Celebration of life for Jim Button to take place in two weeks

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The “celebration of a misplaced, ill-spent life” to honor the lifetime of group builder Jim Button will happen on the Jack Singer Live performance Corridor in two weeks.

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Button, a Calgary businessman and philanthropist, died Jan. 19 at 59 after an eight-year battle with most cancers.

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Household, mates and colleagues are invited to hitch the occasion on Feb. 27 to have a good time his life and legacy, which the occasion’s web site says Button referred to as the “celebration of a misplaced, ill-spent life.”

Button additionally wrote his personal obituary on the weblog Collect With Jim, saying that he lived a full life “with few regrets and a ridiculous quantity of journey, and an equal quantity of affection, gratitude and friendships galore.”

“It is that straightforward. Reside. Love. Snicker. Repeat,” he wrote earlier than he handed away.

Button’s household – spouse, Tracey, son, Jack, and daughter, Amanda – have requested that donations be made to the Jim Button Neighborhood Builder Fund, in lieu of flowers.

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The Jim Button Neighborhood Builder Fund

The Neighborhood Builder Fund was established to have a good time Button’s legacy by supporting folks working to make Calgary a greater place. The fund begins with two initiatives — the Jim Button Neighborhood Grants, meant for occasions or festivals that convey folks collectively and encourage the group; and the Jim Button Unsung Hero Award, which is able to acknowledge group builders.

The fund is run by the Calgary Basis and is led by a board chosen by Button’s household.

“It should commemorate Jim’s lifelong ardour for bringing folks collectively to have a good time what makes us particular, whether or not by supporting people dedicated to constructing group, or by supporting organizations and establishments devoted to bringing us collectively ,” says the fund’s web site.

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A life nicely lived

Button co-founded Village Brewery in 2011 and helped set up it as a cornerstone within the native craft beer market. He additionally helped launch initiatives such because the Circle Carnival pageant and Better of Calgary awards and celebrations.

“I used to be completely happy in life. Properly, it felt fortunate, however I am fairly positive karma had so much to do with it. You get again tenfold what you place out when it comes to goodness. But it surely nonetheless felt completely happy,” Button wrote within the weblog.

“I really feel like I’ve lived a purposeful life. And largely, I’ve actually doubled down on pursuing initiatives, corporations and people who find themselves additionally pushed by objective.”

Seats for the two-hour celebration of life on February 27 at 4:30 p.m. could be reserved on the occasion’s web site.

— With information from Josh Aldrich

sbabych@postmedia.com