Stories
The work, in their words.
Three pieces of long-form testimony — two from the OTA SouthWest Region and one from the YMCA’s own Story Corner. Reproduced in full, because they are the proof.
June 2024 · OTA SouthWest
A pop-up tennis world at Tom Thomson School
Three days, six classes a day, four hundred children meeting tennis for the first time — and a marathon of coaching led personally by Bruce.
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2025 · OTA SouthWest
Engineered serendipity at Burlington TC
A four-year arc from rebuilding-after-pandemic to the Junior BTC Slam. What weekly unpaid sessions, pro-bono coaching, and quiet refusal to give up looks like.
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YMCA · Story Corner
A pillar of society
The YMCA’s own tribute. Nine years of subsidies, mentorship, and the love of people that has anchored Bruce’s work since the 1990s.
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