Shared Insights ... by Arthur Peters, Executive Director

Closing In On The Goal ... You Can Still Work Wonders!

(June 19, 2009) With only a few weeks remaining, the 2009 ShareLife Parish Appeal is near the $10 million mark, but remains $2 million shy of the goal for this year. Thanks to all who have contributed to the campaign already! And for those who haven’t been able to contribute yet, please do so as best you can – there’s no better time than the present. [Click here to donate]

All contributions received by July 31st will count toward the 2009 parish campaign total.  We committed funding to our ShareLife agencies several months ago and have been providing funding installments to most of those agencies since January.

As you can imagine, given the state of the economy, the demands on our social service agencies have increased significantly this year. To their credit, and the credit of ShareLife donors, the agencies have been able to increase their services as well – though wait times unfortunately remain a reality.

As Catholics in the Archdiocese of Toronto, we can be proud of these agencies – they represent the Catholic response to the cries for help from the vulnerable and marginalized among us.

On June 10, the business community step forward to help by participating in the 14th annual ShareLife Charity Golf Tournament. 168 golfers joined us at Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility to raise awareness and funds for ShareLife. In a year when many charity golf tournaments are struggling, our results are very close to those of last year, adding more than $90,000 to the overall fundraising effort of ShareLife.

Thanks to all who sponsored the tournament, contributed gifts to the prizing and silent auction, and to those who joined us on the day to golf.

Together, in parish, in business and in schools, you are working wonders!

Arthur Peters
Executive Director