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From One Act of Kindness to a Lifetime of Opportunity: Carey’s Story
Carey Courtis still remembers the moment he received a cheque in the mail that covered the cost of his college textbooks. It was unexpected—and transformational. Raised by a single mother without financial support from his father, Carey knew that Lambton College was his only feasible option for post-secondary education. Even then, he nearly skipped the opportunity to keep working in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley.
But that cheque changed his course.
“It’s just a simple ‘Pay It Forward,’” he says. “If I can help one student a year overcome the kind of challenges I faced, then I’ve honoured the gift that changed my life.”
Carey enrolled in the Computer Programmer Analyst program in 1985, one of the earliest cohorts. While he wasn’t able to complete the original program, he graduated with a Computer Programmer diploma in 1988, just in time to qualify for the NAFTA visa program and launch a successful international career with the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Looking back, Carey considers himself “one of the lucky ones.” And that’s why he’s now giving back by funding a scholarship that mirrors the very one that helped him 40 years ago.