Thank you to our supporters!
Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story! – Josh Shipp
BGC South Vancouver Island is thankful for the continued support of so many kind and thoughtful individuals, businesses, foundations, service organizations, grantors, government agencies and volunteers, without whom we would be lost! The power of a community coming together in support of children and youth in our community is a wonderful thing! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Our 2020 Supporters include…
Businesses
BentallGreenOak (Canada) Hillside Shopping Centre
Best Buy – Uptown
Better Print Victoria
BHM Lawyers
Black Press
Canadian Tire – View Royal
Canadian Tire – Hillside
Canadian Tire – Royal Oak
Dynamic Neural Retraining System
Dodd’s Furniture
Downs Construction
First West Credit Union
Gap Inc.
Hapin Construction Ltd.
Harbord Insurance
KPMG
Mr. Booth Photo Booth
Old Navy
Peninsula Co-op
RKG 3D Creations
Rob Tournour Masonry Ltd.
Roll.Focus.Productions
Royal BC Museum
Royal Scot Inn
Save-On-Foods
Scott Plastics
Thrifty Foods – James Bay
Victoria Royals
West Coast Auctions
WestJet
Grants
BC Recreation & Parks Association
BGC Canada
Canadian Tire – Jumpstart
Childcare BC Maintenance Fund
Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island
Coast Capital Savings
Community Gaming Grants – Province of BC
District of Central Saanich
Employment & Social Development Canada
Fairway Market
Felicia Oliver Fund
Giving Foundation
Island Health
Justice Canada – Coastline Employment Program
Newman’s Own Foundation
Norgaard Foundation
100 Men Who Care
Peninsula Co-op
President’s Choice Children’s Charity
Province of BC – Community Gaming Grant
Provincial Employees Community Services Fund
Saanich Peninsula Community Foundation
Sandbox Impact Project
Service Canada – Canada Summer Jobs
Sooke Family Resource Society
The Gap Foundation
The Victoria Foundation
TD Canada Trust
United Way of Greater Victoria
Variety The Children’s Charity
Service Clubs & Community Partners
Artemis Place Society
Camosun College Trades Foundation Program
CanadaHelps
School District No. 63 (Saanich)
Canadian Federation of University Women
CIBC Children’s Foundation
City of Victoria
CKNW Kids’ Fund
Community Centre Network (CCN)
District of Metchosin
Dunsmuir Middle School
École John Stubbs Middle School
Gizeh Shriners of BC & Yukon
Island Health
Ministry of Children & Family Development
Panorama Recreation
School District 62
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
The Corporation of the District of Central Saanich
Threshold Housing Society
Township of Esquimalt
UVIC Gustavson School of Business
In Kind
The following donors generously gave goods and services through our national organization to support BGC Clubs across Canada.
Banana Republic
Best Buy Canada
Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities
Fidelity Investments Canada
Gap Inc.
Google Canada
Home Depot Foundation
Hyundai Canada
Indigo Love of Reading Foundation
Jays Care Foundation
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Michaels Canada
M&M Food Market
Mr. Lube
Muttart Foundation
Old Navy
President’s Choice Children’s Charity
RBC Foundation
Rogers Inc.
Staples
The Coca-Cola Foundation
WestJet
Individual Supporters
We would like to extend a special thank you to our many individual donors who generously contributed to BGC South Vancouver Island.
So many of you have requested that your names not be published and we honour your wishes with great respect.
Therefore, it is our pleasure to thank all of our individual donors collectively. Your kind donations are important investments in the physical, emotional and social development of children, youth and families across South Vancouver Island.
We are deeply grateful for your continued support that allows us to offer the life-changing programs your generosity provides.
Volunteers
Alf Birch
Ashlea Veldhoen
Barb Dempsey
Bev Hall
Brittany Arnold
Carol Carman
Cheryl Chaytors
Chris Pratt
Christian Caille
Claire Ourom
Danny Osborne
Debi O’Boyle
Denise Colcy
Devon Cressman
Dhar Booth
Dimitra Britton
Emilija Tovirac
Erin MacLean
Gavin Donatelli
Gord Irving
Greg Buck
Holly McCullough
Jacqueline Clare
Jan Burke
Joel Ussery
Karyn Woodland
Katie Blake
KC Mabee
Kem Luther
Kyla Sanderson
Laura Siberry
Leesa Watson
Marlynn Fitzgerald
Martin Phillips
Mike Fischer
Myah Rach-Sharpe
Neil Lauer
Paige Erickson-McGee
Rick Lavoie
Robbie Birch
Rod Mitchell
Ron Fetsch
Ronna Woudstra
Selena Bewsky
Shannon Arnold
Shelly O’Connor
Sophie Henwood
Sue Hobler
Susan Phillips
Tanya Chan
Yutan Han
Zen Bodnar
Practicum Students
Amanda Carr
Ashley Migneault
Kendra Farley
Jessica Cochrane
Scott Franchuk
Rebecca Lang
International Interns & Volunteers
Each year BGC South Vancouver Island is privileged to welcome youth from international programs to intern or volunteer with us. These programs offer experiential leadership development opportunities for global-minded young people. The intent is to help them gain life and professional experience in an international setting. These talented volunteers and interns have the opportunity to experience a new culture, develop awareness about themselves and others and develop life skills they wouldn’t necessarily acquire if they weren’t part of an international work/volunteer experience.
This year we welcomed the following international youth to our staff team:
Lattitude Global Volunteering
Callan Abbott – New Zealand