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I have some great news!

As you know, I work with The Cariboo Home Society, a non-profit charity which owns and operates a supported living home for seniors in Westsyde, a suburb of Kamloops. We recently submitted an idea to the Pepsi Refresh Project for a $25,000 grant which would help us purchase and install an elevator in our home. This would allow our residents, aged 80 to 100, to attend activities, programs and social functions in the lower level of the house safely and independently. However, being awarded this grant depends on you!  Here’s how it works:

Pepsi accepts 300 ideas every two months, which are divided into 8 different categories and 4 separate grant amounts. Ours is found under Food and Shelter. Starting September 1^st, the public is invited to vote for their favourite ideas every day until the end of October.  The ideas accumulating the most votes in each category by the end of October will receive their grant.

We really need this elevator! We’ve been fundraising since 2005 and so far have raised $6,000. With elevators costing over $35,000, it would take us FOREVER to raise that much money. So we really need your help! Go to www.refresheverything.ca and click on Food and Shelter. Read our application. Tell your friends, family & colleagues. Post it to Facebook, Tweet about it. Remember to vote once a day from September 1^st to October 31^st. Help make an elevator for our residents a reality!

Thanks!

Janet Schneider

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Great article from Globe and Mail July 5th on picking a charity to support

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At our closing ceremonies on December 10, 2009  we honoured our top 20 campaigns with medal presentations. #7 was the employees of BCLC  our Employee Campaign Coordinators were all smiles they had done a fantastic job this year. Employees of BCLC are very involved as volunteers in their community. Many of them volunteered for the Olympics. Thanks BCLC!!

At our closing ceremonies on December 10, 2009  we honoured our top 20 campaigns with medal presentations. #8  was the employees of RBC Royal Bank . Royal Bank has been a very strong supporter of United Way nationally, provincially and locally. We are very proud to have them in our corner.

“I believe that a company’s actions speak louder than its words. At RBC, corporate responsibility can be seen in how we govern our business with integrity, have a positive economic impact, operate with integrity in the marketplace, provide a supportive workplace, support environmental sustainability, and contribute to communities.”
- Gordon M. Nixon, President and CEO

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At our closing ceremonies on December 10, 2009  we honoured our top 20 campaigns with medal presentations. #9 was the employees of City of Kamloops  Carol Allen, our City Employee Campaign Coordinator was all smiles they had done a fantastic job this year. The City also sponsors our Emergency Transportaiton Initiative.

Thanks Kamloops!!

At our closing ceremonies on December 10, 2009  we honoured our top 20 campaigns with medal presentations. #10 was the employees of Costco    Don Redmile , Warehouse Manager is also a volunteer on our campaign cabinet. Costco employees do a Day of Caring every year. They like to focus on painting murals and have done some amazing ones throughout our city. Thanks Costco!!

At our closing ceremonies on December 10, 2009  we honoured our top 20 campaigns with medal presentations. #11 was the employees of Interior Savings Credit Union.  ISCU is the proud sponsor of all our print media, and  Success by 6  . Thanks Interior Savings. The executive pie toss was great, too. Thanks Interior Savings!!

At our closing ceremonies on December 10, 2009  we honoured our top 20 campaigns with medal presentations. #12 was the employees of Finning.  Finning has so much fun with their campaigns including such events as “brick a motor”, “excavator rodeo” and “executive leg shaving“  Thanks Finning for a job well done!!