{"id":4376,"date":"2021-01-05T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paro.ca\/?page_id=4376"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:31:38","slug":"summit_2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paro.ca\/fr\/summit_2025\/","title":{"rendered":"PARO Summit Gala 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4376\" class=\"elementor elementor-4376\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc4dbcd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc4dbcd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61f202f\" data-id=\"61f202f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13f5cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f13f5cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\"><br>PARO Summit Gala<br>\n30th Anniversary 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e736501\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c79a92\" data-id=\"8c79a92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-833c27d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"833c27d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><font color=\"#283c46\" face=\"-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol\"><span style=\"font-size: 40px; background-color: rgb(250, 248, 247);\">Thank you for Celebrating 30 Years with us!<\/span><\/font><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90bc573 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90bc573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3f3cb46d-838c-451f-aab7-9e4f3ae5fd3d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"376\">Thank you to everyone who joined us for this very special celebration. Your presence, energy, and support helped make the evening a meaningful reflection on PARO\u2019s journey and the collective impact of women entrepreneurs over the past 30 years. It was truly inspiring to gather together to honour the stories, achievements, and resilience that continue to shape our community.<\/p><p data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"1205\">We were proud to recognize outstanding women entrepreneurs across three eras of PARO\u2019s history. <strong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"497\">Era One (1995\u20132005)<\/strong> award recipients were <em data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"535\">Sheila Fortes<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"555\">Office Works<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"573\">Levina Collins<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"627\">Levina Collins Economic Development Consulting<\/strong>, and <em data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"650\">Rebecca Johnson<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"688\">Rebecca Reports\u2026for the Record<\/strong>. <strong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"713\">Era Two (2005\u20132015)<\/strong> honourees included <em data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"747\">Linda Bruins<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"787\">Evergreen A United Neighbourhood<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"806\">Donna Nordstrom<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"840\">NorthStream Safety &amp; Rehab<\/strong>, and <em data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"858\">Pat Newman<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"889\">White Owl Unique Crafts<\/strong>. For <strong data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"920\">Era Three (2015\u20132025)<\/strong>, we celebrated <em data-start=\"936\" data-end=\"952\">Sarah Sekalala<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"971\">Siika Foods<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"987\">Mel Simmonds<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1013\">The Mel Collective<\/strong>, and <em data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1035\">Theresa Bailey<\/em> of <strong data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1066\">Starfish Synergies Inc.<\/strong> Each award recipient represents innovation, leadership, and dedication, and we are grateful for the opportunity to celebrate their impact.<\/p><p data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1774\">We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to our generous sponsors whose support helped make this event possible: <strong data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1661\">ACO Marketing; Northern Ontario Angels (NOA) | Les Anges du Nord de l\u2019Ontario (ANO); Thunder Bay Ventures CEDC; Boreal Tree Service; Freight Managers; Investor Q&amp;Q; North Superior Workforce Planning Board | Commission de planification de la main-d\u2019\u0153uvre du Nord Sup\u00e9rieur; Spadoni Used Car &amp; Truck \u2013 Sales and Leasing; and Sportop<\/strong>. Your commitment to supporting women entrepreneurs and community-led economic development is deeply appreciated.<\/p><p data-start=\"1776\" data-end=\"2236\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">We hope you will join us again next year as we continue to celebrate and uplift women in business. We also invite you to save the date for our upcoming <strong data-start=\"1928\" data-end=\"1980\">International Women\u2019s Day event on March 5, 2026<\/strong>, taking place at <strong data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2041\">Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario<\/strong>. This will be a <strong data-start=\"2058\" data-end=\"2074\">hybrid event<\/strong>, welcoming both in-person and virtual attendees, and we would be honoured to have you join us once again for another inspiring day of connection and celebration.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0adf863 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0adf863\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d39bf7\" data-id=\"7d39bf7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-61bd583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61bd583\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d1c52c\" data-id=\"8d1c52c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d544d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"2d544d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"34863\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Businesses Supported<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b321242\" data-id=\"b321242\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb4574a elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"cb4574a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">$<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"10855044\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Grants from PARO Programs <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-552fd85\" data-id=\"552fd85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dff8a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"8dff8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">$<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"16522183\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Total Grant Dollars to Clients<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f569f51 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f569f51\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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data-id=\"c32e1b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cfc-swc.gc.ca\/index-en.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-1-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-1.png 500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; 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data-id=\"48d2e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cfc-swc.gc.ca\/index-en.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-2.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-2.png 500w, https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/paro.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/can-2-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; 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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this very special celebration. Your presence, energy, and support helped make the evening a meaningful reflection on PARO\u2019s journey and the collective impact of women entrepreneurs over the past 30 years. 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