Our next event!
Due to holding our first post-pandemic event in October last year, and wishing to resume our meetings in May, we are scheduling our next event for May, 2024.
A review of last year's vote:
House of Lazarus Operation Backpack: $10,000
South Dundas Soccer $6,500
Thank you so much to all the members who contributed, both online and in person, who chose to participate in our event this year.
There were so many worthy causes, and wonderful presentations, that our only regret is that we couldn't meet the needs of all the groups!
Your intrepid organizing committee:
Janeen Wagemans, Co-chair, Website manager and Email contact
Tracey Veinotte, Co-chair, Venue and Event planner
Marilyn Crabtree, Cause selection/Approval sub-committee chair
Monika St.Louis, Finance and audit
Joanne Ouelette, Finance
Christyn Veinotte - Technology and social media
Rosemary Laurin - Emeritus
Lori Turnbull - Emeritus
We're very proud of what our 100 women have accomplished so far:
2015
$10,000 Dundas County Hospice
$ 6,000 J.W. MacIntosh Centre- Seniors Support Services
$4,000 Splash Pad in Earl Baker Park, Morrisburg
2016
$8,000 Camp Erin, Bereavement Camp for children
$5,800 Dundas County Food Bank
$3,900 Iroquois/Morrisburg Waterfronts
2017
$7,500 Meals on Wheels
$10,000 Naomi Family Resource Centre (announced that night as $9.800 but late cheques topped them up to their ask of $10,000.
Any subsequent cheques were donated to the third place contender, Girls Inc.
2018
$10,000 Dundas County Hospice
$3,350 First Responders United
$3,350. Morrisburg Public School Playground Fund
2019
$2,500 Morrisburg Waterfront Committee
$10,000 Seaway District High School Learning Commons Room
$4,500+ WDMH Phototherapy Light
2020
Cancelled due to the pandemic.
2021
The Upper Canada Playhouse wishes to thank all who chose to donate to them this very tough year!
2022
#10,000 House of Lazarus, Operation Backpack
$ 4,500 South Dundas Soccer
If you would like to join or make your membership permanent if it's not, please let us know through the contact form!
Or if you wish to discontinue your participation. We like to be able to predict the amount we have to distribute, so it is essential that we know how many active participants we have!
Our Goal!
100 Women Who Care About South Dundas (really 100 plus!) is a group of women in South Dundas who care deeply about our community and are passionate about contributing to its health and vitality. Each year, we meet for one hour and make a $100 donation to a local project or cause voted on by the members.
1 hour + $100 x 100 women = $10,000 per year invested in making South Dundas an even better place in which to live!
Now there’s a winning formula! Just think of the difference it could make to our many deserving local causes. It couldn’t be more simple, more fun, or have a more powerful effect, and you can be a part of it.
100 Women Who Care About South Dundas is for you if:
- you want to contribute to worthy causes in your community but aren’t sure how to fit volunteering into your schedule
- you can commit to one hour every year
- you want 100% of your money to go directly to a local project or charity
- you want your $100 donation to be part of a large amount that can create powerful change in your community
Become a member!
Membership requirements:
You must:
- be a caring and compassionate woman, interested in the health and vitality of your community commit to attending a 1 hour meeting each year
- commit to donating $100
Membership Benefits:
You will:
- have the chance to make a real difference for a project or charity close to your heart
- be able to help others with a minimum time commitment
- meet other committed and compassionate women from our community
- be a part of a powerful force for change
How it works
- Each member commits to donating $100 to the charity or organization that wins the most vote. There may be second and third prize winners if we have a surplus of generosity.
- The Playhouse has generously offered to host the evening once again this year.
- Doors open at 7:00
- Each member will be given a ballot with the names of all nominees. Members who are unable to attend the meeting are invited to give their cheque to another member to deliver, and vote on her behalf.
- Every member will write a cheque with no recipient. We will enter that information once the winner or winners have been announced. Members agree that their cheque will be directed to one of the winners, even if the recipient is not the member's choice. That's how the game is played!
- At7:00 members will sign in, be offered a glass of wine and an opportunity to mingle.
- 7:30 The show begins!
- Each contending charity will have 3-5 minutes to present their case to the voters.
- There will be one vote.
- When votes are being counted, last year's recipients will have several minutes to report on the success of their project.
- Members will receive a tax receipt directly from the organization.
- Organizations under consideration must serve South Dundas and provide individual tax receipts directly to contributing members.
- The selected organization must agree not to use member information for further solicitation purposes, or give it out to any third parties except for tax purposes.
- Each annual meeting will open with a short update on how the funds donated at the previous meeting were used by the successful organization.
Let's dream big for 2022!
If you have an idea for a project that you believe will enhance our community, it may be time to get organized.
It's amazing what you can accomplish with an idea, a few like-minded people and a bit of elbow grease!