Donations
Sending Kingston Back to School
Food bank to receive $15,000 over 3 years.
Because the local prisons are shutting down their farms, our local Food Bank will be loosing fresh eggs and milk. Our club has decided to donate some money to offset their losses. Follow the link to read the whole story from the Kingston Whig Standard.
If Kingston’s prison farms close, the local food bank won’t be left holding an empty basket of eggs.
The Partners in Mission Food Bank receives about $4,000 worth of eggs from the local prison farms each year. With those farms now being threatened with closure by Correctional Service Canada, a local service club has stepped up to soften the blow.
Food bank director Sandy Singers says the Kingston Kinsmen club has pledged $5,000 a year to the food bank over the next three years to make up for any shortfall should the federal government close the farms.
Kinsmen Donate $10,000 to OP K2K
Kingston to Kandahar 24 hour Spin-A-Thon held June 5th-6th 2010 was a huge success. Kingston Kinsmen were on hand to make a big $10,000 donation. Check out more details.
Making Local Hospital Better
Kinsmen's $225,000 gift presented
You notice that everyone in this picture is smiling. That is because they are getting a big cheque! And it is all because of you, and your support to Kinsmen. By now you have likely already heard that the Kingston Kinsmen have donated over $400,000 to the Together We Can campaign. A local fundraiser supporting Kingston’s hospitals.
This particular cheque will be used to support the relocation and expansion of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Unit from Hotel Dieu Hospital to Kingston General Hospital.
Have a look at what University Hospitals Kingston Foundation has to say
Kin Donate $6,000 KMFRC
A couple of years ago, the Kingston Military Family Resource Centre approached us to sponsor a kid’s camp program. Our partnership continues to grow strong. This year we able to donate an additional $6,000 to the same program.
The Kingston Military Family Resource Centre (KMFRC) is a registered non-profit, charitable organization that supports and enhances the health and well-being of the military community. The KMFRC is Kingston’s primary agency dedicated to meeting the unique needs of the military community. Programmes and services are designed to promote community development and to provide social, educational and volunteer opportunities, empowering the military community and enhancing their health and well-being.
Kin Donate $25,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Society
St. Vincent de Paul Society
I’m proud to announce that the Kinsmen Club of Kingston has donate $25,000 to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Located in Kingston, this non-profit charity is commuted to helping our community by providing supplies and meals to those in need.
Kingston Kin Give $20,000 to Local CF Branch
The Kinsmen Club of Kingston have made another huge donation to the local Kingston Chapter of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
In the past 45 years, Kinsmen and Kinettes across the country have worked tirelessly to help beat CF, contributing more than $36 million towards cystic fibrosis research and treatment.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal inherited disease, affecting mainly the lungs and the digestive system. In the lungs, where the effects of the disease are most devastating, CF causes severe breathing problems. In the digestive tract, CF often results in extreme difficulty in digesting and absorbing adequate nutrients from food
http://www.kincanada.ca/en/index.php/service/cystic_fibrosis
Kin Donate $225,000
We’ve rolled up our sleeves and made a huge donation to the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation of $225,000 over 3 years. This money will go directly to the Kinsmen Youth Mental Health Unit at the KGH Hospital.
$30,000 Donated to Local YMCA
Kingston YMCA
Your local Kinsmen have donated $30,000 to the Kingston Family YMCA to help send kids to summer day camp at J.G. Simcoe School.
The YMCA is one of the leading charities in Kingston, serving the needs of all the community – young or old, rich or poor. Last year, the Kingston YMCA waived more that $77,000 in fees for membership, child care and summer day camps. This enabled them to deliver over 1,300 assisted camper days to those children who would not otherwise be able to attend. Here is what one family has said:
My granddaughter Andrea has had some of the best times in her memory at the YMCA summer camp. Andrea has a disability and is delayed. The staff at the camp placed her in an appropriate age group and managed her needs beyond anything I expected. She looked forward to going daily. It’s hard to find a suitable placement for Andrea and the Staff has been great with me also. I raise Andrea and finances are tight. I can’t thank the YMCA enough for all the help they have given us. – Barbara
Although YMCA asks each family to contribute something to offset the camp fee, it still costs the YMCA about $100 per child per week to have some of the neediest children attend their camp.