Hargell Limited-largest distributor of ethnic products in canada.We specialise in:

Hargell Limited

Hargell limited is the largest distributor of ethnic products in canada.We specialise in:
Accessories for hair.
Braids (hair extentions)
Hair products
Etc.

Member Info »

Business Type:	Service Provider, Government Institution
Number of Employees:	5 ~ 50
Business Scope:	Apparel & Accessories, Arts & Crafts, Health & Medicine, Textile
Member Since:	2004
Last Sign In Date:	Jul 04, 2011

Contact Details

Company Name:	Hargell Limited
Company Address:	50 Don River Blvd. , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
City/Town:	Toronto
Province/State:	Ontario
Country/Region:	Canada
Zip/Postal Code:	M2N2M9
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Contact Person (Department):	Mr. Harvey Gellman

'You have to give back'

Harvey and Linda Gellman have been making a difference in the black community for decades

 

Co-founders of Hargell Limited, a successful line of ethnic beauty products, Linda also helped the Order achieve its goal of shipping $1 million worth of donated medical supplies annually to hospitals across Canada and around the world, by encouraging the retail outlets that carried their products to make donations as well.

Harvey is a man of few words when it comes to taking credit for anything. When I asked to interview him for this article, his response, as usual, was "talk to Linda."

He was instrumental in linking up the Sun with black community leaders like Arnold Auguste, publisher of Toronto's Share newspaper years ago, when tensions between the Sun and the black community over our crime coverage were running high.

Which isn't to say there aren't disagreements today. But things are a lot better.

Besides, I know what motivates Harvey because we've talked about it.

Growing up in New York, he saw first-hand what happened when race relations between blacks and whites collapsed, and the social damage it caused. And he vowed then to do whatever he could in his adopted home of Toronto to prevent a repeat of it.

Harvey and Linda, who's originally from Vancouver, met in Toronto. Harvey was the first man she ever spoke to here when he met her at the airport (they both knew Linda's sister) and soon after he set her up on a blind date. But when the guy turned up at her door drunk, Harvey gallantly stepped in and one thing led to another.

Following their marriage, the Gellmans put in years of seven-day weeks building up Hargell.

"I did the books, Harvey was sales," says Linda, and when they went looking for a charity they could work with, Auguste put them in touch with Seivright.

"The black community was buying our products," says Linda. "You can't take that for granted. You have to give back."

BIBLICAL ADVICE IS TRUE

The Gellmans recently received an award from the Jamaican government for their charitable work, and, as it turns out, the biblical advice that if you cast your bread on the waters, it will come back to you 10-fold, is true. This year, the winner of their very first medical scholarship -- Dr. Marcia Graham -- will be Saturday night's guest speaker.

But the Gellmans aren't done yet. Last year, grandparents four times over, they adopted a baby boy.

To purchase tickets for Saturday's fundraising dinner ($60 each) at The Shriners Auditorium, 3100 Keele St., 6:30 p.m., and/or to make a tax-deductible donation, contact Lloyd Seivright, Independent United Order of Solomon Trust Association, 2420 Coppersmith Court, Mississauga, Ont., L5L 3B5, phone 905-828-5128.

Hargell Ltd.

108-5050 dufferin st (Map It)
North york, Ontario
M3H5T5

Tel: (416) 661-6415
Fax: (416) 661-6417

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