So once September hits for us United Way-ers, campaign takes precedent and unfortunately leaves me with little time to update! I've tried my best to keep up, but its been a whirlwind of events this past little while!
After Dragon Boats we launched our campaign at Quinte Mall, posting a goal for $1,635,000 (below). It was a great event where we were able to take folks through the day to day struggles of a lower income family in the Quinte area. The outcome was unsettling. Many individuals throughout Hastings & Prince Edward County have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet and sometimes are even unable to do so. I think the activity was a success allowing individuals to realize how difficult it can be for some families to live a decent lifestyle here and be able to provide for their families.
Big thanks to Culligan, Quinte Mall, A&W and Tim Hortons for making the event possible!
After our Belleville Launch, we held our Quinte West Chili Luncheon at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 110 in Trenton. It was another great success raising over $5,000 for our campaign. Big thanks to Marty Halloran for putting the event together, Matt Goodman from Rock 107 for emceeing, Ellie Barker (seen below) for the decorations and all the local businesses that donated items to the event.
Since our launch we have had two sales one was a surprisingly successful online sale raising $60,000 and the other was our Annual Quinte West Sale that raised over $30,000 we also held our Investors Group Denim & Diamonds Charity Casino Presented by Darrell Smith, CFP (Col. Cochrane, CFB Trenton, Bruce Francis, committee volunteer and Chief of Police Cory McMullan pictured below) that raised over $20,000 for our campaign. These past three months have been so faced paced, I can't believe it ends in just 4 short weeks!
So please remember to send those donations in if you haven't done so! We're almost in sight of our goal and with your help we can make it!
