The Better Day Alliance Foundation has two departments.  
Fundraising and Community Projects.  Both departments work
closely together in order to achieve the goals of the BDAF.

The Community Projects
Department is the other half of
the Better Day Alliance
Foundation.  It is their job to
seek out existing charities that
can most benefit from our
support and liaise with the staff
there.  They then organize the
necessary suppliers and
businesses and oversee the
community project from
concept to reality.  

The Fundraising Department is
responsible for organizing
events and campaigns for the
purpose of raising money for the
foundation. They provide the life
blood of the Better Day Alliance
Foundation.  Our goal is to
operate without the help of
government funding which
means our Director of
Fundraising is kept very busy!
The Better Day Alliance Foundation is a volunteer run organization that has no paid
staff!  This means every dollar you donate goes directly towards promoting and
achieving its goals!
Adam Wiseman  
adam@betterdayalliance.org
Executive Director
Lori Nicholls -Vigario
Lori@betterdayalliance.org
Director of Fundraising
Tanya Szabo
tanya@betterdayalliance.org
Director of Community Projects
Nicole Gawley - Social Networking Coordinator
nicole@betterdayalliance.org

Chantelle Szabo - Fundraising Support Specialist
chantelle@betterdayalliance.org

In addition to these individuals we have many Special Event Volunteers
that help out each time the BDAF has a major event.
Volunteer Staff
Adam Wiseman
President
adam@betterdayalliance.org

Tanya Szabo
Vice President
tanya@betterdayalliance.org

Jacquie Small
Secretary
jacquie@betterdayalliance.org

Michael Kurtz
Treasurer
Board of Directors
Charitable Registration # 8562 78213 RR 0001
The Better Day Alliance Foundation is a non-denominational, registered charitable organization whose mission is to work
with established charities to create positive experiences that go beyond necessity and bring unexpected delight to people
facing a variety of challenges throughout the
Greater Toronto Area.  Sometimes luxuries are more then extras, they are
absolutely necessary to help people maintain hope and to remind them that they are not alone. Everyone has different
challenges, fortune, experiences, opportunities, skills and abilities; but we are all meant to have dignity and enjoy life.  This
is true whether you are facing isolation and aging, mental illness, poverty, physical or cognitive disabilities, violence,
terminal illness, or any other form of adversity.

The Better Day Alliance Foundation was co-founded in 2007 by three community mental health workers who saw the faces
of poverty, mental illness, and many of life's other struggles daily.  They saw that for the individuals they served, a BBQ was
more then a nice lunch; it was a day to forget their illness, forget their isolation, and forget the endless stress that
accompanies a life full of challenges.  A BBQ picnic that costs very little, could provide weeks of exciting anticipation and a
life time of memories.   Perhaps those memories would be the ones that kept them warm years later at a time when they
may be feeling all alone.  In a city full of struggling and under-funded essential social services, the value of social
interaction can often get lost to the realities of budget cuts, administrative costs and constraints.

At one such time while working at a community mental health organization, the soon to be co-founders of the BDAF decided
to organize a small basketball tournament in which one individual with a mental illness teamed up with one staff. They
raised enough money at this tournament to organize some very special events and purchase some much needed supplies
for the social resource centre.  They were surprised by how eager individuals and local businesses were to help out.  They  
realized that beyond the clients of the agency they worked for, there were countless other people facing all kinds of
challenges throughout the Greater Toronto Area that could benefit equally from such events.  They knew that you can sit
around and say, “Wouldn’t it be nice...”; or they could do something about it.  They chose to act!  The Better Day Alliance
Foundation was created in 2007 and received registered charitable organization status in 2008.

The BDAF provides grants of up to
$1000.00 to registered charitable organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area
(Toronto, York, Peel, Halton and Durham) so that they can offer special social recreational events and programs for the
people they serve which they could not otherwise provide.  Some examples of the types of programs/events that have been
funded are:

•        The Canadian Mental Health Association was funded to bring an interactive animal program, the Zoo to You, to their
social resource center.   They also wished to purchase some fun supplies, like a foosball table, to enhance their Social
Resource Center for the people they served to enjoy.
•        Downsview Services to Seniors were funded to have an Elvis Themed BBQ for the seniors living in their residence.
•        North York Community House runs a mentoring program for young women from high-risk neighborhoods called Girls
on the Go.  They wanted to have an end of the school year bash for the young women they tutor and mentor.  They were
funded to rent a bus and go out for a nice dinner and a movie as a celebration.

The Better Day Alliance Foundation is an entirely
volunteer run organization and relies entirely on the support of local
businesses and individuals to do its great work.  The need in the city is great and sadly the BDAF is only able to approve
approximately 20% of the requests it receives.  We thank you in advance for your generous support and helping us to bring
a better day to the GTA!