2013 Newsletter - Send`em Off Smiling

C A M PA I G N N E W S L E T T E R 2 0 1 3
2013: The year in review
114
853 0
individuals who have
sponsored backpacks
4265
BACKPACKS PACKED,
the number of pencils
required to fill 853
backpacks
QUALITY CHECKED AND DELIVERED
5 DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS ON OUR LEADERSHIP WATERLOO REGION PROJECT TEAM
92
o was the
temperature
in the warehouse on a
volunteer night in July
451
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BACKPACKS FILLED VIA 14 SEPARATE
WORKPLACE CAMPAIGNS
3 KIDS DONATED TO US IN LIEU 31 Motorcycles and
OF BIRTHDAY GIFTS
15 Passengers at the
1 nine year old girl organized a swimming
party and donated funds to us
4TH “Ride for Hope and
Hunger” Fundraiser in
Cambridge
5118 PAIRS OF SOCKS REQUIRED TO FILL 853 BACKPACKS!
38 RESIDENCE DONS REQUIRED FROM WLU TO COUNT OUR INVENTORY…EVERY ITEM WE OWN!
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PEOPLE
“Like” us on Facebook.
HELP US REACH 100!
groups from GIRL GUIDES CANADA
came to help us organize
CHILDREN’S SUMMER
CAMP TROUPS RAISED FUNDS
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14
women as
Board of Directors;
2 of those being
new for 2013
We’re Making a Difference
Help turn a frown upside down
Please visit our website at www.sendemoff.ca or complete this form and return it to us at P.O. Box 333, Kitchener ON N2G 3Y9
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I’d like to fill a backpack for a special child. Please send me an information package when available in June.
I’d like to help fill a backpack. Enclosed is my cheque for $ ____________.
(Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more).
I’d like more information on individual/workplace/corporate sponsorships. (Please circle your choice).
Name: _______________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________
Address: ______________________________________________________ E-mail: _____________________
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
T H A N K YO U
It is an unfortunate reality that
poverty is a significant risk factor to
being successful in school. Research
suggests that children who live in
poverty can eventually move out
of poverty through academic
success (Morgenson, WLU, 2013).
We gratefully acknowledge the countless individuals and volunteers along with the
following donors for their support which enabled us to deliver our program in 2013:
At Send ‘em Off Smiling, we
provide students with an increased
opportunity for academic success
by confidentially providing them
with new clothes, shoes and school
supplies before school starts each fall.
We need your help to continue
our mission to set kids in Waterloo
Region on a more hopeful path.
We are in need of driven and
committed people to share their
talents and time by joining our
Board of Directors. We specifically
need someone to oversee
Fundraising efforts. We also need
sub-committee members to assist
with many of our day-to-day
operations. All positions require year
around commitment, but our busiest
time is June, July and August.
If you are interested in getting
more involved in creating
opportunities for children in our
community, please contact us at
[email protected]
or call us at 519-746-4242.
Platinum Donor
Gold Donors
TD Bank Financial Group
and its employees
Ross and Doris Dixon
Charitable Foundation
Bronze Donors
The Peer Group Inc.
Girls Rock! Camp
Challenger Motor Freight
Howard Robertson
Public School
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Catholic School
Economical Insurance
Staff Association
Canadian Children’s
Optimist Foundation
The Savvas Chamberlain
Family Foundation
SAP employees
Escort Manufacturing Corp.
Knox Presbyterian Church
Sun Life Financial and the
Enterprise Services team
Haldex Inc.
OTIP
Workplace Campaigns
Workplace Campaigns rally groups to fund-raise, shop, organize, and fill backpacks
for our kids. These organizations work tirelessly and fund raise in so many creative
ways – bake sales, garage sales, used book sales, carnivals (that have included dunk
tanks!), games, and BBQs. Together they filled backpacks for 451 kids!
Manulife Financial
St. Benedict Catholic
Secondary School
Winners
Economical Insurance
OTIP
Allianz
TD Canada Trust
Dillon Consulting
Quarry Communications
Bella Donna Fragrances
Dundee Wealth
Sober Steering
Ministry Training
Colleges & Universities
Northfield Racquet Club
Media Partners
Community Partners
National Sports (Waterloo)
Cadillac-Fairview
Fairview Park Mall (Kitchener)
Aeropostale (Kitchener)
Old Navy (Sunrise Centre)
Ali’s Bar and Grill (Cambridge)
The Boardwalk (at Ira Needles)
Send ‘em Off Smiling Children’s Charity is a registered charity founded locally in 1994.With the help
of countless volunteers and sponsors, SOS provides new clothes, shoes, and school supplies to elementary
school aged kids who need them most.Through confidential referrals by teachers, we collect, assemble and
deliver a completely personalized, full backpack directly to each child in time to go back to school in September.
P.O. Box 333, Kitchener ON N2G 3Y9 519-746-4242
Visit us at www.sendemoff.ca for more information
CHARITABLE REGISTRATION
82922 7883 RR0001