DATE & TIME
Wed., April 30, 2025
11:30am to 2:00pm
LOCATION
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto
60 Yorkville Ave
Toronto, ON M4W 0A4
TICKET PRICES
Tables sold out. Please contact Andres Vargas at avargas@canfar.com for seating inquiries.
Silent Auction
NOW LIVE!
Can you do lunch? (CYDL) is CANFAR’s annual Spring fundraiser. Now in its 13th year, CYDL brings together over 400 of our patrons for a gorgeous, seasonally-themed lunch in the Aria Ballroom at Four Seasons Hotel Toronto. CYDL features a panel discussion with sector experts, people living with HIV and advocates, as well as CANFAR’s famed Silent Auction which contributes immensely to our fundraising and allows us to invest in community implementation projects across Canada.
Tables are sold out for this year’s Can You Do Lunch? For seating inquiries, please contact Andres Vargas at avargas@canfar.com.
Please consider making a donation to help us fund CANFAR’s mission to end HIV in Canada.
Thank you to our sponsors
Illumination Partners
Event Sponsors
Community Partners
Entertainment
Decor
Become a sponsor of Can You Do Lunch? and help CANFAR end the HIV epidemic in Canada. Email events@canfar.com for more information on how to get involved.
With over 50% of Canadians living with HIV now over the age of 50, this year's Can You Do Lunch? will highlight HIV and aging – and spotlight how we can support people living with HIV at every stage of life.
Proceeds from Can You Do Lunch? support CANFAR’s three Bold Actions to end the HIV epidemic in Canada:
- Launching national awareness campaigns to reach underserved communities and connect them to testing, treatment, and care;
- Removing barriers to testing and care for underserved key populations and communities by investing in new testing approaches and more accessible places and spaces with culturally appropriate supports;
- Funding research by and for members of these key populations and communities that will directly address the communities’ needs
Meet the Co-Chairs
Gallant Law is an award-winning business professional with 15+ years of experience translating consumer insights into impactful B2C and B2B strategies for Tier-1 global organizations such as Visa, RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank and Cathay Pacific Airways. Currently Gallant is Principle at Revelry Marketing.
He sits on the Boards of Ontario Culture Days, Square Circle and the Racial Equity Screen Office. Gallant is also affiliated with a number of philanthropic causes, including the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Art Gems, and Casey House, and a member of the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada.
Andrea Anders (Founder & Principal, Andrea Anders Inc.) is an award-winning communicator who has spent two decades building brands and solving business problems across industries for high profile clients like Emirates Airline and Procter & Gamble. She’s a strategic thinker who has launched startup category disruptors with impact, built countless CEO profiles, managed high stakes crises for brands like Pampers and Tide and led effective integrated communications re-launches for clients like Genesis Motors Canada.
Andrea is a public relations powerhouse who is equally focused on leading the agency and giving back. Organizations she supports as a donor, committee member, co-chair or mentor include Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Casey House, GEM, The Forum and Toronto Cat Rescue.
Amanda Gotlieb, a CPA by profession, has worked in the Toronto business community for 15+ years, including at prominent audit/advisory firms and an institutional real estate management and development firm. She is passionate about the real estate industry, currently working at RBC in the Real Estate Markets Group, where she works with top-tier residential developers in the GTA.
Having grown up in a family where charity and fundraising were in the family DNA, she knows the importance of giving back to the community and has extensive involvements in philanthropic causes.
