OTHER FUNDRAISERS & DONATIONS
Charms for Charity
Many thanks to Jordan McHenry and Madison Swrjeski-Laver for making and selling Rainbow Loom charms to family, friends and neighbors. Their efforts raised an amazing $230.00 for Tori’s Helping Hand. Thanks so much girls!
Tori's Texas Hold'em Poker Night
On Friday, May 10th,2013 Marianne Laver, Louise Laver and Tim Hodgins graciously opened their home and held the 2nd annual Tori's Helping Hand Texas Hold'em Night, and what a night it was. There were many of rounds of Texas Hold'em played, live entertainment, food, drinks and lots of laughs. Of course the big winners were the kids, as the night raised $2800 for Tori's Helping Hand. We thank you so much Tim, Marianne and Louise!
The Delphi Group Annual Softball Fundraiser
The Delphi Group for the last five years has held a charity softball tournament that raises money for local children's charities. In September 2009, the tournament donated $2,900 to Tori’s Helping Hand Thank-you Delphi! To find out more about The Delphi Group, please visit their website at www.delphi.ca
RMB Social-February 25, 2010
The Risk Management Bureau of the Federal Government gets together for 'pub night' every few months. While having fun at the pub, The Honest Lawyer, they also raise money for charity. This time, Tori's Helping Hand was chosen to be the charity for the night. The event was their most successful to date. They managed to bring in $420 for the cause as well as promoting a lot of awareness. A big thanks goes out to RMB Social Committee (Richard, Katie, Katie & Matthew) and to Karen Hanna for nominating the charity.
Kim Oswick Hearts of Hope
A golf tournament was held on Friday, September 7th in memory of Kim Oswick, a Stittsville resident. Kim passed away November 29th, 2006 at the young age of 14, after battling leukemia for 7 years. Rick and Linda Oswick, Kim's parents, held a wonderful golf tournment which raised an amazing $22,600. GAL Power Systems owned by Guy & Sylvia Lapierre, who are Kim's God Parents, hosted the event. All the proceeds from the tournament were donated to Tori’s Helping Hand. The fundraiser which was held at the Arnprior Golf Club was called Kim Oswick Hearts of Hope. We thank the Oswicks for choosing Tori's Helping Hand as the charity to donate to.
Air Canada
In November 2006, Tori's Helping Hand was fortunate enough to receive a $20,000 donation from Air Canada. In 2006, Air Canada won a $10M dollar lawsuit with West Jet, and with the settlement, they graciously decided to donate it to children and youth's charities across Canada. Jay Foley, an Air Canada employee and the golf tournament's photographer applied for Tori's Helping Hand to be a recipient of some of this money. We were thrilled to learn that our charity had been chosen as one of the recipients. Thanks Air Canada and Jay! For more information about Air Canada and the money they donated go to: Air Canada News Releases. The charity is listed as Candlelighters Childhood Support Programs Inc.
Other Donations
We wish to acknoledge and thank the many people who have donated directly to Tori’s Helping Hand. Your donations are very much appreciated!