Goals of Fundraising Initiatives

• Support all of our programs for children with developmental disabilities including building our resource lending library and purchasing learning materials for our children.

• Support our group programs including Summer camps, Saturday groups, Activity Days and After school programs for children with developmental disabilities and their siblings.  These programs are often stepping stones that help children participate in community activities, such as beavers, girl guides, and gymnastics

• Help bring down some of the barriers our families experience in accessing the community by providing support for parent groups, online information  sharing,  and in home support to parents.

Successful Fundraising Initiatives to Date

LEAD Foundation and Sun and Salsa(2006 -2009) (www.visitkensington.com)

Sunday July 19, 2009

The Kensington Business Association (Kensington-Louise Crossing Business Revitalization Zone) was incorporated in 1985 as a non-profit corporation under the Municipal Government Act.  More than 250 businesses from a variety of disciplines including service, professional, retail, restaurant, government and health care, work in a cooperative environment to jointly raise and administer funds which includes the Sun and Salsa event. 

For three years LEAD Foundation has been the shared receipent of the funds raised through corn chip and bottled water sales at this annual family event.   Local businesses compete while offering tastings of their Salsa recipe as the event attendees enjoy the festivities and vote on the winner.

Ronald MacDonald Grant  (2005): Grant used to purchase toys for toy lending library
http://www.rmhc.ca/

Safeway  We Care Program (2006-2008): partnership with the Kensington Safeway location, (www.safeway.ca )

The Safeway We Care program is a uniquely successful grassroots program, wherein the employees at each Safeway store in Western Canada chooses and raises funds for a local charity. The employees then work with their chosen charity from January to April to develop a fundraising and awareness program for that organization.

The Safeway We Care Program was launched in 1998 and has since raised over $20 million for more
than 2,000 local charities and causes. In 2007, over $3.4 million was raised for employee-chosen
charities. The program operates in all 215 Safeway stores across Western Canada, as well as all
(12) Safeway owned Lucerne processing plants, (4) distribution centres and (4) offices in Canada.

In 2008, the Safeway We Care program will focus on raising funds for children and families living
with physical, developmental and neurological disabilities.

Wild Rose Foundation Grant  (2007):  Grant used to upgrade technology infrastructure.

http://www.wildrosefoundation.ca/qgp/default.aspx