April 2021 Newsletter
New at iLevel | CHFA Connect 2021| Article: Working From Home | Featured Brand
New at iLevel – Office & Sales Data Administrator – Akshay Kumar
We at iLevel Management Inc. are excited to let you know that Akshay Kumar has joined us as our new Office and Sales Data Administrator.
Akshay will be taking over the role from Leo who will be moving on at the end of this month to greener pastures. We want to thank Leo for his time at iLevel and wish him well on his journey.
Akshay has a shared passion for administration, marketing, sales and hospitality throughout his career. He is a graduate of Humber College, where he secured an advanced diploma in Mechanical Engineering. During his studies, he joined the events and food services team at Humber and coordinated a multitude of events with 1000+ attendees. Having a keen eye for hospitality and customer service, he acquired an opportunity to work at the CN Tower, where he connected with people from around the globe. Upon graduation, he joined a startup business and managed their administration, advertising and marketing handles while constantly adapting to new developments made to the business. Outside the office, he is a hobbyist photographer with a piqued interest in street and landscape photography. His personal goal is to lead a life that is sustainable and leave a minimal carbon footprint.
Please join us in welcoming Akshay to our team. If you have any questions, please let us know.
Akshay can be reached at:
akumar@ilevelmanagement.ca
O: (416) 342-0213 x 224
C: (437) 996-5569
CHFA Connect 2021
In 2020 we saw our business change in multiple ways due to Covid-19 and government-imposed lockdowns across our country and the world. One of the changes we saw was CHFA being held entirely online as a virtual show called CHFA Connect in October. CHFA is our industry’s most important event in Canada, and it is normally held in Vancouver (February) and Toronto (September) with biannual Quebec editions. As the world continues to fight the spread of the coronavirus, CHFA will be hosting a series of standalone virtual events in 2021.
One of these events is CHFA Connect 2021, which will be happening live on April 16 & 17 (Friday & Saturday).
One of these events is CHFA Connect 2021, which will be happening live on April 16 & 17 (Friday & Saturday).
iLevel will be present at CHFA Connect, please visit our brands:
Caulipower, Redmond Life, Natura and Supernova
Working From Home
Let’s talk about “working from home” and what that means. But, first, a big ‘Thank You!’ to frontline workers and everyone who has been putting their health at risk for the greater good is in order. Many of us have had to adapt to current circumstances by working entirely from home and, in fact, it has been a year of doing so for most in this group. While there are some benefits to remote work, the last 12 months has opened our eyes to some potential drawbacks as well.
Routine
Humans are very good at adapting their behavior to different environments: we think and act a certain way at home with family, which is different from the way we act at work with colleagues and so forth. During a normal week, we commute, we dress for work, we see and interact with members of our team and there is a good deal of separation between our personal life and our work life: different place, different people, different clothes, different time of day, different tasks, and activities. Working from home, however, our whole week happens essentially in one place and our minds might get overwhelmed and confused over time. One idea to mitigate this is to have a specific spot for working and only working. Some have the luxury of having a spare room that can (by now probably already has) be converted into an office, but even a desk with your computer, files, stationery, and phone can be beneficial. Anything is better than working at the exact same place you watch TV with family, or the same table you have dinner, and so forth. That helps your mind keep a separation between the two ‘modes’ (work and personal).
Movement
Another potential problem of working from home is the lack of movement during the day. By the time we get to our desks at the office we have usually walked outside to our cars or used public transportation or biked to work, walked up the stairs and while that might not seem like much, when we are working from home even that is removed from our daily routines so a good idea here is to get in the habit of going for a short walk or taking a short break for some exercise at home. It is good for our body and a welcomed break for our minds as well, some fresh perspective when we get back to work.
Social Connection
One very important thing we lose by working from home is the connection to our colleagues. We all miss chatting in person and just having other people around we can interact with. Something that we can, perhaps, ‘thank’ the pandemic for is the new habit of having video conferences, Zoom calls rather than just plain phone calls. It adds a personal touch and seeing out friends, team members, suppliers, clients rather than only hearing them can mean a world of difference throughout the day. We feel more connected, closer and it really adds up over time. I believe that even after normalcy gets restored, video calls will remain the standard way of communicating for a lot of us and replace the phone call in most situations.
Finally, whether you are a homebody or an outgoing individual, working from home can be made more enjoyable with just a few small tweaks. If you can, set up your work desk near a window for some daylight, get a comfortable chair, maintain your posture and be grateful you have the option of keeping your job, many around us have not had such luck.
Featured Brand: This Saves Lives
At This Saves Lives, we are on a mission to help put an end to severe acute malnutrition in children. This Saves Lives is a delicious snack brand, and every single purchase sends life-saving food to a child in need. Co-founders Kristen Bell, Ryan Devlin, Todd Grinnell, and Ravi Patel launched This Saves Lives with a simple motto, "Buy a bar. Feed a child. We eat together."
When they started, they knew they could not be the only ones who wanted to end severe acute malnutrition and dreamed of inviting everyone to help. Through a unique social impact model, This Saves Lives became a social platform that makes delicious snack food while empowering people like you to make a positive change on severe acute malnutrition. When we say, “we eat together”, we mean it, and believe all children, no matter what their circumstances, deserve the opportunity to thrive.
Through a unique giving model, This Saves Lives has been able to increase their impact on severe acute malnutrition while revolutionizing the way private companies drive change in the world. The company has sold enough to donate more than 27 million life-saving packets of food for children in need, saving more than 150,000 lives, and this is just the beginning. Now with more than just bars, their snacks contain premium ingredients and are non-GMO, gluten-free, and Kosher-Dairy.
This Saves Lives is extremely proud to be available in Canada, and we are committed to making a real impact with our Canadian neighbors!
How it Works
When you make a purchase with This Saves Lives, we send a packet of Plumpy'Nut, a nutrient packed, peanut-butter-like paste to a child in need. Our giving partner, Action Against Hunger, identifies the children around the world who need our help the most, and they distribute the Plumpy'Nut to their mothers. With just three packets of Plumpy'Nut a day for about six weeks, a child can go from being on the verge of certain death, to healthy and thriving, ready to impact the world around them!
More information on the global health issue of severe acute malnutrition:
• Globally, 6.9% of children - 47 million - are acutely malnourished, putting them at a higher risk of death. 14.3 million suffer from severe acute malnutrition, the deadliest form of hunger.
• Children under age five years old are most at risk of dying of malnutrition. When a child dies before they reach their fifth birthday, hunger is an underlying cause nearly half the time.
• Approximately 90% of children who complete hunger treatment are cured. However, globally, fewer than 1 in 3 severely malnourished children can access hunger treatment.very 11 seconds, a child dies from severe acute malnutrition. Due to COVID-19, this number is doubling.
• Every year, over 3 million children lose their battle with severe acute malnutrition.
Please visit our website to see how you have helped save over 170,000 lives!
https://thissaveslives.com/pages/your-impact
