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Rekindling hope is rekindling life.

The causes

of the first fundraising campaign

For the first fundraising campaign, it was necessary for me to select two causes based on the assumption they would have been the public favorites.

Montreal’s homeless

Objective : Improve the lives of Montreal’s homeless
Method : Provide food and clothing on a regular basis
Target amount : $50,000 by the end of 2019

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There are over 3,000 homeless living in Montreal’s streets, parks, and subway stations. With the majority of them being men, we observe that 10% of them are Aboriginals, 10% are immigrants and 6% are veterans.

Though there are already several temporary housing centers in Montreal, space and resources are lacking for the homeless, and hundreds of people continue to sleep outdoors, in summer as much as in winter. The larger part of these individuals constantly go hungry and are unable to depend on clean, seasonal clothing suited to our weather.

Several actions can be undertaken to help the homeless, generally comprised of two major categories:

Emergency and support services. These may consist of

a) Opening temporary housing centers providing clean beds, toilets (with showers), nutritious meals and clean clothes…

b) Open a restaurant/cafeteria providing free meals for transients

c) Provide a shuttle to transport transients to housing centers

d) Provide transients with meals and clothing
Preventive services

As for us, we wish to intervene through emergency services by feeding and clothing Montreal’s homeless.

Children with cancer

Objective : Provide a little happiness to children with cancer
Method : Grant the wishes of 100 children
Target amount : $50,000 by the end of 2019

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Though cancer is not very widespread among children, it is nevertheless the number one disease-related cause of death among children in Canada. Cancer is especially worrisome as cells (and therefore tumours) grow much more quickly in children than in adults.

In addition to the children who die from this terrible illness, two thirds of childhood cancer survivors will suffer at least one chronic or long-term side effect caused by cancer treatments. To provide support and joy to children with cancer and their families, and to help them through a very difficult time, we will bring them a little happiness by making their wish come true.

We therefore seek to raise $50,000 through this fundraising campaign to bring joy to these truly deserving children and show them we are there for them. The Plan A Foundation will therefore allot a $500 budget to realise a single child’s dream (we can therefore grant the wishes of 100 children).

N.B. Granting their wish will be to buy a toy they dream of having.