Saddle Up for United Way

Having never been on a horse before, Saddle Up for United Way was a great experience. Scary yes, but still great. 60 riders this year trotted the trails of Batawa Ski Hill to raise money for United Way of Quinte. At the end of the day over $3500 was raised and Lori Mallett who was the top fundraising adult, raised over $1,000 for United Way single handedly. A huge thank you goes out to her and all those who raised money for Untied way of Quinte!

Too much turkey!

Why does it have to be so difficult coming back to work after such a fun filled food weekend? Oh right because we are in the midst of the most hectic time for all United Way of Quinte staff....and don't I know it! Between warehouse sales, trail rides, film festivals and casinos I don't know if I'm coming, going, there already or about to set sail. It's a good thing everyone else has their heads on straight or I'd think my eyesights going to!

But as I write this i can almost hear the work piling up on my desk... I hope EVERYONE had a fantastic holiday and I also hope you are all looking forward to our upcoming events in November!

On September 26th United Way had their Annual Warehouse Sale. There were over 1300 people who came out to take advantage fo the sales and their bargain shopping raised over $101,000! We had a ton of great support from local companies and well as volunteer so a HUGE thank you goes out to our 200 volunteers who worked all day to make this event a success. And another HUGE thanks goes out to all the generous sponsors who made this day even possible:

RentX, Amer Sports, Procter & Gamble, Pizza Pizza, Culligan, Papa John's, Kellogg's, Froggy Fundraising, Domino's, Home Depot, Brenda's Pizza Factory, Tim Hortons, Papa's Kitchen Pizzeria, Hawkin's Cheezies, Parmalat, Great Canadian Bagel, Subway, Canada Post, Pizza Hut, Nestle, City of Belleville, Sigma Stretch Film, The Intelligencer, Ryder, T.A.S. Communications, Campbell's Orchards, Battlefield, A&W, Bob's Portable Toilets, St. John Ambulance, Herbert's Chip Truck, L&B, Coice Reefer Systems and The Intelligencer.

Belleville Dragon Boat Festival

We had a great turn out at the 2009 Belleville Dragon Boat Festival! It was a beautiful day of races and fierce competition on the Moira River. Huge congrats to The Wonder Women of CFUW for winning this year's Spirit Competition and the Belleville Dragon Boat Club for winning this year's "A" Division Championships! Awesome job everyone, together we raised over $20,000! I had way too much fun at this event and can't wait for next year. Thank you to all our generous sponsors:

Belleville Dragon Boat Club, Applebee's, Wellington & District Lions Dragon Boat Club, Culligan, Mr. Sub, Belleville Toyota, The Quinte Mall, City of Belleville, Boston Pizza, Amer Sports, Procter & Gamble, CFB Trenton, Cobourg Dragon Boat Club, Best Western, Mr. Sub & Coffee Time on Dundas, Academy Towing, Swiss Chalet, T.A.S. Communications, Red Ball Radio, Soccer Extreme, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Canadian Labour Congress, Shoppers Drug Mart on Dundas, Choice Reefer Systems, Mike Scott from Back in Motion, Eastern Lift Truck, Montanas, Tipper Financial and Reid's Dairy.

Seeing is Believing Tour 2009

This year following our Belleville Launch we escorted several guests around Belleville to check out a variety of different agencies we fund, Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Seeing is Believing Tour. Guests had the opportunity to see first hand where donations to the United Way of Quinte go by visiting a few of our agencies and learning from the employees and recipients there. A big thank you goes out to the City of Belleville Transit, cnib, Continuing On In Education, First Adventure and Big Brothers Big Sisters for making this special event possible!

I am too busy for my own good.

So i'm procrastinating on other work to get this done but I've left this for far too long... The week after the Belleville Campaign Launch was our QW Launch at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110. It was a ton of great fun and we raised over $1500, so thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed a hot bowl of chili for United Way!

Special Thanks to our sponsors and donors:

A&P, Britannia Seafood and Steakhouse, City of Quinte West, Culligan, , Dapp’s Restaurant, Great Canadian Oil Change, Helen’s Family Restaurant, Holiday Inn, Kelsey’s Restaurant, Lottie Jones Florist, M and R Auto Repair, MacIntosh Cafe and Catering, Matt Goodman from Quinte Broadcasting, McDonald’s, Nestle, Pine Ridge Knit and Sew, Price Chopper, RBC, Rona, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110, Rumours Restaurant and Pub, Smylie’s Independent, Solo Salon, Stix and Stones Billiards, Tangles Professional Hair Design, Taishan Gardens, The Experience, The Golden Valley Restaurant, Tim Hortons, Tomasso’s, Trenton Home Hardware Building Centre, Tri & Run Sports, Victorian Order of Nurses, Women’s Auxiliary, YMCA of the City of Quinte West and a special thank you to Marty Halloran!