For Skyline Group of Companies, “corporate social responsibility” is not simply something to check off a to-do list. It is proactively imagining – and re-imagining – ways to develop, support, and engage strong communities across Canada. There’s No Place Like Home The importance of home cannot be overstated. Having a place to come home to […]
Category archives: Challenge
A Gathering of Hearts – Anglicans in Action
Many Canadian churches are eager to be the presence of Christ in the world – kind, compassionate and generous. But they wonder, “how can we show up and do something to positively impact our neighbours? How can we step out of our buildings and into our community?” For some big-hearted Anglican churches in St. Catharines, […]
Two Birds, One Challenge: Jim’s Top Tips for Efficiently Finding Captains, Challengers & Donors
The Challenge is a great way to hit two birds with one stone: it enables you to engage local businesses, churches, and community organizations while also finding new teams and fundraisers. Now, I don’t go around throwing rocks at birds, but I do love this “two birds” principle. My father mentored me with a similar […]
Partners in Action: Starbucks
Starbucks is more than just a coffee shop. As an organization, they exist to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighbourhood at a time. To us, their spirit of philanthropy and care for the community is absolutely inspiring! Since 2011, Starbucks has partnered with Coldest Night of the […]
Starbucks Takes To The Streets
Your job can be a lot of things: stressful, engaging, fulfilling, mundane, exhausting, challenging, uplifting to name a few. Mostly, it can be work. Work AND life can be any of those things on any given day. Showing up in the good, the bad, and the ugly is possible when you work with great people […]
Build it Better – Turkstra Lumber and CNOY
Turkstra Lumber doesn’t simply sell building supplies, they’re actively engaged in building communities across Ontario. The team at Turkstra have adopted the Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) fundraiser as one of their signature employee engagement initiatives. Every year they challenge staff and management in retail locations across the province to raise funds for people […]
Who Wants to go for a Walk?
“I’ll go for a walk.” It’s that simple. That simple, but with serious impact. For Rotarian Cathy Harrop in Norfolk County, Ontario, that statement, “I’ll go for a walk” was her first step (pun intended!) in participating in the 2022 Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY). Her second step? Just as easy: “Anybody want to […]
Bridging the Fundraising Gap: Go Further with Community Groups and Corporations
Bridges are incredible structures. Each is a feat of engineering, crossing an expanse that seems too big to broach and connecting people otherwise held apart. Bridges change movement patterns, present new opportunities, and draw the unknown into focus. What do bridges have to do with you and your charity? SO glad you asked. On One […]
From Lackluster to Blockbuster: Sherwood Care Raises Over $70,000 with The Grand Parade
In 2020 Sherwood Care set their sights on raising $20,000. This money represented safer, more vibrant spaces where beloved Canadians could spend their final seasons of life. It represented access, comfort, laughter, new experiences, and delighted seniors. To Sherwood Care, $20,000 in fundraising represented the ability to continue to achieve their mission of delivering warmth, […]
Starbucks and CNOY: Warming Hands, Heads & Hearts Together Since 2011
Starbucks has been fueling countless commutes, endless study sessions, hectic post-work-get-the-kids-to-practice-and-make-dinner days, and flirty first dates in Canada since 1987. But the masters of the macchiato are also fueling change in their communities. An Extra Shot of Social Change Giving back is the Starbucks way. They are more than coffee (and the bacon & gouda […]