- Pin it
- SubscribeUnsubscribe
- Embed
Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce hasn't added a story.
The Salt Spring Refugee Sponsorship Group
With just a few days left to this campaign, we're thrilled to see our target exceeded! Help us share this far and wide as we count down the clock on this fundraiser! All proceeds go to the SS Refugee Sponsorship Group's initiative to bring six Syrian refugees, including three children, to our island community!
The applications are in their final stages now and we should have word soon as to when we can meet our new friends and neighbours! If we exceed our overall fundraising objectives, we are considering the possibilities of opening a third application for another family.
If you'd like to keep up-to-date with what's happening with our applications and to learn more about the refugee application process, check for info and updates on our Facebook Page: Salt Spring Refugee Sponsorship Group or email us at ssrsg2016info@gmail.com
Like many across Canada, we feel we cannot stand-by in face of the increasing crisis in the Middle East and Europ. Our group, a coalition of individuals and organizations, is completing two applications for 6 individuals, including 3 children, to come to Salt Spring. As you might already know, the Canadian government requires a substantial amount of "in hand" funds before private sponsorship applications are even reviewed. We are happy to announce we have crossed that inital threshold and our applications are ready to submit within just a few days! If we receive sufficient funds to settle our applicants here for one year, we will consider the possibilities of tackling a fresh application.
According to agencies that help to connect refugee families with
sponsoring communities and groups, sponsorship and support of a family
is a one-year commitment that requires approximately $40,000. With two
applications underway, our minimum goal is $80,000. We are closing in
on that target and this on-line campaign is critical for us to reach
that minimum.
We have no doubt that there are numerous friends of Salt Spring
Island who will want to help refugees seek sanctuary in our
community. No matter the size or nature of your contribution—whether
money, time or skills—please know that every contribution is most
welcome. Together, we can do our bit to alleviate at least some of the
terrible suffering we have witnessed. Together, we can make a difference.
We also would like to thank the Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce for helping us with this on-line campaign - the support of this wonderful community has been humbling.
Our refugees, our future friends and neighbours, have been on the move for months now and will be arriving as new island residents with just, literally, the clothes on their backs. Your generosity will be the foundation upon which all their family stories now rest, to be passed from this generation to their children and their children's children. The story of how a small island community reached out half way across the world and embraced their family in loving support.
We thank you in advance for your contribution.
Respectfully yours,
The Salt Spring Refugee Sponsorship
Group
Anne Marshall - chair, Mary Toynbee, Gary Utter -
treasurers, Susan Wetmore - applications and resettlement, Maggie
Ziegler - pledges, Kathy Ramsey, Chris Humphreys, Peter Levitt -
fundraising and communications, Jo Logan - member at large
Highlights
See all activity154Updates
Activity
Salt Spring Refugee Sponsorship Group Community
Our community shows our leading supporters and the contributions they've made or inspired by sharing our campaign.
How it works
To appear in our community, simply make a contribution to our campaign
and show your name, or inspire a contribution from someone else by sharing your personal link (below).
The more contributions you make or inspire, the higher you'll go and the more the campaign will benefit.
How it works
To appear in our community, simply make a contribution to our campaign
and show your name, or inspire a contribution from someone else by sharing your personal link (below).
The more contributions you make or inspire, the higher you'll go and the more the campaign will benefit.
Here's your personal link to share:
CopyDelete media item?
Delete this item from the media gallery? It will also be deleted from any related story update.
Set as ?
The campaign video will appear in social media and email.
The campaign cover picture will appear in social media and email.
The will appear at the top of your campaign page and in social media and email.
Reset ?
It will be removed from the top of your campaign and won't be used as default in social media and email. The will remain in the media gallery.
Embed
Share a link
Delete update
Delete this story update?
Any pictures or videos will remain in the campaign's media gallery.
Report campaign
Report submitted
Thank you. We take reports like yours very seriously. Our goal is to keep the community safe.
Please know that we may contact you for more information, but that we won't notify you personally of our decision. If the campaign remains available within a few days, it's likely that we determined it not to be in violation of our policies.
Thank you. We've already received your previous report. If the campaign remains available within a few days, it's likely that we determined it not to be in violation of our policies.
Tell us about the problem. Please fill in both fields below.
Record a video
Upload a video
Nothing grabs attention for your cause like a personal video. Take a minute or two to record one now. Record a short video message of support. Or upload one from your device. You can preview or redo your video before you post it.
Nothing grabs attention for your cause like a personal video. Upload a short video message of support. Upload a short video message of support. Or record one right now.
- Most effective video length: about a minute.
- Maximum length: 5 min.
- You can preview or redo your video before you post it.
Heads up! The existing video will be replaced.
Email your friends
Join our team
Tell people why our cause matters to you. Your personal message will encourage others to help. Easy, effective, optional.
Say it in video
Short personal videos by supporters like you are incredibly powerful. Record one right now and you'll help us raise more money. Easy, optional, effective.
Add a personal goal
Set a personal fundraising goal. You'll encourage more contributions if you do. And rest easy. There's no obligation to achieve your goal or bad consequences if you don't. Easy, optional, effective.
We have a video!
Video thumbnail
We'd love to show you our campaign video. Want to take a look?
, you're already on the team.