Empowering Kids for Life - Start2Finish

 

Our mission is to break the cycle of child poverty by providing ongoing educational support to Canada’s at-risk children throughout their school years, nuturing mind, body, and social health so they are empowered to succeed and become role models for change.

Speaker Bio

Karen Warankie was born and raised in Hamilton and has spent the last twenty one years working for Start2Finish Canada, as the Executive Assistant and now Fund Development Associate. She supported the growth of the charity from a children’s festival in Hamilton in 2000 to now over eight core programs impacting thousands of children in the city as well as 80 other equity-deserving communities across the country. Through her current role, she has helped raise millions of dollars to ensure that the most underserved Canadian children have the physical, social-emotional and academic skills and competencies they need to succeed and THRIVE.

 

Karen has a Digital Marketing Management Certificate and has achieved her Certified Fundraising Professional (CFRE) 

status. Along with her 20+ years of service work in Canada, she has also visited seven countries providing humanitarian aid to children and youth in orphanages, schools and villages in some of the neediest areas globally.