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How a Toronto REALTOR® devoted his life to community service and raised over $300,000 for the Trillium Health Partners (THP) – Mississauga Hospital, Credit Valley Hospital and Queensway Health Centre    Source:realheart.ca For REALTOR® Esa Para, dealing with adversity is nothing new. Esa and his wife Sumi immigrated to Canada due to the civil war in Sri Lanka. Struggling with his new life at first, Esa soon found a new home in his local South Asian community in Scarborough. Realizing the importance of a strong community, Esa began volunteering in 1994, working with South Asian organizations and raising funds for the Trillium Health Partners Foundation (THPF) in 2004.  His work became even more personal when he suffered a life-threatening heart attack in 2014 and was sent to Mississauga Hospital for treatment, a hospital that falls under the Trillium Health Partners (THP) umbrella. Feeling inspired and motivated once he recovered, Esa ...