A Toastmasters promotional graphic featuring an older man in a suit and tie smiling, with text reading “Why a 90-Year-Old Joined Toastmasters—Again. Tom Shindruk, Heritage Go-Getters Toastmasters Club

What prompted Tom Shindruk to join Toastmasters for the third time? Let’s go back 68 years. At age 22, Tom secured a position with Sunkist Growers Inc., a citrus farmers’ co-op in California. Living in Winnipeg, his sales territory stretched across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Western Ontario to Thunder Bay, North Dakota, and Northern Minnesota. This meant extensive travel and frequent presentations. But Tom was terrified of public speaking. Determined to improve, he found a retired school teacher in Elmwood (a Winnipeg …

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