REGGAEFEST Fundraiser at Lee's Palace - Saturday, August 6th

Blazing Fire Band will be headlining "ReggaeFest" to fundraise for our Backpacks and Beyond Initiative.  Other featured artists include: King Uja, King Selah and DJ Friendlyness.  MC King David from CHRY 105.5 will be hosting the evening. 

Tickets are $20 at the door.  Gates open at 9:30pm on Saturday, August 6th.
Lee's Palace is located at 529 Bloor St West in Toronto.

Hope to see everyone there.  It will be a great night of Reggae music for a great cause!!

The Interact Club at Englehart High School comes through with a Uhaul trailer full of supplies!!

I'm just thrilled with the leadership and generosity shown by Dania Johanson and the Interact Club from  Englehart High School.  We had to rent a Uhaul trailer to transport all of the school supplies they collected so thank you very much for your contribution!! As well, they raised $200 which will go towards purchasing pencil sharpeners for each of the school children in Nigeria.   I'd also like to acknowledge Susi Johanson and Heather Pollock from Englehart High School for their support of this initiative.  As the saying goes, "It takes a village" and those words are really resonating with me these days. 

Thanks to this group of hard working students , we've surpassed our goal of collecting 10,000 items to ship to Nigeria and are well on our way to filling a 20 ft container with donations.  This is a huge jump from my initial goal of  200 backpacks filled with school supplies - we are definitley living in the "Beyond" phase of Backpacks and Beyond project thanks to everyone's support!

This donation has special meaning for me since I wanted to get schools involved in helping with this project.  Once Dania heard what I was up to, she jumped all over it and she and her fellow students far surpassed my expectations.   It was a pleasure working with this school and I look forward to showing everyone the impact of this donation. 

Shown in the picture from left to right is :  Dennis Schinkel, Kelsey Froelick , Dania Johanson and  Morgan Johanson