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VICTORIA FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Our
newly formed charitable foundation has finally been accepted for
tax-exempt status as a registered charity. Effective, December
06, 2006 we qualified as defined in the Income Tax Act.
 Our
wish, as a group, is to make a positive impact on the underprivileged
youth and children within our community. Following that, the funds
we have raised and collected up to date have been earmarked. They
will be dispersed to the George Jay Elementary School 'Breakfast
Fund'. Here, we hope that offering a healthy and nutritious breakfast
to those children, who are not fortunate enough to receive one
at home, will make a difference in how they learn and develop
in their formative years.
As
well, in memory of Jeff Strang, a friend and fellow firefighter,
who passed away tragically in a kayaking accident this year, we
will now make an annual donation to honour his spirit, to the
BC Creek Protection Society. Jeff was an avid outdoorsman and
this society dedicated to preserving the natural waterways was
dear to him.
We
are looking forward to growing as a charity from our infancy and
are open to all ideas and suggestions that would be helpful in
our fundraising process. Thank you from the Board of Directors.
Please feel free to email
us if you have any inquiries.
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Programs
that are currently supported by the Charitable Foundation:
- BCPFF
Burn Fund
- Raise-a-Reader
Program
- Boat
for Hope
- Muscular
Dystophy
- BC
Creek Protection Society
- George
Jay Elementary School Breakfast Program
- The
Terry Fox Foundation
- Vic
West Elementary School Lunch Program
- Hampton
Park Little League
- Beacon
Hill Little League
- Santa's
Anonymous
- Queen
Alexander Hospital
- Single
Parent Resource Center
- Sandy
Merriman House
- The
Boys and Girls Club
- Variety
Club Children's Charity
If
you belong to a charity and would like to request support,
download
this form, fill it out, and fax it to our office.
If
you would like to make a donation to the Foundation, cheques
can be sent to:
Victoria
Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation
c/o Victoria Fire Department
1234 Yates Street
Victoria, BC
V8V 3M8
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Recent
Cheque Presentations
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Over
the past 2 weeks members of the Charitable Foundation have
been visiting local groups and organizations, making donations
on behalf of the foundation. So far, the following groups
have received contributions:
- The
Boys and Girls Club - $2500
- Victoria
Womens Sexual Assault Center - $500
- SPCA
- $1000
- Vic
West Elementary School Lunch Program - $2500
- Boat
for Hope - $950
- Island
Montessori School - $500
- Burnside
Gorge Community Center - $1500
- Terry
Fox Foundation - $1000 (plus an additional $4000 raised
by individual fire fighters)
- Woodwynn
Farms - $2500
These
donations and presentations could not have been made if
not for the generous contributions from the community, and
for that we thank you.
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| On
December 2nd, Fire Fighters John Kirkendale and Mike
Beckner make a presentation to George Jay School in
the amount of $2000. |
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| Fire
Fighters Todd Harris, Vince Cullen, Nate Forster, and
Mark Rawlings present Rob Reid and Richard Leblanc a
donation for Woodwynn Farms. |
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Fire
Fighters Vince Cullen and Steve Lester make a presentation
to the Island Montessori School.
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| Fire
Fighters Wayne Moody, Dan Atkinson, Cody Gidney, and
Brent Winkler present representatives from the Burnside
Gorge Community Association with a cheque for $1500. |
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| Fire
Fighters Rob Rutherford, Mike Bradstock, Harold Williams,
Dan Mollberg, and Greg Bateson with staff and members
at the Boys and Girls Club. |
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| Fire
Fighters Brent Winkler, Steve Lester, and Nate Forster
with representatives from the Victoria Womens Sexual
Assault Center |
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| Fire
Fighters Craig Beattie, Ian Thom, and Peter Ooms, along
with B/C (ret.) Neil Aldous present $1000 to Penny Stone
of the Victoria Branch of the SPCA. |
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| Fire
Fighters Clint Cole, Oscar Pohl, Grant Pepper, and Paul
Hicke present to the Principle of Vic West Elementary
a cheque for $2500 for their lunch program. |
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