Dr. William Barakett, the President & Chair of the Butters Foundation, passed away peacefully at the MUHC in Montreal during the night of August 26th surrounded by family, at the end of a 6-month battle with brain cancer. Dr. Barakett had been the President of the foundation since 2000 and had led the organization through 3 capital campaigns that […]

    Dr. Bill Barakett graduated from McGill University and set up his Knowlton medical practice in 1972. He quickly became involved in community activities, most noticeably with the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital Foundation. He rose to the Presidency of the Foundation due to his stellar solicitation efforts while at the same time becoming the Chief medical officer of the […]

The Butters Foundation is proud to announce that Ms. Alyson Wood has been named to its Board of Directors at its meeting of May 16th, 2019. Ms. Wood has had extensive experience in charitable solicitation and will bring such to the next capital campaign of the foundation, slated to begin later in the fiscal year. She is currently the CEO […]

  On the evening of the 6th of May, 2019 the CEGEP de Granby put on a marvelous awards event to showcase the student recipients of bursaries from the 2018-19 academic year. Organized by the administration of the college, this event sporting a ‘’Black & White” theme, featured refreshments beforehand and a talented troop of students who animated the evening […]

    From left to right: Caroline Hadlock, Nominee; David Sangster, Program Coordinator; Julia Rochford, Winner; Ron Creary, Director General of the Butters Foundation; Angel-May Rowsell, Honourable Mention; and Amy Patrick, Nominee.   On Tuesday, April 16, Julia Rochford, a second year Special Care Counselling student at Champlain College in Lennoxville, was awarded the Doris Mildred Parsons Bursary […]