CBC Day of Giving

What a past few weeks it has been!  CBC chose us for the second year in a row as the charity of choice for their Annual Day of Giving. 

Just as last year, the kick off included the Hopes and Dreams contest featured on Alan Neal's "All in a Day" radio show.  7 people raised funds for Shepherds of Good Hope in order to make a dream of theirs come true and they raised over $16,000! 

After that contest there were several prizes to be won just for donating!  That really made people excited for prizes such as being featured in an Ian Rankin book, having Hawksley Workman write a song and there were so many more!

The big day on December 6 started very early out at Greenboro Station.  We were out there with the "Ottawa Morning" team on a bus collecting donations.  We also had some very talented artists join us to play fantastic music.



John Hynes plays on Ottawa Morning

Later in the day on "All in a Day", Alan revealed how much money each participant of the Hopes and Dreams contest raised and we were so thankful and amazed. 

Hopes and Dreams contestants on All in a Day

At the end of the day, the total was almost $130,000! 

 

But CBC continued to raise money throughout the weekend and the final total was $136,389.75!

Shepherds of Good Hope would like to thank CBC Ottawa, Hopes and Dreams contestants and all of the generous supporters who helped raise the many funds in support of the most vulnerable men and women in the City of Ottawa during their Holiday Charity Drive Campaign.  CBC was instrumental in recalling the many stories of those who need our help daily.  The campaign was a tremendous success but we could not provide our services without your help.  Again, a great big Thank You!