A generous donor challenged this community to a match of $20,000 and, just like last year’s generous challenge, you stepped up to the plate and exceeded the match over the few short weeks of Lent. With the match, the Getting Our House in Order project has $43,105 added to the pot. As your Getting Our House in Order Team, we could not be prouder. This money is everyone’s investment in a community we can call our own and share with all our neighbours. Give yourselves a hand!
Your team will continue working on the Getting Our House in Order project by reaching out to members of our family and asking the community at large to review their gifts and pledges. We have until April 30 when we’d like to wrap up this exciting year of fundraising. There are still a few weeks to think of making a contribution or pledge. Don’t hesitate! Your attention to this means we can move forward and get our house in order!
Joyfully yours,
The Getting Our House in Order chairs,
Joan Robinson and Richard Van Delft
The “Getting Our House In Order” campaign aims to:
- Upgrade lighting, audio, video in the worship space to enhance the in-person and online worship experience and to attract rental income.
- Restore and maintain the Casavant organ, an integral part of our worship experience.
- Get our House, and everything wonderful it stands for, recognized as a place of welcome on the corner of Avenue and Bloor.
- Upgrade electrical circuitry near the kitchen, chancel, and outside westside lighting.
- Upgrade the narthex kitchen for efficient use during church functions and rental catering
- Install a stairlift to the third floor to provide much needed accessibility
- Replace investment monies, taken from the Fierra fund, used for the emergency HVAC repairs.
Ways To Donate
There are many ways to help us raise the final $490,000:
By cheque: Write Getting Our House In Order on the memo line and put in the offering plate, or mail to Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1M4.
By e-transfer: Send to treasurer@theredeemer.ca; in the message please write Getting Our House in Order.
If this is your first gift to GOHIO, or you are looking to make another one-time gift, please fill out this form and return it to the church for our records. If you have made a pledge, please fill out this form, as an invitation to reconsider your initial pledge as the campaign draws to a close, and so that we have an accurate and up-to-date record of your giving plans.
We would like to conclude the Getting Our House in Order project with a well-deserved celebration. A Special Vestry will be scheduled for Sunday, May 26 to discuss funds raised and to decide what projects will be funded in the short and long term based on one-time gifts, pledges, and legacy gifts. Save the date, your house wants you there.
Pictures
You can follow the progress of the project in this album of photos and on Facebook and Flickr.