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Whenever you think of exceptional Calgarians, one man’s name often comes to mind.

He’s a friend, colleague, business entrepreneur and all-around great guy and his name is Jim Button.

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Jim’s philosophy has always been, “Whatever you give, you always get more back.”

I go way back with Jim to his early days with the Event Group, when we would team up for fundraising and local initiatives with Big Rock beer. Those were fun days.

Since then, Jim went onto more philanthropy after co-founding Village Brewery and giving back 10% of the brewery’s bottom line to charity year after year.

Jim’s fighting the battle of his life now with renal cell carcinoma, which is attacking his liver and his lungs.

His new philosophy is, “It isn’t that I’m dying, it’s that I’m living!” and we are all hoping that’s for a long time to come.

You can see the happiness of daily life and the magic in his eyes when he speaks and his positive attitude is simply inspiring to all of us cheering for him.