Côte Saint-Luc businessman Michael Gilbert is helping out his good friend Michael Dean Rafferty on a mission. Kera Organics was created to not only to make soap, but specialize in transforming pure and natural ingredients, free from chemical fragrances and processed components like artificial dyes into handcrafted organic products. Kera comes from Keratoconus, an eye disease which, if not treated could easily lead to blindness. For many, surgery is not the answer, but spiral lenses are. Those stricken by this disease may need to go this route however it comes with a very costly price to pay. There are no available government subsidies that you can receive and not many places offer this type of lens with the necessary treatment services. That is why Mr. Rafferty, who has suffered from the disease since he was a child, created the  Kera Cares Foundation ( https://keracares.org) to provide assistance. I caught up with the two Michaels at their Crescent Street booth during Grand Prix festivities.

Man about town Michael Gilbert becomes a "visionary" for Michael Dean Rafferty

Mike Cohen is the manager of marketing and communications for the English Montreal School Board, an elected councillor in the City of Côte Saint-Luc and a writer and blogger for several publications and websites.  The latter include The Suburban,  The Montrealer, The Jewish Standard Magazine. Montreal Jewish Magazine and  Canadian World Traveller. He is also the publisher of Inspirations Newspaper.

Man about town Michael Gilbert becomes a "visionary" for Michael Dean Rafferty

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