01
Dec
2020
Old Montreal
QC
Canada
 
Montreal, 23rd November 2020

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Rotary Club of Old Montréal will be hosting an online Christmas Silent Auction in lieu of our Annual Fundraising Gala from Dec. 1st - Dec.15th, 2020

 

For more than twenty-eight years, Rotary Club of Old Montreal has raised over $500,000 in support of many local causes addressing some of our communities’ most urgent needs namely:

- McGill University Health Centre Foundation
- Montreal Chinese Hospital
- Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal
- Montreal Children's Hospital
- Innovation Jeunes

- Old Brewery Mission
- Alzheimer Group
- Salvation Army
- Bon Dieu dans la rue
- La Rue des Femmes

 At an international level, Rotary Club of Old Montreal has also supported many projects including:

- Emcee School Project Chicago USA

- Sending Incubators MNMH Hospital Harare Zimbabwe

- Sanyu Babies Orphanage Kampala Ouganda

- Healthcare and clean drinking water in China

- Free breakfast to underprivileged children in Mauritius

- Construction of latrine in India

 

- Eradication of Polio

- Water sanitation projects in Chine, Congo, Ghana, and Peru

- Provision of educational materials to schools – Haiti

- Shelter Box in Saint Maarten

- Provide insecticide treated nets

- preventing Malaria in Burkina Faso & Cameroon

 

Due to COVID-19, we are adapting our fundraising plans and we need your continued help and support in these challenging times. Your consideration of giving us your financial support and/or donation items towards our Christmas Silent Auction will be very much appreciated.

 

This year, Rotary Club of Old Montreal is pleased to announce that we will be helping people having Mental Health issues especially the younger generation.  During this pandemic period, more and more people are encountering Mental Health problems due to the stress of pandemic, loss of jobs and isolation from friends and society. Your generosity will help them to get out of this pandemic and find confidence in themselves in fighting with this health issue.

 
Please fill out the auction donation form and look at all the items in the Silent Auction. Make a bid.
 
Please note that a tax receipt will be issued for financial donations.
To donate directly to the Rotary Club du Vieux-Montréal click here on the donation page   (immediate receipt using CanadaHelps)
 
For more information, please contact Malcolm Olafson at (514) 933-9047 or RotaryVieuxMontreal@gmail.com.
 

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Old Montreal, we would like to thank you for your kind consideration and participation! Your generosity will make a better world for those suffering in Mental Health!

 

Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

 

Yours truly,

 

Susan Xianshu Huang

President 2020-2021
 
Santoso Hanitijo Vice-President
Michel Wong Kee Song District Governor Nominee 2022-2023
Linda Beloin IPP & Treasurer
Mark-H. Chau Fundraising Chair
Ilario Maiolo President Elect / Local Project Chair
Amina Gerba International Chair
Peter Wong Foundation Chair
Suzie Lim Quan Choy Secretary
 
MEMBERS
Mark Balcar Crescence Ottou
Carlo Ballerini Alexander Patricio
Karen Bédard Fidèle Toghoua
Larbi Bennouna Achille Ubalijoro
Bernard Casimir Felix Wong
Bob Chacra James Zdralek
Paulo Jones André Trépanier
Patrick Leboeuf Patrick Musampa
Marie-Laure Liao Komlan Messie
Komlan Messie Liliane Rushemeza
Bruce Moidel Achille Ubalijoro
Malcolm Olafson  
 

Rotary Club of Old Montréal Welfare Fund #896174976 RR000