Contributors
A special thanks to all of our generous supporters
The George Jeffrey Children's Foundation would like to extend a very special thanks to all of our generous supporters. Your contributions will make the new George Jeffrey Children's Centre possible.
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St. Margaret's School - Ms. Westover's Grade 3 Class
On April 13, 2007, Bob Speer accepted a cheque for $400 from Ms. April Westover's Grade 3 class at St. Margaret's School. Ms. Westover's class raised the money by having muffin sales in the school. Many thanks go out to Ms. Westover and her class.
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Bob Speer accepts the cheque.
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Fort City Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery
On February 9, 2007, Ken Glauser, Chair of the Dream House Lottery Committee and Todd Armstrong, President of the Fort City Kinsmen Club presented the George Jeffrey Children's Foundation with $80,000. The Kinsmen's understanding of the magnitude of the Centre in serving over 800 Children with disabilities demonstrates their caring and concern for our community.
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Brian A. Dell Memorial Golf Tournament
Chris and Bill Dell present Honorary Chair Larry Hebert cheque from the Brian A. Dell Memorial Golf Tournament.
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Tony Kolic
On Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Tony Kolic presented the George Jeffrey Children's Foundation with a cheque for $25,000, to sponsor a therapy room in his son's name. His son, also named Tony, died in December at the age of twelve after a long fight with a tumour and coping with associated mobility challenges. For five years, Tony received support from the Centre, allowing him to learn to walk with a walker.
"After I heard they were going to open a new (facility), what better way to support a cause for kids," Kolic said.
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Fountain Tire & Musselwhite Mine
In 2006, Fountain Tire and Musselwhite Mine placed their fundraising 'goals' with the hockey sticks and goalie gloves of the Lakehead University Thunder Wolves Men's Ice Hockey Team. The two businesses agreed to donate $15 each to the George Jeffrey Children's Foundation for every goal scored on home ice during the regular season. At the end of the OUA season, the Thunder Wolves have racked up a first place standing and 102 goals for a total donation of $3000.
Both Fountain Tire and Musselwhite Mine are long time supporters of the George Jeffrey Children's Foundation's capital fundraising campaign and have enjoyed finding interesting ways to donate money.
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Fort City Kinette Club
Thunder Bay's Fort City Kinette Club became the first organization to sponsor a room at the new George Jeffrey Children's Centre. The Kinettes presented the first installment of their $10000 donation to Larry Hebert, Honourary Chairman for the Centre. Tricia Murdoch, President of the Fort City Kinette Club said, "We are very pleased to be the first organization to donate to the George Jeffrey Centre and we hope this inspires other organizations in the community to do the same."
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Retired Teachers of Ontario
At the Victoria Inn the Retired Teachers of Ontario were holding their annual general meeting and presented Executive Director of the Centre, Eiji Tsubouchi with a cheque for $4000. Vice President of the local chapter of the RTO, Larry O'Brien along with Bob Lamoureux of the Provincial Executive said the donation came from a Provincial RTO program which provides grants to districts for initiatives which support the concept of "Service to Others".
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Bowater
The Bowater Retired Employees Club from the Thunder Paper Mill presented a cheque to the George Jeffrey Children's Centre on Tuesday 15th February 2005. The group of 5 former employees raised a donation in the amount of $300.00 from their part time work as tour guides of the Bowater Paper Mill.
Approximately 80-100 tours of the paper mill are conducted on an annual basis for visitors to the city as well as local organizations and school groups. These retirees have chosen to donate $10.00 from each of their tours to the George Jeffrey Children's Centre this year.