S p e c i a l F e a t u r e
with education and medical expenses.
These include the Soar Philanthropy
Society scholarship, Eagle Ridge Hospital,
Sikh Motorcycle Club, Kids Play and a
scholarship for students of L.A. Matheson
Secondary School in Surrey. His foundation
sponsors a debate competition for Grade
11 and 12 students in the public school
system with $15,000 in scholarship prize
money. He also donates to Richmond
Hospital Foundation (where his son
was born), BC Children's Hospital and
Ronald MacDonald House in Surrey. Full
proceeds from Chohan's two best-selling
books, UnCommon (with Brian Tracy) and
Performance 360 (with Sir Richard Branson),
go towards supporting Entrepreneurs
International. Chohan discovered oral
cancer was most prominent in the South
Asian community, so he helped set up
camps for oral cancer screening. Out of
many people screened, 38 were found
positive and six needed surgery right away.
Every year, Chohan tries to outdo
himself in regards to community
involvement and giving back, and has made
that one of the
prime purposes of
his life.
"For me it's
very important
to connect and
support emotionally
someone going
through hardships,"
he says. "I consider
it my responsibility,
to give back to the
community. I saw
my father helping everyone, in whichever
way possible."
In 2017, Surrey-based Drishti Media
recognized Chohan's e˜orts with the aptly
named "Spirit of Generosity" award. For
Chohan, nancial rewards have always
been about having enough to share. Now,
as a trusted mentor to hundreds of nancial
advisors and a sponsor of many ambitious
young people, he hopes to instil this spirit
of generosity in others as well. His winning
philosophy is simple: "If you take care of
people, the money will come."
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P r O M O T E D c O n T E n T
clockwise: chohan
runs seven offices
with 500 employees;
speaking at the 2017
Drishti Awards gala;
Team Punjabi sports
event; 'everything
is possible'; SOAr
Philanthropy gala
