Over the past several months, your United Way has engaged with our community to best understand how we can deliver on our charitable mission “improve lives and build communities”. The result of this consultation process is a new three-year strategic plan: YOUR Community, YOUR United...
May is nationally recognized as Leave a Legacy Month—a national initiative which encourages people to leave a gift through their will or another planned giving vehicle to a charity or cause that is meaningful to them. Legacy gifts are the answer to: “how would I like to be remembered?” A...
The week of May 1-7 is Mental Health Week in Canada. We dedicate this week to promoting mental health because it is something we can protect, not just something we can lose....
This week is National Volunteer Appreciation Week. Having worked in the charitable sector for over 25 years, I can tell you that volunteers are critical to the work of organizations like your United Way. ...
As a national leader in the charitable sector, we recognize the important role United Way Centraide has to play in order to help eliminate racism in our communities....
We continue to experience record setting inflation which is impacting everything from the price at the pump to our grocery bills. Safe sustainable housing is unattainable for many, and increased interest rates are making it so that some can no longer afford the homes that...
Today we wear pink shirts in recognition of “Anti-Bullying Day”. “Anti-Bullying Day”, or “Pink Shirt Day”, began in Canada when two Nova Scotian teens, Travis Prince and David Sheppard, noticed that a classmate was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt....
To our donors, thank you. Without your ongoing financial support we would not be able to carry out our charitable mission across Simcoe, Muskoka, and the Town of the Blue Mountains. Thank you for sharing your “local love”....
To our donors, thank you. Without your ongoing financial support we would not be able to carry out our charitable mission across Simcoe, Muskoka, and the Town of the Blue Mountains. Thank you for sharing your “local love”....
To our donors, thank you. Without your ongoing financial support we would not be able to carry out our charitable mission across Simcoe, Muskoka, and the Town of the Blue Mountains. Thank you for sharing your “local love”....
