Burgeonvest Bick Scholarship Awarded for 2010-2011 Academic Year.

We are pleased to announce that the Burgeonvest Bick Securities Limited Scholarship has been awarded for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Academic Standards Committee of Redeemer University College awarded the scholarship to a third year student majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Psychology.

Burgeonvest Bick is proud to participate in this Scholarship Program. We are pleased to be able to help students who need financial aid as well as reward deserving scholars who work hard on their academics.

Clarence Bick, Partner
Burgeonvest Bick Securities Limited

Ancaster Prepares For A Cosmopolitan Affair

Seven years ago Ancaster’s Rotary A.M. Club began its signature fashion show, profiling the latest Spring collection of ladies and men’s casual and formal fashions from local retailers. We invite you to join us for this community event with proceeds to be directed organizations with a focus on youth and vulnerable persons.

My fellow Rotarian and Burgeonvest Bick colleague Leonard Bick and I are working through our Ancaster Rotary Club on this event to raise much needed funds to support individual charities and organizations in our community and worldwide. Past recipients of the proceeds of this event have included Ancaster Meals on Wheels, T.E.A.D., Interval House and Golden Horseshoe Children of Chernobyl.

A Cosmopolitan Affair ~ Fashion Show

The ticket price of $55 or $500 for a table of 10 includes light food stations, outstanding fashions, exciting prizes and raffles. Tickets can be purchased online at www.cosmopolitanaffair.ca or by calling Mackay Brehm and Smith 905-333-5753.

The Rotary Club of Ancaster has provided community service since 1978 in the Town of Ancaster and around the world. This Ancaster based group of volunteers has been able to impact the lives of thousands of people. For more information on the important initiatives that Ancaster Rotary groups are involved in, please visit our websites at: http://ancasterrotaryam.org/ and http://www.ancasterrotary.com

Bruce Gabel, CIM
Burgeonvest Bick Advisor and Rotarian

bruce.gabel@bbsl.ca

We are pleased to add Ontario Place to our Burgeonvest Bick Corporate Partners Rewards Program. The Partners Rewards program with Ontario Place gives our clients access to a special corporate discount. The program allows our client to go on-line to purchase and print the tickets at a special reduced price. For more information, click on the Partner Rewards tab on at www.BurgeonvestBick.com or email for more information at: contactus@bbsl.ca

Congratulations to Dundas!  They have won title of Kraft Hockeyville 2010.

Dundas has won Kraft Hockeyville 2010 and is this year’s most passionate hockey town. As the winning hockey community, Dundas will be awarded prizes to help them to continue their ongoing hockey programs. Prizes include:

• $100,000 from Kraft Canada dedicated to upgrading J.L. Grightmire arena endorsed through your winning Kraft Hockeyville entry.
• An NHL® pre-season game hosted at J.L.Grightmire Arena
• A CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast from J.L.Grightmire Arena

With 1,066,855 votes, Dundas edged the town of Bishop’s Falls, Nfld. (928,044). Cranbrook, B.C. finished third, followed by Lawrencetown, N.S., and Stanstead, Que. Each of the five finalists receives $25,000 for rink improvements from Kraft.

We congratulate our neighbours on their great success. For more information about the Kraft Hockeyville Program,
see http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockeyville/home/en/

Rotary Think Recycle Program at Burgeonvest Bick in Ancaster

Did You Know that used printer cartridges and discarded cell phones can take up to 100 years to decompose? Burgeonvest Bick has teamed up with Ancaster Rotary to provide a convenient way for community members to recycle these items through the Think Recycle program. We invite our clients and neighbours to simply bring in their used items to our Ancaster office.

Thinking green diverts these cartridges and cell phones from landfills and ensures that they are properly recycled. What’s more, for every 24 recyclable cartridges and cell phones collected, Think Recycle will sponsor the planting of a tree on behalf of Ancaster Rotary through Tree Canada Foundation. In addition, Think Recycle pays Ancaster Rotary for every qualifying cartridge and cell phone collected. Ancaster Rotary can use the funds to support their ongoing important community initiatives.

John Knechtel, Financial Advisor notes, “Our clients love that we provide an easy way to recycle their used items, while at the same time they are helping out their environment and their local community. It’s a win-win.”

The Think Recycle program has been in operation since 2001 and has since generated over $3 million in funding to its participants, diverted more than 930,000 lbs. of waste from landfill and recycled over 1,850,000 print cartridges and cell phones. For further information on what items qualify or how you can get involved, see their website at: www.thinkrecycle.com

John Knechtel, Len Bick and Bruce Gabel are Financial Advisors with Burgeonvest Bick located in our Ancaster Office. All three are proud and active Rotarians.

Seminar Presentation:

Seven Ways for Retirees could Cut Taxes and Make their Money Go Farther

Join Ann Louise Tindall for this informative presentation and learn:

- How to avoid one of the biggest mistakes retiree’s make
-  Three Important investment income strategies
-  An investment that will help your money last a lifetime.
-  and more

Join us:

Wednesday April 21, 2010 at 2:00 – 3:30 pm  or
Thursday April 22, 2010 at  7:00-9:30 pm

The Innisville
1143 Highway # 8, Stoney Creek
Downstairs Function Room

Call Anne Louise 416-573-2748

Tax Receipt Time ~ A note for Bick Financial Clients Transitioning to Burgeonvest Bick

T3, T5 and RRSP Contributions:
You may receive several tax receipts for T3, T5 and RRSP contributions made for the 2009 Year:

1. From the individual fund companies when your assets were held by Bick Financial, and

2. From NBCN for any contributions made after your integration with Burgeonvest Bick.

RRSP Contibutions – Pre-Authorized Contributions:
For clients that run monthly PACs (Pre-authorized contributions), please keep in mind that contributions made during the first sixty days of 2009 (1 January – 2 March 2009) can either be claimed as part of the 2008 or 2009 Tax Year.

Please consult your tax professional if you would like to maximize contributions or invest a specific amount, or are unsure of how the 2008 extra contribution due to the March 2, 2009 date was filed.

TFSA Contributions:
NO Tax slips will be issued from either Bick Financial or NBCN Burgeonvest Bick for contributions to or withdrawals from a TFSA.

NBCN (or fund companies associated with Bick Financial before integration ) as plan administrator(s) will file electronically with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) a TFSA Information Return on your behalf. For more information regarding the data please refer to the CRA website at the following address: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/tfsa-celi/dtlmnts-eng.html.

Contact Your Advisor:
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your Advisor.

Burgeonvest Bick will be hosting a client event featuring Norm Raschkowan, Chief Investment Officer of Mackenzie Investments. Norm will provide us with his perspective on the markets and an Outlook for 2010 and beyond.

Join us:

Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Registration at 9:30 am, Presentation at 10:00 am
Redeemer University College, Room 213
777 Garner Road East, Ancaster

Seating is limited. Please call to reserve at 905.648.9559 or 1.888.777.2425.

Burgeonvest Bick and Leonard Bick Nominated for 2010 Readers’ Choice Award

Burgeonvest Bick is proud to be nominated for the Hamilton Community News 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards the category of Best Investment Company. As active member of our communities, we pride ourselves on helping Canadians reach their retirement and life goals.

We congratulate the Leonard Bick on his nomination in the Favourite Financial Advisor category. Well known locally, this dedicated professional conducts his business in a manner that ensures he will be respected and sought out. When asked about his formula for success, Len comments, “Never compromise on doing the right thing. Work hard for your clients and the business will take care of itself.”

Voting begins February 18th – February 28th at www.hamiltonreaderschoice.ca

Burgeonvest Bick Rotarians Send Much Needed Aid for Haiti Relief

January 29, 2010

The 7.0 earthquake near the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince in mid January has caused the death of over 150,000. More pressing is the huge number of injured, needy and homeless Haitians that require urgent worldwide aid. My fellow Rotarians and Burgeonvest Bick colleagues Leonard Bick, John Knechtel and I are working through our Ancaster Rotary Clubs to send much needed aid.

Together, we are contributing $10,000 to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, a town about forty miles northwest of Port-au-Prince. This facility is stretched to the limited, as supplies of medicine; food and fuel (for diesel generators) are in short supply. In addition, we are giving $2,000 to the Shelter Box program in an effort to supply urgently needed tent housing to the displaced, homeless Haitians. Each self contained, ten-person tent contains a multi-fuel stove, a water filtration system, pots, tools, blankets and ground sheets.

The Rotary Club of Ancaster has provided community service since 1978 in the Town of Ancaster and around the world. As sponsor for the Water For Life Project in the Artibonite Valley in Haiti, this Ancaster based group of volunteers has been able to impact the lives of thousands of people. For more information on the important initiatives that Ancaster Rotary groups are involved in, please visit our websites at: http://ancasterrotaryam.org/ and http://www.ancasterrotary.com

Bruce Gabel, CIM
Burgeonvest Bick Advisor and Rotarian