An Opportunity

Last weekend my grandson and I participated as part of the Matthew House Team in the Scotia Bank Charity Run in Toronto. This marathon is run in support of a wide range of Charities with 100% of your donation going to the charity of your choice. There is still a window of opportunity to support us and Matthew House  prior to the close out of the fund raising.

Thank You

Thank You for your support as we participated in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5k Run / Walk to raise funds for Matthew House. Matthew House is a non profit shelter in Toronto that welcomes and assists newly arrived refugee claimants who would otherwise be homeless in the city. Operating without any direct government funding means every bit raised makes a huge difference.

Our Team of runners and walkers come from all walks of life - some are staff members, volunteers, former residents and friends of Matthew House.

One of runners this year is our own former resident Josiane Aboungono who was the 2008 female Champion in the entire Canada Running Series! She came to Matthew House from Gabon 8 years ago and is pleased to be able to "give back" to the team by running. Aynadis Bedada, a former resident of Matthew House, from Ethiopia also ran for us and came in FIRST place among women in the 5K event. The donation lines are still open so it is not to late to put a pledge on a runner and help us meet our goal!

Thanks so much for your support

While some individual charities may not have reached their individual goal the overall results broke records. The goal this year was to raise $1.5 Million dollars for the 99 participating community charities
which was surpassed with $1.8 million raised this year.