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Announcement of the new James Baillie Helping Others Fund
July 2010
Toronto United Church Council has received a generous bequest from the estate of the late James Baillie of Ottawa. In addition to caring for his extended family, Mr. Baillie has left two gifts, each valued at approximately $500,000, for the establishment of charitable funds to offer a “hand up” to young people. He arranged for those funds to be set up to serve the City of Ottawa and south central Ontario.
Mr. Baillie’s life interests were wide spread, and he named a multitude of purposes his gifts might go towards – from formal education expenses to church camping experiences. He left it to Council to arrange the details for the gift that will serve south central Ontario, and Council has established the fund as an endowment, the income from which will serve to improve the lives of children and youth.
For the first three years of Fund disbursements, (2011 – 2013) Council will make grants to camps serving young people who are members or adherents of the United Church within Toronto Conference.
Council’s oldest fund, the Community Relief Fund, was established 118 years ago with a gift from the Massey family. Since then, many other funds have been established within Council funds by faithful church people, perhaps most notably, the Armstrong Fund, which since 1938 has contributed to the construction of 26 churches within Toronto Conference.
In the past few years, Council has established eleven new funds like the Baillie Fund, each of which is fashioned to meet the needs of church members whose passionate care for their church is matched by a “bias for action” – the future growth of important spiritual and social programming.
SOCIAL JUSTICE SOARS TO GREAT HEIGHTS AT 2ND ANNUAL HEART & VISION EVENT:
Star-studded benefit honours social justice activists, raises much-needed funds for
Regent Park's 40 Oaks Community Development Initiative
April 12, 2010
 The Toronto United Church Council is proud to introduce Toronto’s latest social justice heroes, the honoured recipients of its second annual Heart & Vision Awards. Cathy Crowe and the Honourable David MacDonald were bestowed with a Heart & Vision Award at a gala event Monday evening, April 12, 2010 for their unfailing commitment to social justice causes.
The gala event, held at the Metropolitan United Church, featured a star-studded group of entertainers and raised an incredible $20,000 for Council's Community Relief Fund; a fund that has, for over a century, provided funding to help relieve human suffering. Proceeds from Council's Community Relief Fund will be directed toward the CRC, a much needed community development project in Regent Park.
Guests were serenaded throughout the night with entertainment from some of the finest musical entertainers in Toronto: Jackie Richardson, Gemini and Juno award nominee; Danny Brooks, Juno award nominee; Monica Schroeder, Singer-songwriter; Alana Bridgewater, Toronto’s production of We Will Rock You; Billy Newton Davis multi-Juno award winner; and, Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song Woman and Juno award winner.
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To donate to Council's Community Relief Fund, please contact Jim Patterson.
For more information on the CRC and 40 Oaks, go to www.tcrc.ca
Announcement: The Green Awakening Network receives grant from Earth Day Canada's Community Environment Fund
November 19, 2009
The Green Awakening Network — Communities in Action Program will help congregations live more lightly on Earth and build a commitment toward healthy stewardship. Local churches within Toronto will serve as inspiration and teaching demonstrations to retrofit buildings and promote personal action to minimize their environmental footprint.
For more information on Earth Day Canada's Community Environment Fund, please visit www.earthday.ca
For more information on the Green Awakening Network and how you can get involved, either as an individual or with your congregation, click here.
Heart & Vision...
A tribute to visionary leadership: A celebration of our church's commitment to social justice
Monday, May 11, 2009
Monday night, the Toronto United Church Council’s inaugural Heart & Vision Award for Social Justice was presented to filmmaker Norman Jewison and Reverend Gordon Winch.
The capacity crowd at the Metropolitan United Church were treated to a star-studded performance by some of this country’s greatest talents. Legendary comedian Don Harron, a long-time friend of Norman Jewison’s, hosted the evening. An appearance was even made by Harron’s alter ego Charlie Farquharson whose cap, we discovered, actually belonged to Norman Jewison’s father.
With the creation of the Heart & Vision Award, TUCC had the opportunity to honour the pioneering spirit of two people who don’t just give lip service to the idea of social justice, but live lives in the service of it; the Reverend Gordon Winch and Norman Jewison. There could not be two better individuals to inspire us to continue the fight for social justice.
Read the press release and photos.
View the Heart & Vision program.
Donate to Heart & Vision!
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