![]() Through programs like the SAY Detroit Family Health Clinic and Working Homes/Working Families, he provides Detroit residents with free healthcare, housing, scholarships, and more. When he’s not writing, Albom spends majority of his time in philanthropic work. This compelling work is slated for release in November 2023. His highly anticipated upcoming novel, The Little Liar, delves into the value of truth and the harm born from the lies we tell, told against the backdrop of the Holocaust. ![]() In 2020, he wrote Human Touch, a weekly serial written and published online which raised nearly $1 million for pandemic relief. More recent bestselling titles include Finding Chika and The Stranger in the Lifeboat, which also debuted at #1. Tuesdays with Morrie, written to cover his dying professor’s medical bills, spent four years on the Best Seller List and celebrated its 25 th anniversary in 2022. Albom is the author of ten New York Times bestsellers, with eight debuting at #1 on the Best Seller List, including The First Phone Call from Heaven, Have A Little Faith, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and its sequel, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. He also founded and operates the Have Faith Haiti orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti, which he has visited every month since 2010 without exception. He is the founder of SAY Detroit, an umbrella organization that is home to nine charities dedicated to improving the lives of Detroit’s underserved population. Much like his books and presentations on stage, his nationally syndicated column at Detroit Free Press offers accessible cultural commentary that invites readers to reflect on their own lives, values, and the broader human experience. His books, which include the #1 bestselling memoir of all time, Tuesdays with Morrie, have collectively sold more than 40 million copies in 48 languages worldwide. Gay Wise, president of the South Cowichan Rotary Club, added that Giles has been an enthusiastic volunteer for both fundraisers and community projects in the community over the years.Mitch Albom is an internationally renowned bestselling author, journalist, and devout philanthropist. ![]() “Her determination, innovative ideas, a steady hand on the helm for every challenge that occurs in Cobble Hill that is within her capabilities to solve makes Gerry Giles an ideal candidate for Woman of the Year 2022,” she said. Linda Bilkowski, president of the Cobble Hill Women’s Institute, said Giles has devoted her life to the community in Cobble Hill. Giles has also worked tirelessly over many years to have the former Highways Works Yard donated to the Cobble Hill community, which resulted in the creation of the Cobble Hill Commons. RELATED STORY: SOUTH COWICHAN ROTARY CLUB RECEIVES $17,000 FROM BIKING GROUP She’s also been instrumental in many other projects in the Cobble Hill community, including the revitalization of Train Station Park, the creation of Bike Park, the revitalization and relocation of the Cenotaph and the creation of Liberation Park. Giles also does all the meal planning and is the main cook for South Cowichan Seniors, which provides healthy meals to seniors, and has served as president of the South Cowichan Rotary Club. Giles is the secretary at the Farmer’s Institute in which she has a wide range of responsibilities, and was the founding trustee of the Braithwaite Estates Improvement District, a local water purveyor providing water to 275 homes in Cobble Hill, and is currently a trustee on that board. RELATED STORY: COBBLE HILL FARMERS INSTITUTE DECLARES FAIR A “GREAT SUCCESS” She was on the management teams of three major events in the Cowichan Valley including serving as secretary of the North American Indigenous Games in 2008, president of the BC Seniors’ Games in 2005, and in 2017, she co-chaired the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. ![]() ![]() Giles moved to the Cowichan Valley in 1974 and became a school trustee before she was voted in as the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s director for Cobble Hill, a role in which she served for 15 years, as well as a period as chair of the CVRD. Giles, who was nominated by the Cobble Hill Women’s Institute, received the award from Donna Jack, president of the SVIDWI, at a luncheon in Cobble Hill Hall on Oct. Long-time community activist Gerry Giles is the 2022 recipient of the South Vancouver Island District Women’s Institute’s Rural Woman of the Year Award. ![]()
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