Yesterday we took in Niagara Falls via air and boat, Niagara whirlpool, Niagara Town, a winery and not to mention a plane journey to get us to Montreal.
The welcome we have received in Montreal has been very warm, sincere and humbling. My first impression apart from the French language is the akin nature of the YMCA here to my YMCA back at home; strong vision, big plans, good staff but all coming with challenges and difficulties.
The willingness to understand local need to inform decision making is impressive and the desire to see further development in advocacy work is encouraging. My golden nugget from today apart from some great ideas and projects that could easily be replicated or add value to existing in the UK has been the clarity around the approach to a branch model - i came with this as one of my burning questions and today it has been 90% answered - thank you!!!
Tomorrow we take in some site visits but that's not before i sample some culinary French cuisine.
Hmmm, Bon appetite tout le monde
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