Meetings

CHHA-Calgary promotes self-help, advocacy, information and visibility for Calgarians with hearing loss.

Visitors are always welcome.

Meeting Monday, March 10th, 2008

Michael Lepitre

An entrepreneur from an early age, Michael brings to his companies a wealth of practical experience. Combined with his accounting practice, Michael has developed a passion for people to prosper financially and succeed in life.

A corner stone to his personal and corporate success are the strategic alliances formed through Kustom Design, thus fulfilling the age-old philosophy of successful people putting their money to work.

Michael E. Lepitre is committed to the community as a youth leader, an executive member of Concerned Christians Canada, and a producer of positive-music CDs.

With wife Stacey, daughter Victoria and son Caleb, Michael's family stands strong in their faith and their passion to impact people's lives and futures in positive ways.

Kustom Design Professional Services Corp. is a dynamic accounting company providing quality client service, comprehensive expertise and education, while building lasting relationships of integrity.

Kustom Design Educational Corp. is a financial education firm that has been providing financial and tax education through seminars, private sessions and financial boot camp.  Their Mission is to empower individuals, groups and organizations through the education of financial stewardship. 

Kustom Design logoPresentation Agenda

- Introduction to Kustom Design Group

- Quick outlay of the 5 steps to financial freedom

- Introduction to disability tax credits

- Review of the disability tax credit forms

- The process of applying the disability tax credits


For more information about CHHA-Calgary Meetings and the location, please visit About CHHA.

To read about previous guest speakers, please choose one of the links below:

  • November 2009 - Sylvia Bird, currently the part-time Tinnitus Coordinator at Deaf & Hard of Hearing Society (DHHS) in Calgary, Alberta, spoke about tinnitus and some of the treatments available to help in managing this condition.
  • September 2009 - Recap of the 2009 St. John's Conference from members who attended.
  • June 2009 - Representatives from Phonak shared information about current technologies that help improve hearing for hard of hearing individuals in the presence of background noise and to connect to modern communication devices such as cell phones.
  • April 2009 - Dave Evans, the Medical Base Manager and Flight Paramedic for STARS explained how knowing what to expect in an emergency situation requiring transportation by STARS will reduce the stress of a traumatic experience.
  • February 2009 - Pauline Mathezer, a trained volunteer for the Canada Revenue Agency and member of CHHA-Calgary, spoke about completing income tax returns.
  • November 2008 - Stacie Tidlund, graduate of the Disability Studies program at Mount Royal College, spoke about her CHHA-Calgary sponsored practicum in Malaysia working with people with hearing loss.
  • October 2008 - Stephen McKibbon, SeniorConnect Coordinator and services provided by Calgary Senior's Resource Society
  • September 2008 - CHHA-Calgary members who attended the Canadian Hard of Hearing / International Federation of Hard of Hearing Congress held in Vancouver this summer presented information from the workshops they attended. The Congress attracted speakers and delegates from around the world and focused on hearing loss management in other countries.
  • May 2008 - Pacific Assistance Dogs
  • April 2008 - James Zackowski - Executive Director of Calgary Rotary Challenger Park
  • March 2008 - Michael Lepitre - financial and tax education
  • February 2008 - Dr. Carrie Scarff - researcher and private practice Doctor of Audiology
  • January 2008 - No Meeting
  • December 2007 - Christmas Party
  • November 2007 - Pacific Assistance Dogs
  • October 2007 - Marianne Flanagan, Speech/Language Pathologist

 

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