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Thank you to our corporate donors!
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Nov 25th, 2008
The Most Important
Chocolate Bar
Campaign Yet!
We have so many requests for
funding next year and we hate
saying "no"...so we need you
now more then ever for our final
fundraising event of 2008! If
you wish to sell a box of just 30
bars please click HERE and
fill out the form!
If you have ever helped before
or wish to help out for the first
time then now is the time to roll
up your sleeves and get
involved!
For more information and to
see the
latest stats check out:
Chocolate Bar Info
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October 31, 2008
Save the Date for the
2009 Gala!
The third annual BDAF
fundraising Gala will be on
Saturday April 18th, 2009 at the
Downtown Primrose Hotel in
Toronto!
click here for more info
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September 1st, 2008
Listen to the August 22nd,
2008 live radio interview of
Adam Wiseman and Michael
Kurtz on 102.1 The Edge. This
was the interview that kicked
off The Big Swing. Just click
the picture above!
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August 25th, 2008
Seniors Go Cruisin'!
The BDAF was happy to fund
CHATS to go on a Serendipity
Princess Cruise in Barrie with
23 of their terrific seniors!
click here for more info and
photos
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August 24th, 2008
Guinness World Record
Broken!
Adam Wiseman and Michael
Kurtz successfully broke the
Guinness World Record for the
longest time swinging on a
swing set by swinging for 31
hours!
The money they earned from
this event will be used to
purchase backyard playground
equipment for low income
families.
Thank you to all the amazing
volunteers, Rainbow
Playgrounds and Polson Pier,
who helped make this possible!
Click Here for Photos and
Video
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August 22nd, 2008
Join us for The Big
Swing!
It is finally here! So come on
down to Polson Pier and watch
us break the Guinness World
Record while raising money to
purchase backyard playground
equipment for low income
families!
www.thebigswingevent.com
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June 6th, 2008
SNEAK A PEEK AT
THE BIG SWING!
The Better Day Alliance
Foundation is about to
become a Guinness Book
of World Record holder and
you can be a part of it!
Check it out by clicking the
picture below:
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June 1st, 2008
The 2007 annual report is now
available on the "forms and
publications" page.
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May 25th, 2008
Chocolate Bar Time
Again!
The chocolate bar campaign
is back due to popular
demand! If you wish to sell a
box of 30 bars please contact
us at (416) 698-2500 and
leave a message with your
contact info! For more
information and to see the
latest stats check out:
Chocolate Bar Info
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May 11th, 2008
Easier Access For
Charitable Organizations
Now it is even easier for GTA
based charitable organizations
to apply for funds from the
Better Day Alliance Foundation.
They can simply click HERE or
they can click the side bar
button titled, "Apply For Funds."
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April 5th, 2008
Oh, what a night!
The 2008 Better Day
Fundraising Gala was a huge
success! We raised even more
money then last year! Thank
you to all the attendees and we
hope to see you again next
year!
Click here for pictures!
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February 22nd, 2008
Tickets are Selling
Fast!
Tables are filling up and tickets
are selling fast to the April 4th,
2008 Gala Dinner and Dance!
So buy your ticket today!
Click here for more info!
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January 15th, 2008
Better Day Gala
Fundraiser 2008!
We are excited to announce
that tickets are now on sale for
the Better Day Gala Fundraiser
which will be held on April 4th,
2008!
Click here for more info!
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December 12th, 2007
Happy Holidays from
the BDAF!
Thank you to all of our
supporters for a terrific 2007!
We wish everyone a safe and
wonderful holiday season, and
the very best in the new year!
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October 29th, 2007
A Monster Bash!
The Halloween Party was a
great success! The kids and
staff all had a terrific time.
Safehaven is truly an
inspirational organization and
we are grateful that they let the
BDAF play a small part in their
important work.
Click Here To View Photos!
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October 2nd, 2007
A boo-tiful time to be
had by all!
We are happy to announce that
our next community project will
be to help throw a Halloween
party for Safehaven at the end
of October. They are an
organization that works with kids
and young adults with multiple
disabilities as well as their
families.
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September 18th, 2007
Chocolate Bars are
Back!
Due to popular demand we
are continuing the
chocolate bar campaign! If
you wish to sell a box of 30
bars please contact us at
(416) 698-2500 and leave
a message with your
contact info! For more
information and to see the
latest stats check out:
Chocolate Bar Info
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August 2nd, 2007
Membership Drive!
Individual memberships are just
*$25.00 a year! Members are
an important factor in the
growth of the BDAF!
Click here for details
*an error in the newsletter listed the
corporate rate as the individual rate.
Business can become members for $60.00
a year. We apologize for any confusion.
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June 6th, 2007
Toys, toys, toys!
The BDAF was honoured to
help Luke's Place out with a
donation of hundreds of dollars
in new toys and a $150.00 Gift
Card to Walmart for the
Children's Centre they are
building. Click Here to View the
Photos and read their
inspirational story!
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May 14th, 2007
Another Community
Project Completed!
Check out pictures of the
community project the BDAF did
with the Canadian Mental
Health Association's
Gordonridge Social Resource
Center! They got lots of great
craft supplies, games and
sports equipment and even had
a pizza party and live exotic
animals! Click Here to View the
Photos!
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April 13th, 2007
The Better Day
Alliance Foundation
Chocolate Bar Sales
Fundraiser!
Want to help? If you think you
can sell 1 or more boxes of 30
delicious caramel and almond
chocolate bars that retail for
just $2.00 each to your friends,
at work, or at school then
please leave a message at
(416) 698-2500 or e-mail us at
jacquie@betterdayalliance.org!
Click here to see the top
seller and view our progress!
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March 31st, 2007
We danced the night
away!
The BDAF Launch Party was a
huge success! The dance floor
was packed all night and it was
all for a great cause. Jerry
Archer from KX96 kept the night
flowing and Joe from Variation
Music kept the party hopping!
Le Parc was beautiful and the
food and service was fantastic!
Thanks again to everyone who
came and made the night such
a phenomenal success! This is
truly the beginning of something
very exciting! Click here to
view photos the evening!
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March 22nd, 2007
A New Community
Project Has Begun!
We are very excited to be able
to help Luke's Place Support
and Resource Centre for
Women and Children with toys
for their new children's centre!
There is still time for you to add
to our donation! Click here to
see the donation we have
begun assembling!
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February 8th, 2007
Jerry Archer of KX96 New
Country FM is MCing!
The BDAF is proud to
announce that Jerry Archer, of
the Ellis & Archer in the Morning
radio show, will be our guest
MC at the launch on March
30th, 2007! Tickets are selling
fast so get yours now!
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February 7th, 2007
Our first Community
Project was a great
success!
The Bob Rumball Centre for the
Deaf graciously hosted us as
we brought the Zoo to You to
their Day Program! The men
and women in that group were
terrific and everyone, including
us, was smiling from ear to ear!
Click Here to view photos!
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January 24, 2007
The animals are coming!
The Better Day Alliance
Foundation is proud to
announce our first special
project! We were contacted by
a worker from the Bob Rumball
Centre for the Deaf's Adult Day
Program and she said they
could use a hand bringing an
exciting program to their
participants.
There is a fantastic company
called Zoo to You that brings
exotic animals to different
groups, and we are bringing
them to the Bob Rumball Centre
for the men and women of their
Adult Day Program on February
7th!
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January 7, 2006
Launch of the Shop and
Support Program!
The BDAF begins its Shop and
Support program in which
people can make purchases
(such as magazine
subscriptions, flower delivery
and much more) from the Shop
and Support page of this
website and a percentage of all
purchases goes directly to the
BDAF!
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January 1, 2007
Our official launch is
announced for March
30th, 2007!
Please tell your friends and
family to come out to our launch
and have a terrific evening with
you in support of a great cause!
It does not get more Grass
Roots then this!
Your support at this crucial
stage of our growth could be
the key to years and years of
great projects in the GTA!
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