Coastal Tour

// May 6th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Awareness, burn, Drinking & Driving

Today was another great day on the road. I woke up at my sister-in-law’s place and got ready and headed to Starbucks for my Americano and breakfast sandwich. I was on the road today by 8:30am and the weather wasn’t too good but it wasn’t raining so I’m happy.

I arrived at the school about 9:30am and had a great meeting with the principal and Christian who is the teacher who has organized the presentation. It was nice to sit and talk with them as this shows me they are truly there to help their students.

We then headed over to the gym where I was to present. Once the sound test was done I was happy as everything was working perfect. The teacher who was doing the sound advised he was running around all morning getting things together. I told him I appreciate him having everything setup.

Don arrived before the presentation and we had a great chat as I haven’t seen him for some time. Don is one of the ICBC Road Sense Coordinators. The students all filed in the gym by 10:20am and we were able to start on time. Christian introduced Don from ICBC and Don introduced me. The presentation went well again but really was there any doubt. I truly love presenting as this does make everything seem like there is a purpose for everything I have gone through. I do believe this and that’s why I do these presentations.

There weren’t a lot of questions today from the students but that’s ok because I could tell by their reaction that they really got the message. I later got an email from Christian and he advised that there was a lot of positive feedback from the students and that’s really all we can hope for.

The rest of the day was very quiet and now it’s time for bed. Tomorrow I have two presentations, one is at Abbotsford school of Integrated Arts (ASIA) in Abbotsford, BC in the morn and Heritage Park Secondary in the afternoon.

Again thanks for reading my blog.