BANANA MAN I had just finished performing in Montreal and Ottawa and was preparing for my COURAGE TOUR. I would present in Bermuda, Calgary, Edmonton, Alberta, and Edinburgh, Scotland. Then, BAM! All schools were shut down due to the COVID-19 virus. All my presentations and after-school programs were cancelled. Now what? I tried my hand…
What fun, creative things could I do during the COVID-19 epidemic? Hey, how about making a leadership and anti-bullying video? I needed to do something creative. I wasn’t able to run my after-school leadership programs or anti-bullying presentations. What could I do to feel like I was growing and moving forward? I contacted my…
I had been presenting around Southern Ontario for almost thirty years. I wanted to present at Balhousie Primary School in Perth, Scotland. This was my mom’s school. I flew to Scotland and presented at Balhousie, St. Ninian, a Young Carers group and for the Perth Kinross ADHD support group. I believed that every connection I…
I travelled back to Scotland in June and October of 2022. I presented at GEORGE HERIOT School in Edinburgh. The presentation in June was exciting. In the middle of my presentation, the fire bell rang. I had to evacuate the school with the students. We walked to the back of George Heriot School near Grassmarket.…
Monday, January 23, 2023 We left Billy Bishop Airport and flew to Thunder Bay. The plane was thirty minutes late leaving from Billy Bishop, so we missed our connecting flight by the time we got to Thunder Bay. We had to spend the night at a Hampton Inn in Thunder Bay. We had a…
THE SCOTT PROJECT Making the World a Better Place If you read any of my report cards from when I was a boy, you will read, “Scott loves helping in class.” This is because I’ve always had an innate passion for helping others. This desire is partly from my personality and a need to feel…
Dezra and Irene I always knew I was adopted. My mother told me every three years, so I always knew it. I remember looking out the front window of our Kingston, Ontario house, hearing my mother say, “You know you were adopted, Scott?” I replied, “Yes, I do, so what’s for dinner? Being adopted was…
It is hard to believe Kids 4 Kids is celebrating its 30th anniversary this summer. We have had over 40,000 children through our Kids 4 Kids Leadership school programs, summer camps and presentations. We have had members who have become teachers, police officers, firefighters and have served in the military. We even had a member invited…
It was March 2020 when my world shut down. Everything I do involves schools—my presentations, after-school and lunch-hour programs, everything. I was going to Barbados to perform at a school, then to Calgary and Edmonton in June, Scotland. I started to think I was getting too busy, then nothing! I may have thought too loud.…
