A number of years ago, Michael Williams-Stark and his brilliant pal Abby Thomas saw a television program on AboutFace, an organization that helps people with facial differences. Through Abby's encouragement he decided to see what he could do to help kids dealing with the same challenges and struggles that he went through as a kid.

Michael made himself available to help out at special events and participated in support meetings and talks. But he really found his place when he facilitated a workshop on humour at AboutFace’s first Family Day in Toronto.

Since then, Michael’s workshops have become a regular and popular item. The original one-day program evolved into an eight-week workshop series called making faces.

making faces ran for four years at the Hospital for Sick Children's Bear theatre as well as at the Children's Rehabilitation Centre of Essex County. Ultimately, Michael hopes to offer the program to every AboutFace chapter in North America.

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