Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation

Hope
for Lake Simcoe
I
n my 63 years on this lake I have watched it steadily decline.
During my six year term on the Lake Simcoe Conservation
Foundation (LSCF) Board of Directors it has been my ambition to
witness and be a small part of some positive change.
This year the Federal Government announced $30 million dollars
to clean up Lake Simcoe. The Provincial Government announced
legislation and is moving toward a Lake Simcoe Protection Act.
Municipal governments are making a healthier environment a
higher priority in their operations and budgets. Involvement of all
three levels of government means that your dollar goes further. As a
result of this positive change we have an extraordinary opportunity
to leverage funding and get closer to a restored cold water fishery
and a healthier Lake Simcoe environment.
It is my belief that the only way to accomplish this goal is to
work hand and hand with the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority. Why? They have the best scientists, they understand the
Board Members
Debby Beatty
President
Doug Blakey
Vice President
Ernie Crossland
Past President
Financial Highlights
Summary of Revenues and Expenditures
problems and they bring forward concrete solutions. The LSCF’s
role is to help provide the resources to them in order to get the
job done.
For the first time since I have been involved, I can see that the
combined efforts of all levels of government and the private sector
are working together for a common result. This gives me enough
HOPE to think that the lake I leave behind for my grandchildren,
who happen to be the 6th generation, will have fish that can
reproduce, clean water to swim in, shorelines that allow turtles
and frogs to come and go....in other words memories of what life
was like for me as a young child.
Thank you for being a part of
this extraordinary work!
Debby Beatty
President
Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation
Timothy Crooks
Staff
Bobbie Drew
Kimberley MacKenzie
Executive Director
Virginia Hackson
William McTavish
Andrew Mitchell
David Ouchterlony
Gayle Wood
Accomplishments of 2007
East Holland Clean Up
Gets Underway!
2007 was also the year the momentum really started with the
East Holland Clean Up. With the launch of the $17 million
campaign in October, local students politicians and residents
enjoyed and fantastic guided walk down the East Holland
River, followed by a celebration at George Richardson Park in
Newmarket. Together over 300 watershed residents were able to
ask questions from LSRCA staff about river channelization, storm
water management ponds, buffer zones and protecting drinking
water at the source. These combined activities are how rivers and
streams are cleaned up.
Under the leadership of Gayle Wood, CAO of the LSRCA all
municipalities in the East Holland subwatershed made a five year
the Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority and
the City of Barrie to host a
community planting day.
This project resulted in
The Foundation’s commitment to helping young people
improved fish habitat, one
learn to protect and respect their natural world remains.
acre of greenspace in downOur donors helped provide $30,000 in 2007 to help
town Barrie and 300 metres
enhance the programs and infrastructure at the Professor
of restored streamchannel,
Mrs. Eileen Potter proudly planting “her very
E.A. Smith Education Centre at Scanlon Creek. The over
cleaner water and better
own” cranberry bush which she continues to
7,000 young people who attend these programs now have
air. We offer our congratu- care for and enjoy
GPS units to teach students to navigate around the park and
lations to the City of Barrie
digital cameras for the “Art in the Park” program. The building
who received a 2007 Conservation Award for this project and we
at the Education Centre is also slowly being retrofitted to leave
are grateful that we could play a small part.
a smaller environmental footprint, starting with the replacement
This is an example of how the public sector and private sector
of windows and light bulbs; this a good start but is still a long
can work together to achieve more.
way to go.
Revenue Sources
(Total unaudited revenues $698,692)
Donations of over $50,000 either as a one time gift or over
several years will secure your spot in our President’s Circle. Our
President’s Circle is made up of a group of individuals who have
made a healthy Lake Simcoe a priority in their charitable giving.
This year our President’s circle enjoyed a unique three hour
boat tour of Lake Simcoe, courtesy of Crate Marine and Sales.
The day was stormy but our spirits were high as we learned from
the LSRCA scientists about their nomination for the international
Theiss riverprize award, the Geological survey of Kempenfelt Bay
and the weed survey in Cook’s Bay.
Kidds Creek Neighbours - The community now has a sense of ownership
and pride for this project.
The Mouth of Kidds Creek is Restored
“I was so pleased to look out my window and see a blue
heron in Kidds Creek” Barrie waterfront resident.
This year the campaign to restore Kidds Creek was completed.
The Foundation brought forward approximately $200,000 of cash
and inkind support for this project and in the fall we worked with
Christmas at Santa’s Fishing Cabin
A truly one of a kind experience was offered to children who
visited Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre in December of 2007.
We were grateful for the opportunity to partner with Vaughan Mills
Shopping Centre to create Santa’s Fishing Cabin. While waiting to
see Santa children learned about the water cycle, how to protect
fish habitat and how to take care of the environment. Instead of
sitting on Santa’s knee children went fishing with Santa and caught
a nice big “bass”.
The entire experience was video taped and rather then being
charged families were asked to make a donation to the Lake
Simcoe Conservation Foundation.
$189,948
$618,409
$10,058
$818,415
Deferred
Contribution
Liabilities
Current
Payables and accruals
Donations
(includes due to LSRCA of $77,959)
Deferred contributions
$660,153
Fundraising Events
Net Assets
Unrestricted
Expenditures
(Total unaudited expenditures $648,851)
Transfer to
Reserves
$81,340
$578,813
$158,262
$818,415
Fundraising Events
Audited 2007 Financial Statements are available on request.
Other
Thank You LSRCA Staff
Administration
Lake Clean Up
Projects
LSRCA staff – those who are already working extraordinary
hours to clean up the water draining lake simcoe – have
donated a total of approximately $7,000 in 2007 through
denim days and payroll deductions. This sends a very clear
message to us all. The work we do is important. Thanks to the
LSRCA staff for this outstanding commitment.
The President’s Circle members will be offered more opportunities
like this annually and we look forward to expanding this group.
Students getting involved with the
East Holland Clean up Campaiign.
One unique aspect of this campaign is that
as soon as funds are raised they go straight to work. In 2007 the
LSCF provided over $183,000, which was then leveraged with
municipal and LSRCA funds to result in over 49 projects either
completed or started. Over $900,000 went into a cleaner East
Holland River and Lake Simcoe in year one of this campaign.
Assets
Current
Cash
Investments
Receivables
Investment
Income
President’s Circle
Charlene Biggerstaff
Annual Fund and
Event Coordinator
additional commitment to this campaign.
To date almost six million dollars has been
pledged over five years for this work.
Kidds Creek Restoration - Bird’s Eye View
Education
Judy Milner
Development Officer
Unaudited Statement of Financial Position
December 31, 2007
For the Year ended December 31, 2007
We are very grateful to Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre for their initiative and look forward to continuing this new tradition next year.
Getting Results
T
he LSCF continues to experience growth and success. Our
revenue from private donations is continuing to climb with an
average of 34% per year since 2004.
We raise these funds through events like our annual George R.
Richardson Conservation Dinner, direct mail and donations we
receive through our website.
Special thank you to Vaughan Mills and Bass Pro Shop for their support. Left
to right: Dave Jessop (Bass Pro Shop), Santa (North Pole), Jamie McClean
(Vaughan Mills), Debby Beatty & Tim Crooks (LSCF)
This year we started accepting donations of publicly traded
securities with over $150,000 donated in December of 2007. Why
are people donating this way? The capital gains tax is eliminated
and you receive a charitable tax receipt for the market value. It is
as simple as an electronic transfer to our brokerage account.
We raise money to spend in a responsible
and effective way. In 2007 over $380,000 of
private donations were invested in clean up
projects around Lake Simcoe. This is more
than triple the investment we were able to
make just three years ago.
We know that leveraged funding and
partnerships are an important part of achieving results and in
2007 the LSCF made great strides on behalf of our donors. We are
committed to the highest standards in the charitable sector and we
look forward to continued growth in 2008.
Thank you for joining us on this journey.
Kimberley MacKenzie, CFRE
Executive Director
Thank You
Honour Page
Friends
Mrs. Debby Beatty
“Merry Christmas Mom.” Deborah, Chuck and Ken Beatty
“All the very best for Christmas and the New Year.”
Jasper Malcolmson
Mr. David Collacutt
“Best Wishes on your 70th Birthday.” Anne & George McCullough
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Graham
“Congratulations on your new home.” Lionel Grant
In Memory Of
Cleaning up Lake Simcoe - Together!
Mr. George R. Richardson
“The Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority honours George R. Richardson, its former Chair and Founding
Member” LSRCA Staff and Board of Directors
“A great leader and a man of conservation foresight. A wonderful person to work with.” Alex Ansell
“We will miss his presence doing ‘Good’ for our community and bless him for all he did for us.” Robert Sillcox
“George was a mentor, a visionary and a gentlemen. I learned many lessons from him” Gayle Wood
The Town of Newmarket
Emily Grayson
Ashley Richardson
Ken Bickle
Myrna Hunter
Douglas Richardson
Fred Brown
William Kingdon
William Skinner
Lori-Jane Burrows
Gordon Lang
Bill, Adam and Olivia Street
Glenna Burrows
Kristin McCully
David Whitehead
Ralph and Marion Cook
H. McNamara
Ann Wilkinson
Charles Cryderman
Monica Peckham
Jason Dawes
C. Jill Richardson
Mr. Allen Forbes Park
Mr. Philip Laing Gilbert
Ms Doreen Rogers
DavidHarley
Deborah Beatty
James & Mary Roberts
LindaNorek
DemRogers
KathiWilson
HarryWalker
Mr. John Burrows
President’s Circle
James B. Archer-Shee
James C. Baillie
David Beatty
Deborah Beatty
iPLAN Corporation
Michael McMurrich
The Samuel McLaughlin Foundation
Uplands Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth McLean
John Adams
Sandy Agnew
Margaret Aitken
Sakenah Amiri
Anthony Arrigo
W. Peter Aston
Donald Avery
Kathy Backway
Alan Barkin
John Bathe
Beaverton & District
Conservation Club
Bedford Plumbing &
Heating Limited
Eugene Belanger
Ann Bell
Scott Belyea
Gary Bensky
Berkshire Homes
William Boal
Max Borinsky
Margaret Bower
Beryl Budd
Pauline Burns
Diane Burns
Brian Burr
Peter Burtch
Doreen Burton
Heather Calverley
Dorelle Cameron
Henry Caravaggio
Adelina Cardillo
Regional Carson
Barbara Case
Georgina Casey
Casino Rama / CHC
ON Supplies Limited
Yvan Champagne
City of Barrie
Barry Cohen
Dave Collacutt
Barbara Collinson
Conceicao Farms Inc.
June Coward
Ernest Crossland
Milena Del Duca
Leona Diamond
Anthony DiFlorio
Britton Doherty
James Domm
Jonathan Dostrovsky
Alexander Duman
Ann Ellis
Craig Ellis
Goldie Erenberg
Dan Farquharson
Jay Feldman
Jonathan Fidler
David Fingold
Karen Forgrave
Tom Fowle
Ron Fox
Mary Margaret Fuller
Larry Gagnier
L. Albon Garbe
Wendy Gilbert
Kenneth Gilmour
Janice Goodman
Maryon Gordon
Tom Gordon
Harry Gorman
Dinah Gough
Alex Grant
Ronald Gray
Terry Green
Ruth Green
Shirley Greenberg
Jerry Greenglass, CA
Jane Guest
T. Michael Hall
Pat Harnett
Paul Harpley
Linda Harrison
Margaret Heather
Conrad and Nancy
Heidenreich
Donald Heimbecker
Elisabeth Hempen
Frank Henriques
P. Virginia Holmes
Infonancial Software Inc.
Inman Holdings Limited
Irwin Builders Limited
Jackson’s Landing
Bed & Breakfast
Neil Jacoby
Barbara Jeffrey
Margaret Kennedy
Gordon Kerr
Douglas King
Hermann Kircher
Eila Kokkinen
Pavo Laaneorg
Robert Laine
Gordon Lak
Robert Lee
Rose Levin
Evelyn Levine
Robert Lewis
Life 100.3
Minky Lipson
Michael List
John Livey
Kenneth Loach
William Lobraico
William Low
Edna Lowe
Nancy Lynn
Bruce Macgregor
Debi MacKay
Audrey Macmillan
Jennifer Macnaughton
Muriel Patricia
MacNaughton
William Magee
Garth Main
David Mair
Dr. Samuel and
Anne Malcolmson
Jonathan Mallinick
Management
Consultants Inc..
Carol Randi Marrus
Paul Marshall
Stanley Martin
V. Gillian Marwick
Robert Masching
Steven McKay
S. Patricia McKenzie
Lori McLean
Tim and Jane McMurrich
James Mepham
Jan Mikkelsen
Peter Millard
Peter Miller
Miller Mobile Offices
Judy Milner
Eugene Mlynczyk
Tom Monaghan
John Moore
Charles Moorey
Debbie Moran
Dorothy Morgan
T
he Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation would like to acknowledge the generous nancial support
we receive from watershed residents, businesses and visitors. Your core and dedication to the presercation and restoration of Lake Simcoe is what makes all our conservation efforts possible.
Kelley Morrison
Marj Mossman
Debra Mountain
John Munro
Michael Narun
Stewart Nelson
Paul Nichols
R.H. Nichols
Margaret Nikiforuk
Mike Norman
Norman Biback
Professional Corp.
North Newmarket
Lions Club
Oak Ridges Moraine
Land Trust
Michael Oerbach
Robert O’Hara
John Omand
Orland Conservation
Peter Pass
Eva Paterson
Don Pearson
George Pepall
John Pepall
Cindy Petlock
Steve Pliakes
William Pring
Thomas Pugsley
Gary Pyzer
Lois Randle
Lynda Rapp
F. Doreen Raymer
Juta Reed
Andrew Reeder
Harold Reinthaler
Dorothee Retterath
Jeffrey Rice
Stefan Romberg
Karen Rotstein
Thomas Rundle
Freda Rye
Sharon Sandler
Sandringham
Holdings Ltd.
Robert Sansone
John Sarjeant
Rolf Schmid
Albert Schwartz
SCS Consulting
Group Ltd.
Joyce Seagram
Rod Seiling
Martin Shaw
Murray Shepherd
John and Barbara Sibbald
Robert and Suzanne Sillers
Jerald Silverberg
Susanne Simpson
Mark Singer
Thomas Singer
David Smuschowitz
Heather Snyder, CA, MBA
Rolf Somann
Jordan Springford
Mike Springford
Mark Stabb
Katherine Stevens
Alison Stevens
Vera Stoddart
Kevin Swindley
Thomas Taylor
John Taylor
Peter Tetley
The Dan Family
Foundation
The York-Simcoe
Naturalists
Jack Thomson
Candice Tinti
Toronto and Region
Conservation Authority
Edgar Tryhorn
Minda Tward
John Tyl
Jean Ucar
Alexander Ugge
Derek Vair
Anthony Van Bynen
Peter Van Loan
MP York-Simcoe
Marilyn Verdoold
George Vertes
Bonni Vogel
Alfred James Vogel
Philip Waite
Marie Walker
Peter Waring
Robert Watson
Gord Weeden
James Weekes
West Humber Naturalists
Joseph White
David Whitehead
F. Irene Whitney
Ann Wilkinson
Charles Willoughby
Christine Wojnicki
William Wolfson
York Environmental
Stewardship
Kelin Zhao
Bonnie Zicari
Companion
AON Reed Stenhouse Inc.
Jackie Burkart
Margaret Coburn
Cole Engineering
Group Ltd.
Leslie Dan
Al Duffy
Norah Dunning
Kenneth Field
Financial Executives
International
W. Finnigan
Bonnie Fox
Raymond Gauthier
James Gibbs, CA
Humphrey Gilbert
Nick Hamilton-Piercy
Carl Harrison
Norman Hill
J.D. Barnes Limited
Brian Kemp
Kuttis Family Fund
Douglas Laird
David Love
Markdale Tractor Sales
Jerome Morse
Elizabeth Osler
Geoffrey Peat
Eileen Porter
Rob Regier
John Ritchie
James and Mary Roberts
Andrew and Judy
Robinson Schaeffers
& Associates Ltd.
Johanna Schickendanz
Gary and Janis Soren
Mary Stillich
Caley Taylor
Robert Tedford
The Rebel House
Tricap Properties
John Wardrop
John West
Patron
Bell Canada
George Best
Ted Bigelow
Ted Bilyea
Bruce Bone
Robert Butler
George Warren Chisholm
Corporation of the
Town of Georgina
Timothy Crooks
Dalton Faris
Joseph Frieberg
Marvin Geist
John and Lynn Gilbank
Irwin Gould
Grant Thornton LLP
Paul and Vicki Hand
Hill Hunter Losell
Law Firm LLP
William Horan
Bryce and Connie Hunter
Innisfil Lions Club
Ivanhoe Cambridge
Ivanhoe Cambridge II Vaughan Mills
David Johnston
Michael Larkin
William Lawrence
Donald Lawson
Michael Manley
Arthur McMurrich
Monto Reno Marina
Orillia Lions Club
Hugh and Ann Osler
David and Donna
Ouchterlony
Ravine Murshroom
Farms Inc.
Douglas Reid
Mark Shoom
John Speakman
TD Bank Trust
The Lloyd and Gladys
Fogler Foundation
The Town of Newmarket
The Town of Whitchurch
Stouffville
John Tory
Totten Sims Hubicki
Associates
Robert and Diana Tweedy
Vince’s Country Market
Roger and Ann Wilson
Advocate
Azimuth Environmental
Consulting, Inc.
William Edward Barnett
Douglas and
Cheryl Blakey
Bousfields Inc.
Ron Brenneman
Helen Chisholm
Mac Clayton
Hugh and Carolyn
Cleland
George Connell
Crate Marine
Sales Limited
Darryl Bossence
Chiropractic
Professional
Corporation
Delta Urban Inc.
Gartner Lee Limited
Georgian International Ltd.
Philip B. Gilbert
Green Lane 404
Realty Inc.
Virginia Hackson
Edythe Hall
Hewmac Investment
Services
(Newmarket) Inc.
Dalton and Shirley Hicks
Michael Higgins
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Canada Inc.
Kimvar Enterprises Inc.
Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority
Kimberley MacKenzie
Marshall Macklin
Monaghan Limited
Wayne McLeod
Metrus Development
Inc. - 2
Allen (Sam) Neilly
Prime ‘R’
Management Inc
Roderick Rice
Susan Ridgway
Rotary Club of Barrie
Sharon West
Landowners Group
Robert Singer
Alex and Kim Squires
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
Stern Marine
Construction Ltd.
Stonybrook
Consulting Inc.
Belinda Stronach
Dr. James and
Carolyn Swan
Tarpin Lumber &
Trusses Inc.
Jan Tesar
The Frieberg Family
Charitable Foundation
The Regional
Municipality of York
The Town of East
Gwillimbury
Township of King
Township of Uxbridge
TS Tech Canada Inc.
Betty and Chris
Wansbrough
Family Foundation
Alan Wells
Gayle Wood
Mary Grace Wright
Benefactor
William and Carol
Doherty
The Cortel Group
Helen McCrea
Peacock Foundation
Molson Barrie
Community Fund
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2007 Annual Report