Thank you to all our sponsors who donated to our annual auction and to all the people who attended and bid on the items. Also, thank you to Van's auction services who generously donated their services once again.
All your support helped make this our most successful auction to date with over $4300.00 raised to assist us to continue offering and improving family services at Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation.

Thank you to Lesley Reade, Josey Steel and Laura Prociuk plus all of the volunteers for organizing this fundraiser.
They sold 100 bowls which was great. Loughborough Christmas and Emergency Relief and Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation will both receive a donation of $950.
Thank you to everyone who was involved with VISIONSoup for all their hard work.

Our annual auction November 27th held at the Golden Links Hall in Harrowsmith was our most successful to date. Thanks to Van’s auction services Glenburnie, who volunteered their services once again, we raised over $4000.00 towards family services. We wish to thank all our sponsors who gave so generously to this fundraising event and also wish to thank all who attended and celebrated our 20th anniversary of the organization.

A Community Fundraising Event

Buy a beautiful pottery bowl and have it filled with soup from local restaurants

Saturday, November 21, 2009
First Seating 11:30 Second Seating 12:45
Sydenham Town Hall

Tickets $20
Purchase tickets in advance at The Rural VISIONS Centre, The Sydenham Chiropractic Clinic, Sydenham Veterinary Services or Trousdale's General Store

Featuring Pottery by Tim DeRose of Wilton Pottery

Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation Auction Friday November 27th 2009

This year our annual auction will be held at the Golden Links hall in Harrowsmith, doors open at 6pm. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of our organization. Please mark this date on your calendar and come out and celebrate with us, with sparkling wine, celebration cake and chocolate/fruit fountain. This year we will also be having a silent auction as well as our usual live auction by Van’s auctioneer services. Advance tickets of $5.00 per person for this event will be available at the rural VISIONS centre 4419 George Street, Sydenham, as well as various locations around the area. These will be available the third week of October. Cost at the door will be $6.00.

If this is an event that interests you perhaps you could consider donating some time in assisting the auction sub committee with this fundraising event. Any help with this major fundraiser would be greatly appreciated.
For more information: Call Jennifer Linton 613 376-6883

Coffee Break is the Alzheimer Society's major annual fundraiser where friends, co-workers, and families gather in communities across Canada to raise funds for local Alzheimer Societies. Participants at the event make a donation in exchange for a cup of coffee. 
SFCSC is hosting a coffee break at the Sydenham Town Hall on September 16 from 10 a.m. till noon

FUNDRAISER GOLF TOURNAMENT

1st Annual South Frontenac 50+ Couples Classic

Tuesday September 29th 2009 11a.m. ‘shotgun’ start

INVERARY GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

Format: Alternate shot
You may enter as a his and hers, his and his, or hers and hers.

Registration: $65.00 per person, includes 18 holes of golf, cart, prize and turkey dinner with trimmings.

Hole in one prize $1000.00, most accurate drive, putting contest and prizes for all.

Registration forms available at Rural VISIONS Centre. A few late registrations are available, complete forms and submit with payment by September 20th 2009.

Contact person: Dave Linton 613 376-6883 djlinton72@hotmail.com

Don’t miss out on a fun day with lots of laughs, good company, good food and maybe some displays of good golf. All levels of golf welcome, including beginners.

Get your registration in early and come out and support Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation.

HOW YOU AS A MEMBER CAN HELP
While SFCSC does receive a portion of its funding from provincial and municipal governments, in order to ensure that we are able to provide many services to our community the organization must raise over $30,000 annually. Also, one of our largest funders, the Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) expects there to be an agency contribution to services.
This year we have planned three major fundraisers:
The Flea Market in May, which thanks to the generous donations was a great success.
A 50+couples (alternate ball) golf tournament September 29th to be held at Inverary Golf and Country Club.
Fall Auction; details to be announced shortly.
The generous donations that SFCSC receives throughout the year, and also bingo and the sale of Nevada tickets help with the fundraising.
However, we still need to raise more funds to continue and improve our programs; and this is where you as a member can help.
FUNDSCRIP is an online fundraising program that asks you pay for your everyday purchases with gift cards bought through the Fundscrip website. An average of 3% of the cards that you purchase is then donated to SFCSC.
Fundscrip offers gift cards from over 100 National retailers, including most grocery stores, such as Loblaws, No Frills, Foodland, gas stations such as Ultramar, major stores such as Canadian Tire, Future Shop, Zellers, SportChek, restaurants such as Red Lobster, Swiss Chalet, Kelseys.



You can purchase gift cards for your everyday shopping or to give as gifts.
Fundscrip does not cost you anything extra, you don’t have to change where you shop and your everyday purchases add up to make a difference quickly. For example: If just 50 people buy gifts cards of $50.00 per month and use them for everyday purchases for one year that would generate $900.00 back to SFCSC.
If you have access to the Internet www.fundscrip.com has a great deal of information including a list of all the retailers.
However, there is one other way you can purchase gift cards and that is at the Rural VISIONS Centre in Sydenham.
There will be order sheets at the front desk for you to purchase gift cards. We ask that orders be placed by the 21st of each month, to allow sufficient mailing time for funds to fundscrip. Delivery to SFCSC will be the first Thursday of each month.
If you have any questions about this unique way to fundraise please call 613 376-6883 or e-mail jennifer.linton@ruralvisionscentre.com

Jennifer Linton
Fundraising and Publicity Committee Chair