Best-selling author, doctor and motivational speaker Murray Howe will be the guest speaker at the upcoming Delta Leadership Prayer Breakfast.
The 45th annual event will be held Saturday, Feb. 23 from 8:15 to 11 a.m. at Tsawwassen Springs.
The son of hockey legend Gordie Howe, Murray Howe is the author of the national bestseller, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father. He’s also a recipient of the University of Michigan’s prized Avery Hopwood Award.
Howe appeared in South Delta in December 2017 where, alongside his wife Colleen, he presented a motivational talk to students at Pebble Hill Elementary.
Howe described how he was motivated to write the book after his dad passed away just a few days before Father’s Day. Saddened their fishing trips, when as a boy his father would take the opportunity to talk about life, were no more, Howe figured a great way to honour him was to pass along everything he was taught on how to be a good father and man.
“To me, he was like a superhero, he was so strong and such a great player. Off the ice, he was the kindest, gentlest person and gave so much of himself to everybody,” Howe told the students.
“Everything you do can have an impact for other people. If someone is all alone and sitting by themselves, go sit with them. And you don’t have to be the biggest person to stand between someone and a bully.”
Howe serves as head of sports medicine imaging for Toledo Radiological Associates and Promedica Health System's Sports Care program. Additionally, he is an associate clinical professor at the University of Toledo Medical Center and participates on the University of Michigan Medical School admissions committee.
He has four decades of experience as a keynote speaker across Canada and the U.S. covering various topics, including sports medicine, health and wellness, and hockey.
Tickets for the Delta Leadership Prayer Breakfast are $35 per person for the full breakfast buffet, which starts at 9 a.m. Tickets are available via email at [email protected] or at https://deltaleadershipprayer.org.
